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Late Surprise For CGCM Late on the first night of the Call Of The Wild Festival, I was up in the media area working on my notes for the day when I got chatting to another media-based person about the opening band of the festival Mad Haven. Now this lovely lady (Tina from Forge Ahead Initiative) just happened…
Up For A Damn Good Time? The South Californian southern/blues rockers Robert Jon & The Wreck are touring the UK this May and on Friday 13 hit the city of Newcastle in a venue which is situated down on the waterfront and aptly called The Riverside which has 2 rooms. The venue they played had…
Part II This is the follow-up to part 1 of an interview conducted with the band and crew of Ward XVI when they played at Bannerman’s Bar on Sunday May 8. The first part which covers such subjects as how the band were formed, the writing process, nearly destroying their house to make videos and putting Alice…
The Back Story The patients of Ward XVI brought their insanity to Bannerman’s Bar in Edinburgh on Sunday 8th May, 2022. The band released the absolutely brilliant Metamorphosis album back in 2020 which was reviewed on this site at the time and which can be read HERE. The album for those who are unaware is a concept piece telling the story…
A Little History When Rivers Meet are a relatively new band featuring husband and wife duo Aaron and Grace Bond. Formed in 2019 they have already released 2 EPs and 2 albums and have garnered much praise and won a good number of awards from both the blues and rock worlds. The last time they were in Scotland they…
All Important Background: Hell, CA (also the title of a song from the band’s debut album) is the first album since I think 1999’s Let’s Eat to bear the moniker Love/Hate albeit fronted by the name of singer Jizzy Pearl. The band as was, exploded to fame around 1990 with the release of the magnificent and…
Shelter Of Bones is the tenth album by South African bluesman Dan Patlansky. He has played with or supported names such as King King, Joe Satriani and Bruce Springsteen. There are also awards for such things as “male artist of the year” in Blues And Soul magazine (2015), being placed fourth in the list of “best…
A Little Background King King returned to their hometown of Glasgow as part of their delayed tour promoting their latest album Maverick. They were accompanied by Canadians The Damn Truth who were venturing to the UK for the first time. King King‘s lineup is still made up of Alan Nimmo on vocals and lead guitar, his brother Stevie Nimmo on guitar…
Background The Neptune Power Federation is a new name to me although they have 4 albums out previous to this and have been around since 2012 (when they released their first album “Mano A Satano“). This Australian band have names such as singer Screaming Loz Sutch, guitarists Search And Des Troy, Inverted Cruci Fox, bassist Jaytanic Ritual and finally drummer River…
For A Bloody Good Time: Freaks And Clowns are a Swedish metal band incorporating 3 members of Astral Doors. They formed in 2017 when AD‘s drummer Johan Lindstedt met singer Chrille Wahlgren and they found themselves bonding over old school classic metal. They decided to write and perform music in that style whilst adding some…