Author: Bernard Baker

REVIEW: RICKY WARWICK AND THE FIGHTING HEARTS – BLOOD TIES (2025)

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If there's a harder-working man in rock 'n' roll than Ricky Warwick, no one's sure who it is.Alongside his work with The Almighty, Black Star Riders, and sometimes Thin Lizzy, he's had a solo career spanning...

REVIEW: JIMMY PAGE AND THE BLACK CROWES – LIVE AT THE GREEK – REISSUE (2025)

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If last year's shows and album proved what we already knew—that The Black Crowes are a magnificent and seminal band for those who grew up in the late '80s—then their history also shows a band willing...

REVIEW: AYREON – ELECTRIC CASTLE LIVE AND OTHER TALES (2020)

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After years of not playing shows, Arjen Lucassen has clearly now got the bug but it’s on his own terms. His well-known dislike of...

REVIEW: LOWRIDER – REFRACTIONS (2020)

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In the mid-ninety’s things were happening in California. Desert rock was being born and for my money Kyuss and Fu Manchu were the standard...

CLUTCH @ LOWENSHAAL, NUREMBERG – 7TH DECEMBER 2019

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Just over a year ago, ahead of Clutch’s Christmas dates in the UK, I saw them play in Amsterdam and declared them the best...

REVIEW: IDLEWAR – CEDE (2019)

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As a starting point of this review, I looked at what I had to say about their last album ‘Fractured; ‘Compared to previously releases Fractured...

REVIEW: STEW – PEOPLE (2019)

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Strap in, it’s yet another one of my album reviews where I wax lyrical about the latest Swedish retro sounding rock band. This time...

REVIEW: TOOL – FEAR INOCULUM (2019)

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So thirteen years after the mighty 10,000 Days, Tool finally get around to releasing a new album. The build-up to this has kept the...

REVIEW: PEARL HANDLED REVOLVER – FANTASY REIGNS (2019)

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There are many unanswered questions in life. Why is Ed Sheerin so popular? Who watches Love Island? Who is Donald Trump’s hairdresser? I could...

REVIEW: GOV’T MULE – BRING ON THE MUSIC – LIVE AT THE CAPITOL THEATER (2019)

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The live album – the staple of many seventies record collection. More often they were doubles and they were often career defining releases that...

REVIEW: GIN LADY – TALL SUN, CROOKED MOON (2019)

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In the past I’ve reviewed the two previous Gin Lady albums (both 8/10) and made references to early Wishbone Ash and 70’s West Coast...

REVIEW: DEWOLFF – LIVE AND OUTTA SIGHT (2019)

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I’m not sure why but up to now, I’ve never heard a DeWolff song. This is surprising as on the face of it DeWolff...

REVIEW: KING HOBO – MAUGA (2019)

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It’s supergroup time – this one comprises Jean-Paul Gaster (Clutch) on drums, Per Wiberg (Kamchatka/Spiritual Beggars/Candlemass/ex-Opeth) on vocals, bass, and keys, and Thomas Andersson...

REVIEW: SHOTGUN SAWYER – BURY THE HATCHET (2019)

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Two years on from their debut album (Thunderchief – given 10/10 on this site), California’s Shotgun Sawyer return for Round Two.  Now signed to...
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