Liverpool Acoustic are chuffed to announce that folk legend Martin Carthy, dubbed the ‘Godfather of English Folk’, is coming to the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall’s Music Room on Tuesday 20th September. Support on the night is from accomplished musician and songwriter Danny Bradley, winner of the Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge Judges’ Award for 2021.Continue Reading
20th June should have seen Elfin Bow, Little Sparrow and Daria Kulesh at the Music Room. Since this has been rescheduled for 24th April 2021 we thought we’d mark the original date with an online show. Starting at 7pm on Liverpool Acoustic’s Facebook page, the show will be introduced byContinue Reading
NEW DATE Liverpool Acoustic presents three songwriters who share a rare musical synergy and come together for the first time to showcase their magical songs and stories. Elfin Bow, Little Sparrow and Daria Kulesh, all three skilled songwriters and captivating performers, will take to the stage in the style ofContinue Reading
STAND AND DELIVER is the energetic, exciting and entertaining new show from Manchester folk group Pilgrims’ Way. Riding into the Music Room on Friday 8th March the evening features stories of the highwaymen, robbers and brigands of England told through traditional English folksong and 1980s disco! Formed in a Stockport pub in early 2010, Pilgrims’ Way hasContinue Reading
Geoff Speed was one of earliest voices to broadcast on BBC Radio Merseyside when it launched in 1967. Geoff, who shared presentation and production duties with Stan Ambrose, was born in Widnes in 1942 and had been involved in folk music for many years. One of the stalwarts of the BBCContinue Reading
Meet the highwaymen, robbers, and brigands of England in this energetic and entertaining new show from Pilgrims’ Way. Formed in a Stockport pub in early 2010, Pilgrims’ Way has grown to incorporate a dazzling array of instrumentation and millinery. With the extraordinarily omni-skilled musician Jon Loomes (22 instruments), champion RenaissanceContinue Reading
Liverpool Acoustic, in association with News From Nowhere, are proud to present Scottish folk sensation Ewan McLennan to the intimate performance space at 81 Renshaw this coming Friday 6th April 2018. In a short space of time McLennan has come to be known as a guitarist at the forefront of his generation; a troubadour, balladeer and storytellerContinue Reading
This Sunday, iconic folk group Fairport Convention will celebrate their golden anniversary with a show at Camp & Furnace in Liverpool. The folk-rock heroes will be marking 50 years of performances in 2017 with an extensive series of dates and the release of ’50:50@50? which will feature new original songs and live recordings ofContinue Reading
Wirral Folk Festival returns to Whitby Sports and Social Centre from Thursday 4th to Sunday 7th June 2015. This annual one-site festival returns for its 11th year with headline act, legendary folk rockers Fairport Convention. Also performing across the four days are Kieran Goss, Cara Dillon, Richard Digance, While & Matthews,Continue Reading
GEOFF SPEED RETIRES AFTER 47 YEARS PRESENTING FOLKSCENE ON BBC RADIO MERSEYSIDE One of the stalwarts of the BBC Radio Merseyside on-air team has announced he is to retire after almost 47 years behind the microphone. Geoff Speed was one of earliest voices to broadcast on the station, which launchedContinue Reading
