Year : 2022
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : Chile , Italy , Spain
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 113 mb
Bio:
One of the great up-and-coming hard rock singers of our time, Ronnie Romero has announced the release of a unique covers album, "Raised On Radio". The album features covers of classics that have meant something special to Romero over the years and helped forge this talented singer's musical style. Songs by legendary acts like Survivor, Bad Company, Foreigner, Queen, Led Zeppelin, and more are given Romero's talented vocal treatment here. Joining Romero is a stellar cast of musicians, including Srdjan Brankovic (The Big Deal, Alogia) on guitar, Javi Garcia on bass, Andy C (ex-Lords of Black) on drums, and Alessandro Del Vecchio on keyboards, who also handled production, mixing and mastering.
Album:
Chilean power house singer Ronnie Romero has been extremely active in the last couple of years. Some people might find he has been too active, hopping from band to band, from project to project. Overkill? When you are in demand and you have to make a living with your singing you might (maybe) not be too critical and take the opportunity when it comes onto your path. And let us not forget that the man can sing.‘Raised On Radio’ is a cover album. The people of the Frontiers label discussed the possibility of Ronnie doing a cover album and within no time the singer had a selection of songs close to his heart by artists that inspired him throughout the years. Produced by Alessandro Del Vecchio and with his former Lords Of Black team mate Andy C on drums ‘Raised On Radio’ turns out to be a very versatile album indeed.Ronnie selected the songs all by himself and he has come up with some very surprising choices. All aspects of his vocal abilities are being used and all together (at stages) it paints a pretty impressive picture. What speaks for Ronnie is that he has not chosen a bunch of well-known or popular covers. I mean ,,Black Dog’’, ,,Stairway To Heaven’’ or ,,Rock And Roll’’ by Led Zeppelin would have been a logic choice but Ronnie Romero went for the bluesy track ,,Since I’ve Been Loving You’’ and he is killing it.The songs that he has selected from Russ Ballard (,,Voices’’), Grand Funk Railroad (,,Sin’s A Good Man’s Brother’’), Queen (,,I Was Born To Love You’’), Survivor (,,Backstreet Love Affair’’), Bad Company (,,No Smoke Without A Fire’’), Elf (,,Carolina Country Ball’’), Foreigner (,,Girl On The Moon’’), Kansas (,,Play The Game Tonight’’), Bob Dylan (,,All Along The Watchtower’’) and Uriah Heep (,,Gypsy’’) are certainly not the most popular tracks of those artists and bands, but they do show that Ronnie Romero can sing basically any genre that is connected with rock music.In most cases he nails it, only the pepped up version of ,,Voices’’ by Russ Ballard sounds out of place in my opinion. And what does appeal is that here and there some songs have some twist and turns like the intro of Heep’s ,,Gypsy’’ for instance. Romero and his musicians play around a little instead of sticking as close as possible to the original.At the end of the day, it all comes down to taste. Romero has chosen not to follow all songs to the letter and in most cases his plan has worked out rather nicely. I can imagine that this is not everyone’s cup of tea as you might prefer Ronnie as you know him as a power house. But there is more to this man than you might have expected and ‘Raised On Radio’ gives you an example of that. Up to you to take it or leave it but at least have a listen. Oh yes, next month you can hear Ronnie on the new MSG-album ‘Universal’ and I am sure that won’t be the last we hear from him in 2022.
Line Up:
Ronnie Romero - vocals - See also: Destinia, Lords of Black, Rainbow, Sunstorm, The Ferrymen, Walter Giardino Temple, Eridan (live), ex-Michael Schenker Fest (live), CoreLeoni, Michael Schenker Group, ex-Nova Era, ex-Vandenberg, ex-Santelmo, ex-Aria Inferno, ex-Frontiers All Stars, ex-Voces del Rock
Srdjan Brankovic - guitar
Javi Garcia - bass
Alessandro Del Vecchio - keyboards - See also: Poison Rose, Chalice of Sin, Edge of Forever, Eleventh Hour, Faithsedge, Jorn, Level 10, Silent Force, Sunstorm, The Grandmaster, Verde Lauro, Dragon's Cave (live), Brunorock, Hardline, Kraemer, Lionville, Lovekillers, Mayank, Moonstone Project, The Big Deal, Voodoo Circle, ex-Eden's Curse, ex-Fury n Grace, ex-Axe, ex-Frontiers All Stars, ex-Glenn Hughes (live)
Andy C - drums
Tracklist:
01. Sin's A Good Man's Brother (Grand Funk Railroad)
02. Backstreet Love Affair (Survivor)
03. No Smoke Without a Fire (Bad Company)
04. I Was Born To Love You (Queen)
05. Play The Game Tonight (Kansas)
06. Carolina County Ball (Elf)
07. Girl On The Moon (Foreigner)
08. Gypsy (Uriah Heep)
09. Voices (Russ Ballard)
10. All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
11. Since I've Been Loving You (Led Zeppelin)
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