Live review: The Other Half Artists: Mark Billingham and My Darling Clementine Date: Wednesday 18th November 2015 Venue: Music Room, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Reviewer: Graham Holland, Liverpool Acoustic Take one bestselling, award-winning, country-loving crime writer, add the UK’s top country music duo, and you get a match made in country heaven. I’ve been hooked onContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist – Paul Wilkes EP – Patterns Release date – 25th November 2015 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare Hot on the heels of ‘Take The Sunlight’ and ‘River Running With Me’, comes his third EP of the year, the delicate ‘Patterns’. It’s lower key than the previous releases – out go the strings and widescreen arrangements,Continue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist – Emilio Pinchi EP – Trying Man Release date – 4th November 2015 Reviewer – Graham Holland In the current climate when new music is more often than not digitally recorded and old recordings are digitally remixed before being re-released I’m reminded of John Peel’s famous quote on being told that CDs are better thanContinue Reading
Live review: Liverpool Acoustic Live Artists: Silent Sleep, Vanessa Murray, Charlie McKeon Date: Friday 25th September 2015 Venue: View Two Gallery, Mathew Street Reviewer: Peter Cowley, FATEA Magazine The admirable Liverpool Acoustic organisation [Graham Holland and Stuart Todd] has much in common with Fatea Magazine. They both support and provide an opportunity forContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Ian Prowse Album: Compañeros Reviewer: Alan O’Hare Released: 2nd October 2015 When is an album of cover versions not a covers album? When said songs are being uncovered for the first time… Ian Prowse’s new album, Compañeros, contains ten tunes written by songwriters other than the Merseysider. The rub?Continue Reading
Live review: Liverpool Acoustic Garden Date: Monday 31st August 2015 Venue: The Kazimier Garden Performers: Geoghegan Jackson, Denis Parkinson, Katy McGrath, Martha Reich, Ade Jackson, Roxanne de Bastion, Derek King, Shoes4Brakes Reviewer: Ian D Hall – Liverpool Sound and Vision Geoghegan Jackson Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * Bank HolidaysContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Moss & Jones Album: Amateur Astronomy Reviewer: Helen G – stresswitch.com Released: 28th June 2015 Merseyside-based multi-instrumentalist duo Moss & Jones waste no time in following up their debut single ‘Ella Brown’ with Amateur Astronomy, their first album and a consolidation of their unique sound. Influenced, but never overwhelmed, by aContinue Reading
Live review: Liverpool Acoustic Live featuring Larry Beckett and The Long Lost Band Artists: Larry Beckettt, The Long Lost Band, Geoghegan Jackson, David James Roberston Date: Friday 26th June 2015 Venue: View Two Gallery, Mathew Street Reviewer: Peter Cowley, FATEA Magazine If, like me, you are a fan of the late Tim Buckley you willContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist – Richard Batty EP – Loaded Gun Release date – 18th June 2015 Reviewer – Graham Holland UPDATE – SEPTEMBER 2021 Richard Batty is now performing under the name Ambro River. I’d been aware of the name Richard Batty for some time but hadn’t heard any of his music until I managed to catchContinue Reading
Live review: Elvis Costello Date: Monday 15th June 2015 Venue: Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Reviewer: Alan O’Hare It’s all about that singular voice. Elvis Costello is unique. Sure, he’s not the only acclaimed songwriter around who twists brand new melodies from well-worn chords. But he is the only one who renders chords, melodies and structure almostContinue Reading
