Live review: Ethemia @ Andersons Bar Thursday 7th February 2013 From the moment Michaela Mott and Berny Poulton arrived in Anderson’s Bar for their soundcheck they seemingly cast a musical spell over the venue, almost as though they had sprinkled their own invisible Ethemia magic dust. The genuine passion andContinue Reading
Live review: The Toy Hearts plus The Drifting Classroom @ Liverpool Acoustic Live The View Two Gallery, Mathew Street Friday 25th January 2013 Liverpool Acoustic’s Graham Holland and Stuart Todd can be very pleased with themselves. They won the Live Music Night of the Year Award at the inaugural LiverpoolContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Rob Clarke Album: About A Time Website: soundcloud.com/rob-clarke Rob Clarke has recently been busy recording with his new group The Wooltones and has just been featured on Folkscene for BBC Radio Merseyside. Recorded at Number 4 studios with Fran Ashcroft, ‘About A Time’ is the third album to emerge fromContinue Reading
Live review: Robert Vincent @ The Unity Theatre, Liverpool Tuesday 22nd January 2013 Liverpool Sound and Vision rating * * * * Robert Vincent is one of the great acoustic artists playing in Liverpool right now. He also has been very busy in recent months, so busy that it makesContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: The Science of the Lamps EP: Science of the Lamps EP Website: thescienceofthelamps.com Rating: **** There is something unerringly beautiful about the music of Science of the Lamps. Almost mythical in its presentation, stunning in its creation and just that pinch of Nordic noir/folk fairytale that filters through and givesContinue Reading
Live review: Steve Hogarth (Marillion) @ St Bride’s Church, Liverpool Friday 14th December 2012 Liverpool Sound and Vision rating * * * * In recent years there has come about a new tradition for fans of Marillion, one of the seminal British bands of the last 30 years, that comeContinue Reading
Liverpool Acoustic Live has been around for some time now as a spin off from the Liverpool Acoustic website, launched in 2008 as a central resource for the thriving acoustic music scene in and around Liverpool, and to say it’s been a success to date is something of an understatement,Continue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Jessicas Ghost Album: Losing Track Of Time Website: jessicasghost.co.uk Formed in 2005, Jessicas Ghost are Emma Thorbinson (vocals/acoustic guitar,) Christoph Demetriou (violin and backing vocals), Ian Moxham (bass, backing vocals, mandolin, mandola, banjo, harmonica), Christopher “R-Chris” Shaw (electric and acoustic guitars, tenor ukulele), Craig Smith (keyboards, percussion, drum programming) andContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: James J Turner Album: How Could We Be Wrong? Website: jjturner.com I’d never come across James J Turner’s work but I was enticed initially by the impressive cast of backing musicians that he had assembled for this album. After all, Vicky “Mono LPs” Mutch and Paul Walsham (still theContinue Reading
Live review: Guitar Masters UK Tour 2012 – Andy McKee, Preston Reed, & Jon Gomm @ The Epstein Theatre, Liverpool Wednesday 26th September 2012 As a long time fan of finger-style guitar it was with great anticipation that I queued up to listen to not just one but three ofContinue Reading
