News: GRTR! Greats – New feature series starts in March at Get Ready to ROCK! (February 2025)
12 February 2025 News
A new series starts in March, reflecting artist coverage at major classic rock website Get Ready to ROCK!
Since 2003 the website has gained an unrivalled reputation for quality and insightful reviews plus interviews and features. In 2023 the website celebrated its 20th anniversary with a series of special features including “The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness” selecting specific artists who had been featured repeatedly over two decades and reflecting their consistency in terms of albums and gigs.
“GRTR! Greats” continues this theme, focusing on selected artists who have featured strongly over an extended period and continue to be featured.
The launch artist is Thea Gilmore described persistently by the review team as “the finest singer songwriter of her generation”. Thea releases a new album ‘These Quiet Friends’ at the end of February ahead of a series of UK dates in March.
The first retrospective will be accompanied by a new interview with Thea chatting about her music and career. (See below for broadcast times)
Thea Gilmore is featured in the daily singer songwriter sequence on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio (Mon-Fri, 14:00-16:00) and from 1 March she will be a “Featured Artist” on the station which means more play across the station’s general playlists.
Managing Editor David Randall commented “Our Grotto feature in 2023 was very popular and reiterated our comprehensive coverage for selected artists. Some of these artists are not what you might call “mainstream” or they have had their greatest period of “fame” (in healthier economic times) but continue to produce quality work.
Get Ready to ROCK! has always supported this type of artist and, unencumbered by any corporate or financial pressures, these artists are a genuine passion for our reviewers. The new series will underline that enthusiasm and provide a retrospective summary signposting our archive of material along with new interviews and analysis.”
News and Reviews Editor Jason Ritchie added: “Like the Grotto feature, the new series reflects a consistency amongst the reviewing team. A number of different reviewers have covered the artists over the years and all attest the artists’ ascendancy over a long period and maintaining their standing in the millennium.
We hope that this series encourages readers to explore the artists music in more depth, maybe adding to their knowledge or introducing a future passion…”
Other artists lined up for this series include Graham Gouldman, Robin Trower and Wishbone Ash.
Thea Gilmore Part 1 (“The Eclectic Mix” Sunday 23 February, 18:00) Part 2 (“The GRTR! Archive”, Monday 24 February, 16:00)
Parts 1 & 2 (Thursday 27 February, 22:00)
All times GMT.
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