Live review: Bird @ Liverpool Acoustic eXtra plus The Sea Kings, and Thom Morecroft The View Two Gallery Friday 9th March 2012 The fact that the Acoustic Music scene is thriving in Liverpool is due in no small part to the sterling efforts of Graham Holland and his Liverpool AcousticContinue Reading
Live review: Rae Morris @ Leaf Thursday 23rd February 2012 Review // Mellowtone & See the Sound present: Rae Morris – plus Thomas J Speight, Dave O’Grady // Leaf 23.02.12 It was a pretty full house at Leaf for the first show of Rae Morris’ tour and with two monthsContinue Reading
Live review: Woody Guthrie Folk Club @ The Ship & Mitre Thursday 29th December 2011 Visiting the Woody Guthrie Folk Club for the first time was like going back to my musical roots. It was many years ago in the upstairs room at the Ship & Mitre on Dale StreetContinue Reading
Gig review: Ian McNabb – 50 Songs (part 1) @ The Capstone Theatre Friday 9th December 2011 You could hear a pin drop. Silence, reverence… call it what you will, it’s surely what an artist craves: the undivided attention of those who have paid to see a performance. Ian McNabbContinue Reading
Live review: Jon Gomm (Liverpool Acoustic Live)@ View Two Gallery Friday 25th November 2011 Blending Bon Iver‘s melodicism and breathless virtuosity, Getintothis’ Sean Bradbury wonders why Jon Gomm remains a mystery to the masses. ‘Are there any guitarists in here?‘ asked Jon Gomm halfway through his set. ‘I’ve just given up,’ came the instant replyContinue Reading
Gig review: Dead Cities album launch @ St Bride’s Church Saturday 26th November 2011 Liverpool is full of bands who’ll tell you how good they are. You know who I’m talking about: whenever you bump into them on Bold Street, EMI have just offered them a six album deal. Well,Continue Reading
Gig review: The Solid Air Band @ The Capstone Theatre Saturday 29th October 2011 The Capstone Theatre was an appropriate setting for The Solid Air Band. They played two sets dedicated to the music of John Martyn, who passed away in 2009. The project is fronted by Mark Byrne, anContinue Reading
Gig review: The John McSherry Trio @ The Rodewald Suite (Liverpool Philharmonic Hall) Tuesday 18th October 2011 The John McSherry Trio (photo © John Chandler) John McSherry started playing pipes when he was eleven, mostly self taught except for occasional visits to the late great piper and pipe maker Sean McAloon. HeContinue Reading
Gig review: Damien Dempsey and Amsterdam @ Liverpool O2 Academy Saturday 15th October 2011 Damien Dempsey (photo © John Johnson) If familiarity breeds contempt then no-one told the hundreds who packed into the O2 Academy on Saturday night. For the second time in two years, Damien Dempsey and Amsterdam got the Liverpool IrishContinue Reading
Live review: Elbow Jane @ The Floral Pavilion, New Brighton Saturday 10th September 2011 You would expect to have a good night out when a talented and exciting acoustic folk band with local roots, as Elbow Jane undoubtedly are, and the folk legend Andy Irvine, needing no introduction as theirContinue Reading
