Album review: Mike Whellans
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
MIKE WHELLANS Fired Up And Ready **** Temple Records COND2101, £11.99
Rory Gallagher
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One-man blues explosion finds friends for the road
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
MIKE Whellans tends to be billed as “the one-man blues band”, but forget any images of some kaboomsh-ching-bang clown with pots and pans tied to his knees. Imagine instead a
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Wizards find a second-half spell
icWales (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
ABERAVON turned the game around with a second-half burst of 28 points without reply as the Wanderers suddenly fell away and rarely came over the halfway line, writes Howard Evans.
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rory gallagher - live at montreux (2006)
nongseynyo (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Legendary Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher played the renowned Montreux Festival on five occasions, spanning his breakthrough years in the mid-seventies right up to the year before his tragic early death at the age of 47 in 1995. This CD brings together material from the shows in 1975, 1977, 1979 and 1985 to create the definitive Rory Gallagher live collection. ------------- 1. Laundromat (7:48) 2....
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Wizards magic spellstrouble for Waterloo
icWales (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008
ABERAVON went over for nine tries as they overwhelmed Waterloo – the side now coached by former Wizards supremo Chris O’Callaghan.
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Rose of Tralee festival kicks off
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
THE ROSE of Tralee International Festival kicked off in some style in the Kerry capital last night with a black tie ball for over 900 in the festival dome.
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Full listing for this weekend’s Mathew Street Festival
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
Full listing for this weekend’s Mathew Street Festival by , Liverpool Daily Post SUNDAYTUNNEL STAGE, MAINSTAGE, ENTRANCE TOBIRKENHEAD TUNNEL11am Boom OrchestraNoon Fake That (TakeThat)1pm Police Force(Police)2pm Chas and Dave3pm Rocks Off (RollingStones)4pm Summer of Love5pm Roxy Magic (RoxyMusic)EXCHANGE STREETEAST STAGE11am The Zodiacs12noon Karl Terry1pm The Fourmost2pm Billy Butler and TheTuxedos3pm...
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Rock The Crown's Bar - Sunday
Thumbrella - Words To A Void (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Despite the fact that the four of us in Big G didn't really enjoy our performance at The Crown Buskers in June, I went back on Sunday. Things have improved - the sound was much better and there were signs of some definite organisation having taken place! I kicked things off with a few blues tunes as well as "Willin'" and I was followed by a young man whose name I still don't
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Mathew Street Listings: Mathew Street Festival: Sunday outdoor listings
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Who is performing on the outdoor stages at the Mathew Street Festival on August 24, 2008
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Steve Hillage Playing a Relic'd Strat in the '70s!
Strat-O-Blogster Guitar Blog (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
So, who remembers this guy? A music writer once referred to Steve Hillage as "The Last Hippie". Hillage may also share with Rory Gallagher the title of "First Relic Strat Player". The top photo is from his late 70's solo album "Motivation Radio". Unless Hillage exuded the same high-saline perspiration content as Gallagher, I'd say that Strat could have been a '50's road war vet. Although he's more...
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LAST WEEK IN LONDON-Old Venues and New Stars
Backstage Pass (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
Last Week In London Old Venues and New Stars By Peter Coulston Hello and welcome to yet another week of the best of new, live music in London. I hit the ground running this week, choosing to sample the Unplugged...
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Welsh enjoy return to their roots
icWales (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
LONDON Welsh chose Aberavon’s Talbot Athletic Ground as the place to make their debut as a full-time professional outfit and, though both clubs were missing up to 10 squad members each, it was the Exiles who were clearly better and stronger, romping to a 48-17 win.
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Friday night unplugged blogging (Peace, order and good government, eh?)
Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
I'm easing into a long weekend with some acoustic blues. This is Rory Gallagher with Mark Feltham on harp. Can't Be Satisfied....
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42nd Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland
Article Archive (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Enjoy The 42nd annual Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.
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Belfast toasts blues legend Rory on anniversary
Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Irish blues guitarist Rory Gallagher would have celebrated his 60th birthday this year, had he lived.
