Liverpool Acoustic Live preview – 27th May 2011

Liverpool Acoustic Spotlight #45

 Liverpool Acoustic Live preview

May 2011


 

  1) David Harbottle and the Friendly Cats – Knuckles Slam Down

2) Alex Hulme – There Was A Boy

3) Troy Faid – Part Time Philosopher

4) Kristi Michele – Desert Song

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This month’s Liverpool Acoustic Live takes place on Friday 27th May 2011 at the View Two Gallery on Mathew Street.There’s a fantastic line-up this month with two acts from Liverpool, one from Leeds, and one from Los Angeles.
  • David Harbottle and the Friendly Cats 
  • Alex Hulme 
  • Troy Faid [Leeds]
  • Kristi Michele [Los Angeles]
Tickets are £5 in advance and £6 on the door. Tickets for Liverpool Acoustic Live and eXtra shows are available from wegottickets.com/liverpoolacoustic 

Doors open at 8.00pm with music starting at 8.30pm sharp. The night finishes at 11.15pm

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David Harbottle and the Friendly Cats are a seven piece acoustic folk outfit from Liverpool who pride themselves on originality and musical independence. They’ve already completed two tours of Ireland, a tour of Italy, and have appeared on Irish and English television. Following on from their debut EP ‘Strangers’ they’re currently mastering their debut album due for release later 
this year.

myspace.com/davidharbottle 

Alex Hulme is a young musician from Lancashire, currently studying at LIPA. Signed to Cityscape Records, Alex already has a number of releases under his belt and plenty of radio appearances too. Great songs with live performances to match, Alex Hulme is one to watch. 

myspace.com/alexhulmeacoustic soundcloud.com/brad-cityscape


Troy Faid
 is an incredibly talented musician from Leeds. BBC6 Music’s Tom Robinson described Troy as a “stunning guitarist and songwriter” and NormanRecords.com said his music was “passionately executed”. His first album Last Week’s Tune is available to buy from iTunes, and Troy will be playing for us in Liverpool before heading out to play Strummercamp the next day. If you like great guitar playing like Drake and Jansch, you’ll love Troy Faid!

www.myspace.com/troyfaid

Kristi Michele is an Indie Folk songstress hailing from the dusty edges of Southern California. Her songs are tales of misty forests, chirping birds, and creaking Viking boats woven into ornate tapestries of sound, with touches like glockenspiel and auto harp. Her voice has the nostalgic quality of a vintage chanteuse, hinting at the torch singing of Billie Holiday, the wavering folk bellow of Maddy Prior, and the theatrical alto of a turn-of-the-century vaudevillian act. British folk, Broadway show tunes, Brill-Building pop, jazz, blues, cabaret, and psychedelia are each influences on her songs. She is like a rainbow comprised of all the colours left over from many a rainy day- whatever the package, her songs evoke a time gone by.

“Songs Across the Seaside”, fourteen songs written by Kristi Michele on the acoustic guitar over one “endless summer day”, tells of a lover long lost across the sea, and of an imagination run wild, fabricating the future and living in a present perceived through dreams, a modern day fairy tale of the mind.

Kristi is a late addition to the Liverpool Acoustic Live lineup. She is visiting the UK to play at Stuart Anthony’s album launch event, and when we heard she had a spare night we just had to book her to play at the View Two.

www.kristimichele.com
myspace.com/akristibird

Liverpool Acoustic Spotlight #45 – May 2011
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The Liverpool Acoustic Spotlight is produced and presented by Graham Holland and Barry Briercliffe on behalf of the Liverpool Acoustic website. It is also available on the Internet courtesy of Art In Liverpool FM (Defnet Media), and is a proud member of the Association of Music Podcasting
The theme music is King of the Faeries by Andrew Ellis from his CD Midnight On The Water.