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Music Review: The Hushpuppies - Silence Is Golden— Having caused a stir in their native France with high octane live performances, the band is now busy crossing the Atlantic and taking on America.
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Music Review: Pendragon - Pure— Weighty, meaningful, and utterly absorbing. Pendragon take it even higher.
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Music Review: Colour Kane -A Taste Of— Travel up and beyond the lowlands with Colour Kane.
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Music Review: Heidi Happy - Flowers, Birds, And Home— Life and all its emotions explored and revealed.
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Music Review: Alan Tyler & The Lost Sons Of Littlefield - Lonesome Cowboys— All the way from Nashville, North London.
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Music Review: Beth Rowley - Little Dreamer— The album is beautifully lo-fi, radiating a warm glow of late night atmosphere amid some softly seductive vintage performances.
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Music Review: Seven Steps To The Green Door -Step In 2 My World— Progressive music in the real sense of the word.
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Music Review: Stevie Klasson - Don't Shoot The Messenger— What kept you Stevie?
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Music Review: Hugh Coltman - Stories From The Safe House— He's back, from wherever he's been, with an album crammed full with observations of life.
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Music Review: Karmakanic - Who's The Boss In The Factory— All that potential has come together to produce a work of incredible depth and quality.
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Music Review: Lou Cowell - I...Um...— Instantly setting Lou Cowell apart.
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Music Review: James Hunter - The Hard Way— Rather like unearthing a lost, previously unreleased gem.
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Music Review: Francois Virot - Yes Or No— Oui ou Non? From the pavements of Paris, welcome to the world of Francois Virot.
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Music Review: Eclipse - Are You Ready To Rock?— No need to ask, we are always ready to rock to Eclipse.
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Music Review: RL/VL - Chagrin— Is it real or is it virtual? Welcome to the strange world of RL/VL.
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Music Review: Space Probe Taurus - Space Probe Taurus— Stamp on that fuzz pedal and go for a ride on the Space Probe Taurus.
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Music Review: Daniel Wylie - Car Guitar Star— More melodic sunshine to enjoy from Daniel Wylie.
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Music Review: The Stereophonics - Decade In The Sun— Celebrating a Decade In The Sun.
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Music Review: Glyder - Weather The Storm (EP)— A new EP from up and coming Irish band Glyder.
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Music Review: David Essex - All The Fun Of The Fair— Roll on up see the main attraction, David Essex O.B.E.
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Music Review: Thunder - Bang!— Why waste words? This album is pure quality.
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Music Review: Vindictiv - Vindictiv— An impressive debut from a Swedish melodic metal band with a difference.
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Music Review: Arkan - Hilal— Death metal meets traditional Arabic music.
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Music Review: Florian Opahle - Europhonics— Having played with Ian Anderson and Greg Lake the extraordinarily gifted guitarist releases a solo project.
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Music Review: Appearance Of Nothing - Wasted Time— Appearance Of Nothing arrive on the Prog-Metal scene.
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Music Review: The Guggenheim Grotto -Tigers EP— Soon, introductions will become superfluous.
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Music Review: Neondaze - Neondaze— For fans of melodic rock everywhere.
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Music Review: Beautiful Lunar Landscape - Alone In This Dark Romantic Night E.P.— A perfectly named band produce a simply stunning debut.
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Music Review: Rabbi John - Further— Rabbi John serve up a highly enjoyable album. Even Arthur Brown briefly drops by.
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Music Review: Jade Warrior - Now— Jade Warrior make a very welcome and triumphant return.
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Music Review: Hellbilly Boys - Hellbilly Boys — Good old foot stomping Hellbilly Boys music.
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Music Review: Thea Gilmore -Liejacker— Thea Gilmore's most personal and reflective album to date.
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Music Review: Clay Allison -Tonight There Will Be No TV— Tonight There Will Be No TV so be entertained by Clay Allison instead.
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Music Review: Herman Dune - Next Year In Zion— This Parisian duo defy any attempt to get pigeonholed and is all the better for it.
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Music Review: Ed Vallance - The Modern Life— Ed Vallance celebrates his arrival in sunny California.
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Music Review: Nosound - Lightdark— Nosound come of age.
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Music Review: Martyn Joseph - Evolved— Breathing new life into his finest work.
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Music Review: James Morrison - Songs For You, Truths For Me— Why mess with a winning formula? At least not yet anyway.
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Music Review: Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling— Mogwai deliver again.
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Interview: Joe Lynn Turner— Joe Lynn Turner tells us about playing for the troops in Iraq, future plans, Sunstorm, and his new album.
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Music Review: Volbeat - Guitar Gangsters And Cadillac Blood— Volbeat are a unique and unlikely mix of styles. Yet it works.
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Music Review: Deborah Bonham - Duchess— A truly exceptional vocal performance.
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Music Review: Michael Chapman - Time Past Time Passing— The legendary guitar master plays just for you on this wonderfully intimate album.
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Music Review: Penguin Party - See Thru Songs— Warning. Just like all well written pop you will find yourself singing these songs at highly inappropriate moments.
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Music Review: Ane Brun - Changing Of The Seasons— Her timeless ability to write heartfelt songs has helped produce another gorgeous album.
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Music Review: The Answer - Never Too Late EP/DVD— They're The Answer, in more ways than one.
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Music Review: Boy On A Dolphin - Barkers Pool To Thunder Bay— Boy On A Dolphin in danger of dipping below the surface.
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Music Review: Richard Barbieri - Stranger Inside— Richard Barbieri's latest solo project is a trip well worth taking.
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Music Review: Bensh - The Bona Fide E.P.— With a rainbow of colour and styles Austria's Bensh splashes onto the scene.
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Music Review: Tygers Of Pan Tang - Animal Instinct— The Tygers are back on the prowl exploring their instincts.
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Music Review: Adrian Snell - Every Place Is Under The Stars — Adrian Snell continues his inspirational musical journey.
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Music Review: Fredrik - Na Na Ni— Don't be put off by the title. If you need some soothing musical escapism this may be for you.
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Music Review: Holy Moses - Agony Of Death— German Thrash Metal outfit Holy Moses busy underlining their own legend.
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Music DVD Review: Keane Curate A Night For War Child— An evening raising money for War Child sees Keane and friends performing in London. Now you can help too.
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Music Review: Swing Out Sister - Beautiful Mess— Everything that fans of Swing Out Sister would want and expect.
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Music Review: Clusterhead - Times Of No Trust— Following in the tradition of European metal Germany's Clusterhead release their debut album.
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Music Review:- Stearica - Oltre— Italy's Stearica will take you out to the 'beyond' with their debut album.
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Music Review: TAT - Soho Lights— Watch out for London's TAT and get in just as they get big.
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Interview: People In Planes Discuss Their New Album, Beyond The Horizon— People In Planes' Pete Roberts discusses the making of their album Beyond The Horizon.
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Music Review: Big Linda - I Loved You— As debut albums go they don't get much better than this.
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Music Review: Tragedian - Dreamscape— Tragedian underline their arrival on the melodic metal scene.
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Music Review:- Yngwie Malmsteen - Perpetual Flame— Yngwie Malmsteen's new album Perpetual Flame confirms that 2008 is very much his year.
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Music Review:- The Windupdeads - The Windupdeads— The Windupdeads deliver a highly impressive and impossibly smooth debut album.
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Music Review: Evergrey - Torn— Evergrey get back on track with their latest album.
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Music Review: Hey Negrita - You Can Kick— This is Americana at it's best except that it is played by a band from London.
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Music Review: Witchfynde -Play It To Death— Witchfynde order you to play their new album to death.
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Music Review: Joe Lynn Turner - Live in Germany— The first live solo album from Joe Lynn Turner is out this month.
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Music Review: The Verve - Forth— The Verve are back.
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Yngwie Malmsteen Discusses His New Album Perpetual Flame
— On the eve of his North American tour guitar legend Yngwie Malmsteen discusses his new album Perpetual Flame.
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Music Review: Bluehorses - Thirteen Fires— Accomplished Welsh Celtic rockers Bluehorses release their strongest album to date.
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Music Review: Bonafide - Bonafide— Bonafide have served up the real deal.
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Music Review: Get Well Soon - Rest Now, Weary Head! You Will Get Well Soon— Take a well earned break from modern day mania and Get Well Soon.
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Music Review: Demians - Building An Empire— Building An Empire is busy building a huge reputation in the prog world
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Music Review: Sankt Otten - Wunden Gibt Es Immer Wieder— Lie back and let Sankt Otten take you on a rewarding trip.
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Music Review: The Brew - The Joker— Watch my lips - The Brew are a recipe well worth tasting!
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Music Review: La Fleur Fatale - Night Generation— More hooks than a strip of Velcro, La Fleur Fatale live up to their soaring reputation.
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Music Review: The Treat - Phonography— Serving up a whole range of styles - Oxford's The Treat give us Phonography.
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Music Review: Lyrian - Nightingale Hall— Walk the corridors of Nightingale Hall with Lyrian and meet some of its previous occupants.
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Music Review: Hungryheart - Hungryheart— American influenced rock but from Italy - Hungryheart deliver.
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Music Review: People In Planes - Beyond The Horizon
— People In Planes look way Beyond The Horizon and surpass themselves.
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Jackdaw4 Release Theme Tune to TV's The Cup— Jackdaw4's first release following their highly acclaimed Bipolar Diversions album
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Music Review: The Mojomatics - Don't Pretend That You Know Me— Steaming out of Venice at break neck speed - it's the Italian version of The Mojomatics.
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Music Review: Death Vessel - Nothing Is Precious Enough For Us— 'Many will call it many things - few will get it right' - The enigma that is Death Vessel.
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Music Review: The Pineapple Thief - Tightly Unwound— The Pineapple Thief - a 'must try' experience for Prog Rockers everywhere
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Music Review: Rose Kemp - Unholy Majesty— The Unholy Majesty of Rose Kemp.
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Music Review: Bob Catley - Immortal— Bob Catley's Immortal - unmistakably good.
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Music Review: Eluveitie - Slania— The Gothenburg new wave of folk metal.
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Music Review: Backyard Babies - Backyard Babies— Backyard Babies are back and back to basics
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Music Review: The Pictish Trail - Secret Soundz Vol. 1— On the trail of Secret Soundz from Fife, Scotland.
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Music Review: Alev - Alev— Alev the album should take Alev the band even higher.
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Music Review: Costanza - Sonic Diary— Multi talented, multi dimensional - Costanza's Sonic Diary will get under your skin
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Music Review: Ecliptica - Impetus— Ecliptica's album Impetus will hopefully give them exactly that.
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Music Review: Moonstone Project - Hidden In Time— Re-released, re-packaged and highly regarded - Moonstone Project's Hidden In Time re-appears.
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Music Review: Big Bang - From Acid To Zen— Norway's Big Bang creating exactly that in America with From Acid To Zen.
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Music Review: Blaze Bayley - The Man Who Would Not Die— Is Blaze Bayley ready to take his place back among the metal elite?
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Music Review: Ballboy - I Worked On The Ships— Poetic, visual and extraordinarily good.
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Music Review: From The Inside - Visions— The definition of Melodic Rock - From The Inside
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Music Review: Too Sophisticated - The Art Of Making Noise— Too Sophisticated are without doubt a live band and I am sure that this material makes for a great live gig.
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Music Review: Uriah Heep - Wake The Sleeper— Well worth the wait. Wake The Sleeper, the perfectly titled album from 'England's own Uriah Heep'.
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Music Review: The Cotton Soeterboek Band - Twisted— This showcases everything great about great rock music. The Cotton Soeterboek Band give us Twisted
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Music Review: Shannon - Psychofolk— Traditional Irish music with a twist - it's from Poland.
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Music Review: Charing Cross - We Are Charing Cross— Fifteen years in the making ! Switzerland's Charing Cross release their 'debut' album.
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Music Review: Starbreaker - Love's Dying Wish— Good quality rock - no need to ask.
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Music Review: King Hobo - King Hobo— When a collection of musicians get together for a common purpose the result can be exceptional.
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Music Review: Motorama - Psychotronic is the Beat!— Rome's Motorama say that Psychotronic is the Beat !- who's arguing girls ?
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Music Review: Damien Dempsey - The Rocky Road— Award winning Damien Dempsey explores his rich heritage and producing a gem.
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Music Review: Jackdaw4 - Bipolar Diversions— The sun shines out of my... Jackdaw4 CD!
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Music Review: Plastic Heroes - Escape the Lower End— Fed up with feeling down? Let the Plastic Heroes pick you up with some impossibly infectious feel good music.
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Music Review: Crooked Mouth - Hold in the Sun— Ambitious, inventive, progessive and highly effective - it's Crooked Mouth's Hold in the Sun
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Music Review: Glyder - Playground for Life
— Walking in the shadow of giants - Glyder - a gem from the Emerald Isle.
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Music Review: The Keith Reid Project Feat. John Waite, Chris Thompson, Southside and Others - The Common Thread
— One of music's 'unsung' heroes releases his own project.
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Music Review: Blackmore's Night - Secret Voyage— He's happy, he's playing and he's just released the best Blackmores Night album by a long way.
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Music Review: Touchstone - Discordant Dreams— Following on from last weeks interview - here's the review of the Touchstone album
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Music Review: Blackbud - From The Sky— Blackbud: Definately one to watch.
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Music Review: Random Eyes - Invisible
— Swedens Random Eyes get very involved
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Music Review: M.ILL.ION - Thrill of the Chase— Sweden's M.ILL.ION are back and enjoying the Thrill of the Chase
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Music Review: Mostly Autumn - Glass Shadows— Mostly Autumn and the making of their most complete album to date.
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Music Review: Moon Safari - [blomljud]— A masterpiece - pure but not so simple.
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Music Review: Crimes Of Passion - Crimes Of Passion— Yorkshire band Crimes Of Passion serve up a highly rated debut album. Passion is the word.
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Touchstone's Rob Cottingham Discusses Band's First Full-Length Album Discordant Dreams
— Discordant Dreams has received rave reviews from the likes of Jeff Wayne. Touchstone's Rob Cottingham describes how it came about.
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Music Review: Trey Gunn - Music For Pictures — Explore the amazing world of Trey Gunn - and discover something of the man and yourself along the way
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Music Review: Royal Hunt - Collision Course: Paradox II— Royal Hunt are back with a multi-national - multi dimensional album.
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Music Review: Leverage - Blind Fire — With impossibly infectious choruses - Finland's Leverage deliver a mighty fine melodic rock album Blind Fire.
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Music Review: Poison Ivvy - Out For The Kill— Zurich's Poison Ivvy are Out For The Kill with this long awaited album - definitely not one for the faint hearted!
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Trey Gunn Discusses the Path to Music For Pictures— Guitar virtuoso Trey Gunn discusses his multi-dimensional world and his work.
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Music Review: Panic Room - Visionary Position — Members of Karnataka, Mostly Autumn and Fish's band combine together to produce a stunning first album. This is Panic Room.
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Music Review: Danny Bryant's RedEye Band - Black And White— Here it is in Black And White - Danny Bryant's RedEye Band serve up some high quality blues.
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Music Review: Lauren Harris - Calm Before The Storm— You can't just get up on stage at a huge festival no matter who your dad is ! This girl rocks.
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Music Review: Wired Desire - Barely Illegal— When Nazareth's own Dan McCafferty describes them as their best support band in 40 years - it's time to take notice.
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Music Review: H.E.A.T. - H.E.A.T.— Melodic rock is alive and well and living in Sweden
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Music Review: Passenger - Wicked Man's Rest— 'Captivating' (Q Magazine), 'Intelligence' (New Musical Express) - BC's Eurorock adds its own superlative to UK band Passenger.
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Music Review: Jorn - Lonely Are The Brave — Norway's own Heavy Rock Viking, Jorn , takes no prisoners with his new album Lonely Are The Brave
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Music Review: Voodoo Six - First Hit For Free— Steve Harris of Iron Maiden calls this "'The best debut album I've heard in years." Who's arguing ?
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Concert Review: The Quireboys, Homewreckers, and Heartbreakers UK Tour 2008— "This is Rock 'n' Roll and we are the Quireboys", Spike is on the road again.
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Concert Review: Iron Maiden Rocks Paris at the Bercy, July 2008— Just when you thought it was safe to go out after dark, Iron Maiden arrive...
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