Alison Benson wins inaugural 24 Hour Songwriting Challenge at Across The Threshold 2018 Singer-songwriter Alison Benson won the first ever Liverpool Acoustic 24 Hour Songwriting Challenge at Threshold Festival on Saturday 14th April 2018. 23 songwriters from across the region took less than 24 hours to write a brand new song inspired by the theme ‘AcrossContinue Reading
SINGLE REVIEW Artist – Shadow Captain Single – Leaving San Francisco Release date – 4th December 2017 Reviewer – Alison Benson Leaving San Francisco is the latest single to be released by Shadow Captain (Stuart Todd). A song about gentrification, it provides a critique of the displacement that often arises due to theContinue Reading
Live review: Limerance EP launch @ Studio 2 20/09/17 Live review: Limerance EP launch Support: Karen Turley, The Medicine Men DJs Date: Wednesday 20th September 2017 Venue: Studio 2, Parr Street Reviewer: Alison Benson Studio 2 Parr Street itself fills a person with high expectation, its walls decorated with photos of artists whoContinue Reading
The Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge 2017 launches on the afternoon of Saturday 30th September at 81 Renshaw. Full details of this year’s Songwriting Challenge, including how to enter, can be found at challenge.liverpoolacoustic.co.uk From 1pm to 4pm we’ll be running the Liverpool Acoustic Afternoon. Come along if you want toContinue Reading
Join Liverpool Acoustic for an Easter Egg-stravaganza in Thornton Hough this Saturday After last year’s successful and highly enjoyable Winter Warmer and Summer Sizzler Liverpool Acoustic returns to Thornton Hough Village Club & Bar on the evening of Saturday 8th April for a night of top acoustic music we’re calling our Easter Egg-stravaganza (see whatContinue Reading
After last year’s successful and highly enjoyable Winter Warmer and Summer Sizzler events at Thorton Hough Village Club & Bar we’ve decided to do it all over again. Saturday 8th April 2017 sees our Easter Egg-stravaganza with cracking headline act Limerance. Support is in the form of father and sonContinue Reading
It’s Tuesday Tunes with Liverpool Acoustic at our new venue The Courtroom Cafe!! Liverpool Acoustic co-hosts will as ever be Pete King, Derek King andDavid Neville King This week we are proud to present as featured guests, pianist and vocalist extrordinaire Alice Laybourne, plus the gravelly tones and wit ofContinue Reading
It’s Tuesday Tunes with Liverpool Acoustic at our new venue The Courtroom Cafe!! Liverpool Acoustic co-hosts will as ever be Pete King, Derek King andDavid Neville King This week we are proud to present as featured guests some ukulele magic with Alison Benson and our old mate John Jenkins AsContinue Reading
LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC SPOTLIGHT 2016 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Liverpool Acoustic Spotlight 152 2016 Christmas Special
Ed Jones wins Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge 2016 Ed Jones has won the Judges’ Award for the Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge 2016 with his song Love Is Blind. The news was announced at the end of the Showcase Final which took place at the View Two Gallery on Friday 25th November. The winner ofContinue Reading
