Liverpool Acoustic Newsletter – November 2010

If you thought November was that dull month between Halloween and Christmas when nothing much happens, then think again.

• The Liverpool Folk and Roots Festival is brought to you by the guys behind the successful Family Folk-up nights. It’s running from 21st to 28th November at various venues throughout the city, and full details can be found at liverpoolfolkandroots.com. Artists due to appear include Denis Jones, Skirm and Danny Cameron, Hughie Jones, Chris Wood, and the Loose Moose String Band. There will be a news item later in the month with the full line-up of events and artists.
• The International Guitar Festival of Great Britain takes place across Wirral from 3rd to 28th November. There’s plenty of variety and choice for guitar lovers everywhere, and enough acoustic events to keep us all happy. Full details can be found at bestguitarfest.com. Acoustic highlights of the Guitar Festival include Nick Harper (6th), Peter Price (11th), Alison Smith (12th), T-J & Murphy (13th), Joe Brown (14th), Tom Paxton (18th), Tom Doughty (19th), and Gerry Murphy (21st).
• And sticking with the guitar theme, the Merseyside Guitar Show takes place on Sunday 28th November at Aintree Racecourse’s Conference Centre. Full details from guitarshows.co.uk/liverpool.htm
• We’ve already told you about Liverpool Music Week (through to 25th November) on the news and reviews page here. Full details can be found at liverpoolmusicweek.com

Liverpool Acoustic is proud to present the amazing Jon Gomm in his first Liverpool concert for over four years. Leeds-based Jon is a singer-songwriter and virtuoso performer who uses one acoustic guitar to create drum sounds, bass lines and melodies simultaneously. His songs draw on a range of influences and styles, including blues and soul.


Support on the night is from Mark Wilson, St Helens’ finest percussive guitarist, and Megan Thomas, winner of Open Mic UK 2009 and Make It Break It 2010.

You say goodbye…

• Baby Blue tell us they no longer host an open mic night every other Wednesday.

• John O’Connell (former member of the legendary group Groundpig) has a regular Friday night gig at O’Neill’s on Slater Street. It starts at 7pm and he plays two sets. One Friday he won’t be playing O’Neill’s, however, is 26th November when he plays The Gladstone Theatre. Visit johnpig.com for more details.
• Virginia’s Acoustic Haze is a new fortnightly open mic event at Ye Crack on Rice Street (off Hope Street). It’s first come, first served, 3 songs max, and encourages original music and tastefully arranged covers.
• There’s a new weekly open mic hosted by The Talismen at The Clarence Pub in New Brighton every Thursday from 8.45pm to 11pm. Contact Mark Whiteley or Alan Jeacock on facebook for more details.

• Friday 5th – Micah P Hinson @ The Static Gallery – with Serafina Steer. 8pm. Tickets £12.50 from ticketline – Full details from myspace.com/harvestsunpromotions
• Sunday 7th – Andy White @ Grateful Fred’s (The Freshfield Hotel, Formby) – 8pm, tickets £5 – Full details from gratefulfred.co.uk
• Wednesday 10th – Doug MacLeod @ Liverpool Marina, 8pm doors, 8.45pm show, tickets £11 in advance and £12 on the door. Full details from bluesinthenorthwest.com
• Saturday 13th – T-J & Murphy @ Birkenhead Priory, with support from Jeff Jepson. Full details from the International Guitar Festival of Great Britain website here.
• Sunday 14th – Moonlight Garden Party @ Sefton Park Palm House, with Denis Jones, John Fairhurst, The Random Family, Lizzie Nunnery, and Andy Hickie. 6.30pm start, and tickets £5 from wegottickets.com
• Monday 15th – Sensorites release their second single Just Because You Can – check out sensorites.blogspot.com to pre-order, and to hear all the lovely remixes!
• Thursday 18th – Long Night @ venues across the city – details from biennial.com
• Thursday 18th – Tom Paxton @ Floral Pavilion. Full details from the International Guitar Festival of Great Britain website here.
• Saturday 20th – Steve Phillips @ Appleton Thorn Village Hall – tickets £10 from the venue – further details at stevephillipsmusic.com
• Sunday 21st – Gerry Murphy ‘A Voyage Around My Guitar’ @ Floral Pavilio Tivoli Suite. Full details from the International Guitar Festival of Great Britain website here.
• Thursday 25th – Woody Guthrie Folk Club: Rob Johnson Special @ The Ship and Mitre – The last two WGFC nights have sold out well in advance, so get your tickets even earlier if you want to join in with special guest Robb Johnson. Tickets and further info from woodyfolk.co.uk
• Friday 26th – Jon Gomm @ Liverpool Acoustic Live (The View Two Gallery), with support from Mark Wilson and Megan Thomas. Tickets £5 in advance and £6 on the door. Full details from liverpoolacoustic.co.uk/live

AND FINALLY…


Well done to the Blues at the Marina crowd for raising £105 for the Children’s Heart Association during the Toby Walker gig last month. They’re hoping to do the same again at their next gig which features Doug MacLeod from St Louis, USA. See the Diary Selection Box above for more details.


And as you can see from the Diary Selection Box above there’s an incredible number of acoustic events taking place on the local scene. If you’d like to join the Liverpool Acoustic team and contribute reviews of live events and music releases then get in touch with us.


If you’ve got any comments or suggestions you can leave a message in our Guestbook, or drop us a line using the Contact Us form or by emailing contact[at]liverpoolacoustic.co.uk


Graham (on behalf of the Liverpool Acoustic team)