The Liverpool Irish Festival starts on Thursday 11th October, marking ten years of celebrating the musical, historical, cultural and sporting links between Liverpool and the Emerald Isle. This year’s festival has been condensed into ten days, and runs from 11th to 21st October 2012. Musical highlights include (click the linksContinue Reading
Celebrating Subversion: The Anti-Capitalist Roadshow is coming to town next month, and since it’s something rather special we thought you’d like a little more advance notice than normal. Liverpool Acoustic and Sefton Park Palm House, in association with News From Nowhere and Radical Liverpool, are proud to present a very special evening celebrating subversion through music and magic, on Saturday 10thContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: James J Turner Album: How Could We Be Wrong? Website: jjturner.com I’d never come across James J Turner’s work but I was enticed initially by the impressive cast of backing musicians that he had assembled for this album. After all, Vicky “Mono LPs” Mutch and Paul Walsham (still theContinue Reading
We’ve reached 21 News Blasts already, and before we get a chance to mention the ‘key of the door’, we’ve going to crack on with all those snippets of music news we’ve been keeping safe for an occasion such as… well… this! BREAKING THE RULES – Would you like toContinue Reading
Live review: Guitar Masters UK Tour 2012 – Andy McKee, Preston Reed, & Jon Gomm @ The Epstein Theatre, Liverpool Wednesday 26th September 2012 As a long time fan of finger-style guitar it was with great anticipation that I queued up to listen to not just one but three ofContinue Reading
Gosh, September was interesting, wasn’t it? The scrapping of Liverpool City Council’s busking policy, and the start of the fight to keep MelloMello open certainly put the music scene in the media spotlight. Let’s hope both situations can be resolved for the benefit of the creative community. And so toContinue Reading
FRIDAY 5th October 2012 LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC PRESENTS Hot on the heels of our last event comes a special Liverpool Acoustic Presents taking place one week later on Friday 5th October 2012 at our regular home, the View Two Gallery on Mathew Street. Headlining on the night is Californian Americana star Rick Shea, with support fromContinue Reading
The Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge 2012 deadline is fast approaching. Songwriters have until 5pm on Sunday 7th October to submit their original songs based on a work of art at the View Two Gallery. There was a great deal of interest at the launch event earlier in September with lotsContinue Reading
We’ve been amazed by the support shown since we published our article Save MelloMello – 10 ways to help last Sunday. In fact, so many of you have been kicking up a fuss, signing the petition (currently 6,740), sharing on twitter (we’re looking at YOU, Dr Brian May!), and pesteringContinue Reading
“More than just a bit stupendous.” That’s how fRoots Magazine’s Simon Jones described the headline guests at Liverpool Acoustic Live this coming Friday 28th September 2012, and who are we to argue? Merry Hell play folk rock with punk sensibilities. Born from the ashes of local favourite band The Tansads,Continue Reading
