Over the Easter weekend songwriters were challenged to write a brand new song within 24 hours inspired by a work of art in the Threshold Festival visual arts gallery. When the 24 hours were up 23 songwriters (if only there’d been one more!) had submitted a song. All of the entriesContinue Reading
The Liverpool Acoustic 24 Hour Songwriting Challenge returns next weekend with a brand new format. Due to the current lockdown restrictions the 2020 challenge is moving entirely online. The 24 Hour Songwriting Challenge – in association with Threshold Festival – gives songwriters 24 hours to write, record and submit a brand new song inspired byContinue Reading
We’re delighted to announce we’ve got a NEW DATE and NEW TIME for our show with Merry Hell and Gerry Ffrench at the Music Room. FRIDAY 13TH NOVEMBER 8.30pm start The doors open at 7.45pm and the show finishes at 11pm. If you have a ticket for 10th April keepContinue Reading
It’s with a heavy heart that we announce the postponement of our Liverpool Acoustic shows in April and May. We were already considering this following yesterday’s updated advice from the Government but it was taken out of our hands today with the news that the Philharmonic Hall is to closeContinue Reading
POSTPONED until further notice Liverpool’s Milo Seabird are to follow up on their 2019 debut single with I Lie Low, a 5 track EP of brand new material to be released on 19th March. Milo Seabird Last year ex-Lumin Bells front man Nico Hercules teamed up with Ollie Hawes to start a new musicalContinue Reading
<< URGENT UPDATE – 4th March 2020 >> After recently being diagnosed with prostate cancer Will Kaufman will be going into hospital on 19th March to have it removed, courtesy of our wonderful NHS. Everyone from Liverpool Acoustic and the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall wish him all the best. Because ofContinue Reading
UPDATE – This show has been rescheduled for Sunday 1st November. Click here for more details. Following on from his celebrated shows, Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin’ and Woody Guthrie: The Long Road to Peekskill Will Kaufman brings his new living documentary Woody Guthrie and ‘Old Man Trump’ to the Liverpool PhilharmonicContinue Reading
Did you know…? In Sweden Wednesday is known as Little Saturday. The Taiwanese call Wednesday míni zhoumò which translates as mini weekend. The phrase hump day first appeared in North America in the 1960s before eventually making its way across the pond to Blighty. Whatever you choose to call Wednesday to help you celebrate theContinue Reading
It Takes Two is an evening celebrating stunning close harmonies and fantastic original music. It takes place this coming Saturday 22nd February 2020 at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall’s prestigious Music Room, and features 30 minute sets from four of the very best vocal duos performing on Merseyside today. Acoustic Americana duo Limerance (Calum Gilligan and Jenny Coyle) perform originalContinue Reading
Singer-songwriter Alison Benson has won the Judges’ Award at the ninth Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge. The news was announced at the end of the Showcase Final which took place at Leaf on Bold Street on the evening of 18th January 2020. Alison also picked up the Audience Favourite award asContinue Reading
