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Artist – Simon Cousins Album – Myriad of Colour Released –27th September 2022 Reviewer – Allan Cairns, Liverpool Acoustic Launched at Maghull Folk Club in September, Myriad of Colour is Simons Cousins’ fourth solo album. It comprises eleven tracks mostly self penned, plus an arrangement of the traditional song Spencer the Rover andContinue Reading

Jesse Terry is an American singer-songwriter living in Stonington, Connecticut. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Terry cut his musical teeth for five years as a staff writer on Nashville’s Music Row, writing award-winning songs for TV shows and other recording artists. Since branching out as a musician andContinue Reading

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Artist – Bobhowla Single – Tainted Released – 9th September 2022 Reviewer – Stuart Todd, Liverpool Acoustic Alt. acoustic indie rockers Bobhowla have been taking their fans off the waiting list with some recent gigs and the release of a brand new single Tainted. Southport visionary Howard Doupe has once again pulled out all the stops to create anContinue Reading

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Liverpool Acoustic has been shortlisted for Promoter of the Year at the inaugural Sound Music Awards. When the nomination period closed on 22nd August the eight nominees with the highest number of nominations in each category were shortlisted. The shortlists were announced on 3rd September when voting opened. The nominatedContinue Reading

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Liverpool Acoustic are chuffed to announce that folk legend Martin Carthy, dubbed the ‘Godfather of English Folk’, is coming to the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall’s Music Room on Tuesday 20th September. Support on the night is from accomplished musician and songwriter Danny Bradley, winner of the Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge Judges’ Award for 2021.Continue Reading

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The Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge is a truly unique event where songwriters are challenged to write a new, original song inspired by a work of art. Now in its twelfth year the Songwriting Challenge welcomes back judges Jon Lawton (Owner, Crosstown Studios/producer), Kaya Herstad Carney (Threshold/vocal coach), Luke Moore (composer/Operation Lightfoot) and Robert Vincent (award-winning musician and songwriter), and AlisonContinue Reading

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Contemporary acoustic folk duo Gilmore & Roberts combine award-winning songwriting with astounding musicianship and their trademark harmonies to create a powerful wall of sound. Katriona Gilmore (fiddle, mandolin) and Jamie Roberts (guitar) open their Autumn tour – celebrating 10 years of their breakthrough album The Innocent Left – at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall’s Music Room on SundayContinue Reading