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News: Joanne Shaw Taylor added to Featured Artists (January 2026)

13 January 2026 News

Joanne Shaw Taylor has been added to the Featured Artists at Get Ready to ROCK! Radio

West Midlands-born Joanne Shaw Taylor has been added to the select group of featured artists at Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. This means more play for the artist across the station’s general playlists and reflects continuous coverage and interviews over an extended period.

In September 2025 Joanne was the subject of a new feature in the GRTR! Greats series, celebrating select artists who have been featured regularly at review website Get Ready to ROCK! (www.getreadytorock.com)

She was first reviewed in 2009 and since that time has developed from an essentially blues/rock artist to a more wider Americana/roots and even pop approach.

Pete Feenstra in his overview for the retrospective feature wrote: “All the time she has grown confidently as an artist. Her husky expressive phrasing (a giant leap forward from her early career), and vibrant guitar playing (in which each solo sounds like an emphatic conversation) dovetails effortlessly into recent songs, on which she’s opened herself more emotionally. And it’s her songs which will ultimately carry her forward.”

Joanne is featured in the weekly blues rock sequence (Tuesdays 19:00 GMT) and in the general rock playlists.

Her addition to the Featured Artists coincides with a further series of UK dates from 26 January.

GRTR! Greats (October 2025)