Album review: Nick Ellis – Adult Fiction ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Nick Ellis Album – Adult Fiction Release date – 12th November 2017 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare Second albums are tough… especially if you’re a solo artist. Scouse songwriter Nick Ellis’ first album, the sublime Daylight Ghosts, was critically acclaimed and placed the ex-MaybesContinue Reading
Album review: John Jenkins – Window Shopping in Nashville ALBUM REVIEW Artist – John Jenkins Album – Window Shopping in Nashville Release date – 24th November 2017 Reviewer – Derek King, Liverpool Acoustic Often when we listen to a new album, we crave quality over quantity, we need structure and certainty, and less can mostContinue Reading
Album review: Southbound Attic Band – Seekers of Solace ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Southbound Attic Band Album – Seekers of Solace Release date – 20th November 2017 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10 Life would be intolerable without the huge abundance of many fantastic bands andContinue Reading
Album review: The Grande – The Grande Artist – The Grande Album – The Grande Release date – 5th May 2017 Reviewer – Denis Parkinson Imagine you are a disembodied presence hovering above Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles, in 1971. It’s a clear night and the air is warm. Music is floating up from a bigContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Alun Parry Album – Freedom Rider Release date – 25th March 2017 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare, Liverpool Acoustic You don’t often associate poetry and metaphor with protest music. But therein lies the rub: Alun Parry is no protest singer. He’s a folk hero. Folk music comes in many colours and whilst it’sContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Elfin Bow Album – Elfin Bow Release date – 18th March 2017 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare, Liverpool Acoustic All artists invite you to enter the world they inhabit. It was Bruce Springsteen who said that the artist’s job is to make YOU interested in their obsessions. Has Elfin Bow managed that with herContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Nick Ellis Album – Daylight Ghosts Release date – 12th November 2016 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10 Never dismiss the softly spoken, never believe that the quietness in a person’s soul is indicative of their passion, their drive or their worth, for evenContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Gary Fulton Album – Waterfalls and Waves Release date – 8th August 2016 Reviewer – Denis Parkinson, Liverpool Acoustic Gary Fulton’s latest album Waterfalls and Waves is an accomplished set of catchy, rhythmic songs that will start your feet tapping. Opening song Black Moon has a simple but highly infectious riff that drivesContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist – John Jenkins Album – Trains Release date – 23rd September 2016 Reviewer – Ian D Hall – Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10 In the world of art, in whatever shape or form it should take, the brave, the courageous and those that dare stare into the face ofContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Derek King Album – Seasons Release date – 17th June 2016 Reviewer – Ian D Hall – Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10 If Sometimes is an occasion, an instance in Time to celebrate, then to find yourself nestling amongst the Seasons is to consider yourself privileged. It isContinue Reading
