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I'm not sure when it hits the shelves but here's some additional info (i'm not involved with the mag, the company i work for was approached for advertising) :

".... there is the feeling out there that it's a good thing for a small independent publisher to have a go at filling the 'middle ground' niche covering retro, soft rock, blues, punk folk and americana as well as roots and world music.

We also now have distribution deals with HMV, Fopp, Waterstones, Virgin and others being finalised.

....for the record I gather from the Ed. that the exclusive with Shane McGowan (conducted by Johnnie Black), is uproarious and a brilliant read. There is also a 30 - year retrospective of Marc Bolan (interview with Tony Visconti), and lots of other goodies."

So there you have it, also looks like there is a free cd with 1st issue (see top of cover)
Caukill

is there website for the magazine?

Caukill wrote:hopefully this works it, click on image to increase the size:



I'm not sure when it hits the shelves but here's some additional info (i'm not involved with the mag, the company i work for was approached for advertising) :

".... there is the feeling out there that it's a good thing for a small independent publisher to have a go at filling the 'middle ground' niche covering retro, soft rock, blues, punk folk and americana as well as roots and world music.

We also now have distribution deals with HMV, Fopp, Waterstones, Virgin and others being finalised.

....for the record I gather from the Ed. that the exclusive with Shane McGowan (conducted by Johnnie Black), is uproarious and a brilliant read. There is also a 30 - year retrospective of Marc Bolan (interview with Tony Visconti), and lots of other goodies."

So there you have it, also looks like there is a free cd with 1st issue (see top of cover)
Caukill

Great news! I'm pleased to see it back. The original Rock 'n' Reel, which I wrote for for some years, went under some years back. I know someone else had taken it over, but the copy I saw was quite orientated towards the solo singer-songwriter. This incarnation looks true to what Sean McGhee set up originally.

Excellent news, I look forward to reading it. If you find out when it's being published, please let us know.

IrishRover wrote:is there website for the magazine?

i couldn't find one & the original mail i read didn't have one. Will mail the guy and see if there actually is a site......

Great find

IrishRover wrote:is there website for the magazine?

i mailed them and as yet [gulp]....they don't have a website . Luddites.

Kinda reminder:

The new version of Rock'n'Reel will be bi-monthly and each issue will have a free CD. The first issue will be available on December 1 with CD – Un-Herd Volume 1 – which includes music by Canned Heat, Ani DiFranco, Steve Hackett, Eleanor McEvoy, Paul Lamb and The King Snakes.

It will feature interviews with Shane MacGowan, Donovan, Paul Rodgers, Flogging Molly, Christy Moore, Jacqui McShee, Arlo Guthrie and Andy Roberts to name just a few.

Full article on new Rock'n'Reel

http://www.rock-n-reel.co.uk/


£4.25 in UK

The cover features Shane in all his full colour glory.


Rock’n’Reel is back!
http://www.rock-n-reel.co.uk

Rock’n’Reel….a music magazine covering the very best in roots, rock, blues and beyond.

The new publisher of Rock’n’Reel is Richard Ellin who was the commercial publisher of ‘CD Review’ and advertisement director…’Forte’ (Trust House Fortes magazine).
Ellin was consultant to Mercedes on the re-launch of their consumer publication. He was involved in the launch of the Today newspaper and has also worked for the
BBC on ‘The Radio Times’.

A fan and subscriber to the original Rock’n’Reel first published in 1998, Richard Ellin is committed to the magazine’s long term future as a serious music journal.
Rock’n’Reel started life as a fanzine with modest ambitions and grew into a fully fledged magazine; this development will now continue with the relaunch
in December 2006. The new version of Rock’n’Reel will appear nationally as a one hundred and forty page glossy bi monthly with its own distinctive cover mount
CD entitled ‘UN-HERD’

Un-Herd Volume 1 includes music by Canned Heat, Ani DiFranco, Steve Hackett, Eleanor McEvoy, Paul Lamb and The King Snakes, Colin Scot, Heartless Bastards, Die Hunns, Luke Doucet, Denison Witmer and more. There will be a further free CD in the Un-herd series affixed to the cover of each subsequent issue of Rock’n’Reel.

Never a magazine to kow-tow to the vagaries of musical fashion, Rock’n’Reel has attracted some of the best music writers in the British Isles.
Editor Sean McGhee returns with most of the original writing team who are equally delighted and excited to be working again on the magazine promising lots of exclusive interviews and interesting music features and off the wall photography.

Rock’n’Reel has been completely redesigned in full colour with reader friendly layouts. The review section will be divided into categories of styles allowing readers to locate their favourite music in a more satisfying and absorbing way.

The first issue of the relaunched Rock’n’Reel includes interviews with Shane MacGowan, Donovan, Paul Rodgers, Flogging Molly, Christy Moore, Jacqui McShee, Arlo Guthrie, Andy Roberts, Dick Gaughan, Legendary Shack Shakers, James Yorkston, Spiers & Boden, Joe Brown, and features on Bob Dylan, Marc Bolan, Nick Drake, Arthur Lee and Syd Barrett … plus all the usual CD, live, DVD, book reviews and news.

A one year subscription to the magazine includes a five CD offer. The collection courtesy of Terra Nova and Osmosys Records gives the listener almost five hours of hard core folk, world music and comedy as well as left field contemporary sounds. The offer earns the subscriber seventy one tracks which include some very rare pieces by well known performers as well as gems from up and coming artists. Potential subscribers can take up the offer by either visiting the web-site http://www.rock-n-reel.co.uk
or by purchasing the first edition which includes full subscription details and an application form.
Alternatively Rock’n’Reel is available nationally from WH Smiths and all good newsagents plus Virgin, HMV, Our Price and Borders stores. Distribution nationally is by Comag.

You can buy it for£5 online or for £4.25 in the shop.
Six issue subscription is £28.70 compared to £25.50 in the shop.
Not much of any incentive to subscribed .

Surely you should get a least one free issue for buying in advance?

there is an incentive to subscribe you get 5 free CDs! Check it out at
http://www.rock-n-reel.co.uk
The interview was actually by Dickon Edwards, or as he describes himself 'Shane MacGowan's new romantic valet'
Sean McGhee
Editor Rock'n'Reel

Lots of bands I have never heard of on the free cds, but
Hank Wangford and the Lost Cowboys I remmeber as being a great live band.

Is it published yet? Had a search of all the likely outlets in this city of culture, and can't find it anywhere. Has anyone else found it in the shops?

firehazard wrote:Is it published yet? Had a search of all the likely outlets in this city of culture, and can't find it anywhere. Has anyone else found it in the shops?

I had a look for it today and couldn't find it in either Smiths or Virgin.