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Rally for Riley

24th November 202224th November 2022

A fundraiser for Ranscombe Studios on Friday 13th January 2023, at the Stanley Ballroom, St George Hotel, Chatham……

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We’re putting the band back together!

17th February 202217th February 2022

We’re putting the band back together! Live concert featuring the legendary Brothers Grimm. Big G, Slim Jim Riley,…

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Going back in time…

1st November 20201st November 2020

with the sounds of the nation … it’s the Caroline Ranscombe flashback šŸ™‚

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Lancashire Bombers – Into The Sun

22nd October 202022nd October 2020
Lancashire Bombers

In their quest for sonic production excellence those cheeky northern (and cockney) scamps the ‘Lancashire Bombers’ braved the…

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Please Don’t Be Like That

31st August 202031st August 2020
The Pastel Wave - Please Don't Be Like That

Taken from The Pastel Waves EP ā€˜I Hate Myself For Wanting It’ https://www.facebook.com/thepastelwaves/videos/313668440075878/ Available from the Trouserphonic Records…

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Songs that you didn’t know you knew…

24th June 202024th June 2020

It happens very rarely, but when it does it honestly shocks you. The phrase… Why haven’t I heard…

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Groovy Uncle – God On A Bike

22nd April 202022nd April 2020

Recorded at the Ranscombes to be released on the forthcoming album The Man Who Calls The Shots

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Basking…

18th April 202018th April 2020

in the warm glow of the idiot lantern … Enjoy this latest from Theatre Royal taken from the…

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Mysterious Medway Nuggets and Snippets

13th April 202017th February 2022

The writing and performing of songs is a mysterious thing. The things that you expect to work sometimes…

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Intangibility. Yearning. Melancholy.

3rd November 201925th March 2020

Review re-blog courtesy of the wonderful folks at reviewage.net Intangibility. Yearning. Melancholy. If Theatre Royal had a penny…

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Incidentally …

2nd November 201925th March 2020

It’s not very often that a band appears on the music scene, one hundred per cent ā€˜ready.’ Rochester band…

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Redemption Review – Borough Blues

18th August 201925th March 2020

I was extremely fortunate on Thursday the 15th August to be present when local Kent band Big River…

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Big River Album Launch – Kentonline

8th August 201925th March 2020

Rockers Big River return to Red Lion in Gravesend to launch album where they started out Blues-rockers Big…

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Well behaved women rarely make history

1st August 201925th March 2020

Image: Lara Homaidan Hagitation for the Nation Rejuvenated anarcho darlings HAGAR THE WOMB have their new record out…

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Theatre Royal – Shindig Review

16th July 201925th March 2020

According to this review from Shindig Magazine you are all ‘discerning radio broadcasters’. Thanks for helping us get…

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The Claim – Shindig Review

10th July 201925th March 2020

THE CLAIM – The New Industrial Ballads – **** “Long-awaited” may be a knackered old cliche but no…

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It’s that independence day time of the year again…

4th July 201925th March 2020

and what better way to celebrate than bring in some duelling banjos … play nice y’all

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Glastonbury goodness!

30th June 201925th March 2020

… just put this up here …

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Timeless Resolve – Jumped Up Pantry Boy Review

19th June 201925th March 2020

Generally, I’m not a fan of comebacks. Sure, there are exceptions – Johnny Cash, the Go-Betweens, the Wild…

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The Abjects – PASTE Magazine Review

6th June 201925th March 2020

Purists can mourn the death of punk’s ā€œgolden ageā€ all they want and sneer at whatever the kids…

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Loud Horizon – Theatre Royal Review

6th June 201925th March 2020

Another great review of Ā theĀ latestĀ Theatre Royal’s Ā release, Singles 2010-18, by Cee Tee Jackson at Loud Horizon… I can’t…

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Rogered at Ranscombe

25th May 201925th March 2020

Something Groovy this way comes …

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Travellers Tunes – The Claim

21st May 201925th March 2020

The Claim are to release their first album since 1988’s ā€˜Boomy Tella’ via Turntable Friend Records on May…

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Noise Journal – First album from The Claim in decades a stunner

15th May 201924th November 2022

British indie rock stalwarts The Claim present theĀ band’s first new recordings since 1992, it is TheĀ New Industrial Ballads…

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The Claim, Journey – Louder Than War review by Paul Scott-Bates

2nd May 201925th March 2020

ā€œJourney marks a welcome return of political pop. It’s a song that the Claim wrote following the European…

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January Blues Festival – 100 Club

12th April 201925th March 2020

https://www.seetickets.com/event/january-blues-festival-dr-feelgood/100-club/1364748

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The Claim, Journey – review from the Big Takeover

21st March 201924th November 2022

Friday marks two special occasions in the life of one band. Not just any band, but British C86-styled…

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Glamweazel – The Great Unknown

29th November 201825th March 2020

18 quality tracks of postive originality…  

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Indie Buddie Review – Fish In The Sea

1st October 201825th March 2020

The Word UK have released their new EP ā€˜Fish In The Sea’. The Word (UK) are a Pop…

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A Very Nice … Dutch Review

19th September 201825th March 2020

Review by Peter Marinus from www.bluesmagazine.nl This album is a good example of an album that truly lives…

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A Very British Blues Explosion – Reviewage

5th May 201828th September 2020

…”Jim Riley’s Blues Foundation’s album is a fantastic collection of original and covered songs. So I thought I…

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Funke and the Two Tone Baby – Denizen

4th May 201825th March 2020

Uncle Jim’s on a roll, here’s the latest new release from Ranscombe Studios by Medway legend Funke and…

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It Wasn’t Me, It was Yesterday

26th April 201826th April 2018

Groovy Uncle is about to give birth to a brand new opus assisted by the musical midwifery skills…

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