Rally for Riley
A fundraiser for Ranscombe Studios on Friday 13th January 2023, at the Stanley Ballroom, St George Hotel, Chatham……
We’re putting the band back together!
We’re putting the band back together! Live concert featuring the legendary Brothers Grimm. Big G, Slim Jim Riley,…
Lancashire Bombers – Into The Sun
In their quest for sonic production excellence those cheeky northern (and cockney) scamps the ‘Lancashire Bombers’ braved the…
Please Don’t Be Like That
Taken from The Pastel Waves EP āI Hate Myself For Wanting It’ https://www.facebook.com/thepastelwaves/videos/313668440075878/ Available from the Trouserphonic Records…
Songs that you didn’t know you knew…
It happens very rarely, but when it does it honestly shocks you. The phraseā¦ Why havenāt I heard…
Groovy Uncle – God On A Bike
Recorded at the Ranscombes to be released on the forthcoming album The Man Who Calls The Shots
Basking…
in the warm glow of the idiot lantern … Enjoy this latest from Theatre Royal taken from the…
Mysterious Medway Nuggets and Snippets
The writing and performing of songs is a mysterious thing. The things that you expect to work sometimes…
Intangibility. Yearning. Melancholy.
Review re-blog courtesy of the wonderful folks at reviewage.net Intangibility. Yearning. Melancholy. If Theatre Royal had a penny…
Incidentally …
Itās not very often that a band appears on the music scene, one hundred per cent āready.āĀ Rochester band…
Redemption Review – Borough Blues
I was extremely fortunate on Thursday the 15th August to be present when local Kent band Big River…
Big River Album Launch – Kentonline
Rockers Big River return to Red Lion in Gravesend to launch album where they started out Blues-rockers Big…
Well behaved women rarely make history
Image: Lara Homaidan Hagitation for the Nation Rejuvenated anarcho darlings HAGAR THE WOMB have their new record out…
Theatre Royal – Shindig Review
According to this review from Shindig Magazine you are all ‘discerning radio broadcasters’. Thanks for helping us get…
The Claim – Shindig Review
THE CLAIM – The New Industrial Ballads – **** “Long-awaited” may be a knackered old cliche but no…
It’s that independence day time of the year again…
and what better way to celebrate than bring in some duelling banjos … play nice y’all
Timeless Resolve – Jumped Up Pantry Boy Review
Generally, Iām not a fan of comebacks. Sure, there are exceptions ā Johnny Cash, the Go-Betweens, the Wild…
The Abjects – PASTE Magazine Review
Purists can mourn the death of punkās āgolden ageā all they want and sneer at whatever the kids…
Loud Horizon – Theatre Royal Review
Another great review of Ā theĀ latestĀ Theatre Royal’s Ā release, Singles 2010-18, by Cee Tee Jackson at Loud Horizon… I canāt…
Travellers Tunes – The Claim
The Claim are to release their first album since 1988ās āBoomy Tellaā via Turntable Friend Records on May…
Noise Journal – First album from The Claim in decades a stunner
British indie rock stalwarts The Claim present theĀ bandās first new recordings since 1992, it is TheĀ New Industrial Ballads…
The Claim, Journey – Louder Than War review by Paul Scott-Bates
āJourney marks a welcome return of political pop. Itās a song that the Claim wrote following the European…
January Blues Festival – 100 Club
https://www.seetickets.com/event/january-blues-festival-dr-feelgood/100-club/1364748
The Claim, Journey – review from the Big Takeover
Friday marks two special occasions in the life of one band. Not just any band, but British C86-styled…
Indie Buddie Review – Fish In The Sea
The Word UK have released their new EP āFish In The Seaā. The Word (UK) are a Pop…
A Very Nice … Dutch Review
Review by Peter Marinus from www.bluesmagazine.nl This album is a good example of an album that truly lives…
A Very British Blues Explosion – Reviewage
…”Jim Riley’s Blues Foundation’s album is a fantastic collection of original and covered songs. So I thought I…
Funke and the Two Tone Baby – Denizen
Uncle Jim’s on a roll, here’s the latest new release from Ranscombe Studios by Medway legend Funke and…
It Wasn’t Me, It was Yesterday
Groovy Uncle is about to give birth to a brand new opus assisted by the musical midwifery skills…