Tag: Stones
Alan Clayson And The Argonauts, July 2019, Half Moon Putney, Putney, London, United Kingdom
This many years from their inception, this act could just be going through the motions in performance, becoming a kind of tribute act to themselves. However…the individual character of the ensemble and moreover its material imbues shows with an electricity that few veteran crews can match.
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Rod Stewart – Blood Red Roses
A new album from The RodFather – as daughter Ruby calls him – and we are not trawling through The Great American Songbook…it’s his 30th studio album. Ten of the cuts are Stewart originals, Kevin Savigar co-produces. Rod’s general philosophy is that he makes records for ‘a few friends’ and it’s a bonus if others like them. A bit different from Stock Aitkin Waterman eh? It means that Stewart can create more personal songs, avoiding sloganeering, automatic beats and Vocoders.
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Peter Moses (President Street) – The Necessary Facts
A new act for you to meet, with an intriguing video featuring an actress from the series Wentworth and for the full lowdown we ran these questions past mainman Peter Moses…
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ZZ Top – Cinco No.2 The Second Five LPs (Vinyl)
Here is the second box of vinyl treasures from the hard-rockin’ trio. A great way to own five proper classic albums, each of which rings the changes and entertains. The records are also an educational exercise for anyone learning guitar bass or drums.
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Lance Lopez – Tell The Truth
As we reported in our album review, Lopez’s sterling vocals helped the last Supersonic Blues Machine reach the heights it did. Now comes this new album from Lance.
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Jane Lee Hooker – Spiritus
A second album for the all-female quintet arrives and it seems the mission to rock the globe remains. Their strong points here are an NYC gang attitude, a move this time to more originals and – in their view – the cleansing credo of recording live, using no pedals and no overdubbing.
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Blitzen Trapper – Wild & Reckless
The enduring Portland rock band recently had a 28-performance run of a musical entitled Wild & Reckless…quite an achievement. And here is an album under that name. It adds new numbers to gems from their catalogue, which seems fan-friendly as a plan.
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Linda Ronstadt – Simple Dreams (Expanded Edition)
Is it really forty years since onetime Stone Poneys singer Linda Ronstadt released this record?!
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George Thorogood – Party Of One
My abiding memory of this is entertaining artist is being backstage at the Shepherds Bush Empire trying to interview the opening act Big Head Todd & The Monsters, with a gruff voice coming through the cracked door intoning “ We owe it all to George Thorogood ! He is The Man !”…
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John Otway & The Big Band – Montserrat
The lanky guitar and vocal stylist arrives at the far-flung island on a mission and any self-respecting Otway fan would say “Haven’t these islanders suffered enough ??”
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Alice Cooper – 21 Reasons To Love Alice Cooper
There’s something endearing about the notion of one of the Great Wild Men Of Rock playing golf with the late dry-as-dust comedian George Burns. But Alice Cooper – born Vincent Furnier – has some intrinsic skills that have ensured his staying power as a performer.
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Robin Trower – Sonic Voyager
Robin’s new album ‘Where You Are Going To’ is stacked with effective songs, inventive and soulful guitar playing and some very personal lyrics as the artist continues his travels around the world. Pete tempted him temporarily out of the studio to talk about the new record and its inspirations.
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The Rides – Pierced Arrow
The Rides Pierced Arrow Provogue Records/Mascot Label Group From the opening Stonesy burst of Kick...
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