Merry Hell – Liverpool Acoustic’s favourite folk-rock band – launched their brand new album Bloodlines on 1st November and to celebrate they’ll be bringing the infectious excitement of their Merry Helloween live show to Liverpool Philharmonic Hall’s Music Room in January 2017 for a Friday the 13th Special! Merry HellContinue Reading
NEWS BLAST 30/10/16 Let’s play a game of ‘Good News/Bad News’, shall we? The ‘Bad News’ is that the Liverpool Acoustic Newsletter is no more. After 100 consecutive months of bringing you a regular roundup of news, diary changes and other stuff (you can read the first one from 1stContinue Reading
Contemporary singer-songwriter Phil Cooper heads to Liverpool with his interactive musical show this Friday Liverpool Acoustic welcome contemporary singer-songwriter Phil Cooper to the View Two Gallery this coming Friday 28th October. Earlier this year Phil gave up an executive management job to follow his music career, and if the reviews areContinue Reading
Acclaimed Scottish songwriter Blue Rose Code will play Liverpool Philharmonic’s Music Room this coming Friday 21st October. The concert will feature songs from his latest release ‘…And Lo! The Bird Is On The Wing’, recorded at Gran’s House Studio in the Scottish Borders and written between the Shetland Isles and rural Dorset. Always popular on Merseyside, BlueContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist – Joe Keelan EP – Call Off The Gods Release date – 2nd October 2016 Reviewer – Allan Cairns Joe Keelan is releasing his first proper solo EP Call off the Gods on Saturday 15th October at the View Two Gallery, Liverpool. Joe used to be part of the band The Random Family,Continue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Gary Fulton Album – Waterfalls and Waves Release date – 8th August 2016 Reviewer – Denis Parkinson, Liverpool Acoustic Gary Fulton’s latest album Waterfalls and Waves is an accomplished set of catchy, rhythmic songs that will start your feet tapping. Opening song Black Moon has a simple but highly infectious riff that drivesContinue Reading
Liverpool Acoustic returns to Sound Food and Drink for We Shall Overcome 2016. Started in 2015, We Shall Overcome is a UK grass roots music community response to the cuts to public services, and the hardship caused by them. From 1pm to 5pm there will be a selection of talented musiciansContinue Reading
Live review: Leon Rosselson Date: Wednesday 14th September 2016 Venue: Music Room (Liverpool Philharmonic Hall) Support: Esme Bridie Reviewer: Steve Kinrade, Klee Music Leon Rosselson has a rich history – as is the want of his 82 years – of songwriting, children’s authorship, interweaved with so-called socialist radical politics, and it is with eager enthusiasm theContinue Reading
BOOK REVIEW Title – Simon & Garfunkel: Together Alone Author – Spencer Leigh Publisher – McNidder & Grace Release date – 18th September 2016 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare While there is a major Paul Simon biography due this year from the celebrated American author Peter Ames Carlin, tomes on Simon & Garfunkel (and even just the former)Continue Reading
We Shall Overcome (WSO) returns for a second year and this time round it’s been expanded from a single weekend to nine days from Saturday 1st to Sunday 9th October 2016. WSO is the national music and creative community’s response to the austerity measures impoverishing some of the most vulnerableContinue Reading
