Liverpool Acoustic NEWS BLAST

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

phil cooper

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

blue rose code

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

leon rosselson music room

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

simon & garfunkel together alone

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

will kaufman

Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin’ is a ‘live documentary’ presented by singer, multi-instrumentalist and Professor of American Literature and Culture Will Kaufman. Author of the first political biography of the legendary American balladeer, Will is recognised as the world’s leading authority on Woody Guthrie. Woody Guthrie: Hard TimesContinue Reading

songwriting challenge

Liverpool’s unique Songwriting Challenge closes 9th October The Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge is a truly unique event where songwriters are challenged to write a new, original song inspired by the art on show at Mathew Street’s independent View Two Gallery. Returning for its sixth year, the Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge 2016 launched on 10th September and entriesContinue Reading