Author: Dawn Osborne
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The Derellas and The Healthy Junkies, Rockaway Beach at The Hope and Anchor 27 August 2021 The Healthy Junkies are a mixture of edgy fast paced Punk and Hard Rock and innocence, a potent combination of fragility, sweetness, madness and unpredictability, like the film ‘Carrie’ where the pretty girl […]
DO: I’m delighted to be talking to Steve Howe of Yes And Asia fame. Steve, let everyone know how you are! SH:Doing very well. Thank you, Dawn! Not so bad. You know, had the obstacles everybody else’s had. But you know, keeping my pecker up as they say. […]
CHEAP TRICK, IN ANOTHER WORLD, (BMG) Cheap Trick’s twentieth album, as they approach their fiftieth anniversary in a few years, does not disappoint. Written before the Pandemic, release has been delayed, but keen to play the new material, they are already starting to tour the record in Australia. ‘Here Comes […]
Unsurprisingly, as this is about the American music industry and is not focussed exclusively on the hard rock/metal scene, this may be a book that U.K. rock and metal fans might want to dip in and out of (chapters are conveniently labelled if that is what you want to do). Personally […]
SMITH/KOTZEN (Self-Titled) The product of a collaboration between Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden and Richie Kotzen (Poison, Winery Dogs) known for his crossover rock and love of R n B. The duo co-wrote all the songs and share the singing and playing all of the instruments between themselves apart […]
His twenty first solo album Alice Cooper honours Detroit’s place in the history of hard rock by recording this album in Detroit and involving many local musicians from that city. Alice, himself was born there, of course! Special guests include Wayne Kramer (MC5), Joe Bonamassa and original AC band […]
When Justin Hawkins spoke with Dawn Osborne in UK Lockdown 2021 Dawn.. I’m here with Justin Hawkins of The Darkness Justin, tell everyone how you’re doing? Justin.. I’m doing well. I’m happy. Well as expected.. Dawn.. How have you been spending lockdown? Justin.. Lockdown? Do you mean the second lockdown, […]
AC/DC’s seventeenth full-length album is their first new music since 2014 and uses the same producer Brendan O’Brien that they used for their last album ‘Rock Or Bust’ and ‘Black Ice’ before that. Twelve new tracks, it’s the first record without Malcolm playing on it, but largely written by […]
Western Sand hail from Bournemouth, but as the vocalist points out they have their minds much further south, the Deep South, as their decent cover of Mississippi Queen illustrates. They put a lot of passion and attitude into their performance and, although it’s a pretty short set, they have […]
