Welcome to the Rocking Magpie – a box-room on the Internet for one man and a bunch of his Roots Music loving friend’s thoughts and musings on a wide variety of music, be it CD’s, Gigs, books and the occasional DVD. Usually; but not exclusively based around all things ROOTS:- Americana, Folk, Blues, R&B, all variants of Country, a bit of Ska, Reggae and Soul too.
After many years writing reviews for a variety of magazines, newspapers and websites I decided to break up the band and go solo in 2014; putting everything under one roof on ……THE ROCKING MAGPIE.
Me? I live in the North East of England; but the team live across the UK and two are in America, and we receive music from all around the world….mostly the UK, USA and Canada and our readership reflects this, as we have followers in over 130 countries across all 4 continents.
Our priority is bringing you reviews and previews of music that has actually been listened to and appreciated…not just the regurgitation of a Press Release (like too many other ‘household name’ websites!).
We do this because we love music and want you to get an Independent view from someone just like yourself; and in theory this will make you want to actually buy a copy not just scam a free listen on the likes of Spotify and Apple Streaming!
#BuyDontSpotify
As of May 2022 we returned to the radio on NOVA RADIO NE in Newcastle with each two hour broadcast available the day after …… but for personal reasons I stopped in March 2024. All shows are still available to stream by typing ‘RADIO SHOW’ into the box on our home page.
Dig deep into the site; as the bonus is a myriad of my old reviews (400+), some dating back to 2010 which really are a snapshot in time – some I got bang on, others I raved about yet the album and artist still drifted into musical obscurity.
Keep in touch rockingmagpie@outlook.com or on Twitter @RockingMagpie
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FAO Bands, singers and PR’s…….like all other writers and bloggers we put an inordinate amount of time and effort into these reviews; so please, please, please promote them on your websites, social media and the telephone ……they do actually lead to SALES….I have written proof!!!!
Alan aka The Rocking Magpie
If there’s one song that sums up our attitude to what we do and why we do it, it’s this song……. Rex Bob Lowenstein by Mark Germino
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