Live review: Nick Ellis, Daylight Ghosts album launch Date: Saturday 12th November 2016 Venue: Gustav Adolfs Kyrka (Scandinavian Seaman’s Church) Support: Cousin Jac Reviewer: Derek King, Liverpool Acoustic On a chilly Saturday evening in November, Mellowtone Records released Nick Ellis’s keenly awaited solo album Daylight Ghosts at the celebrated Gustav Adolf Scandinavian Church in Liverpool. Continue Reading
Live review: Leon Rosselson Date: Wednesday 14th September 2016 Venue: Music Room (Liverpool Philharmonic Hall) Support: Esme Bridie Reviewer: Steve Kinrade, Klee Music Leon Rosselson has a rich history – as is the want of his 82 years – of songwriting, children’s authorship, interweaved with so-called socialist radical politics, and it is with eager enthusiasm theContinue Reading
Live review: 50 Years of Revolver Date: Friday 5th August 2016 Venue: Leaf on Bold St Performers: Roxanne de Bastion, She Drew The Gun, Eleanor Nelly, Tom Morecroft, FABIA, Derek King, the Southbound Attic Band, Joe Symes & the Loving Kind, Only Child Reviewer: Ian D Hall – Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool SoundContinue Reading
Live review: Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting, and Nancy Kerr Support: Charlie McKeon Date: Wednesday 8th June 2016 Venue: The Epstein Theatre, Liverpool Reviewer: Alan O’Hare – Liverpooletc The legendary folk singer and guitarist, Martin Simpson, is midway through an anecdote to introduce the ballad ‘Ruben’ and a busy-enough-for-a-Wednesday-night crowd finally come to life. There’s laughs,Continue Reading
Live review: Liverpool Acoustic Afternoon @ Threshold 2016 Date: Saturday 2nd April 2016 Venue: The Baltic Social Performers: MonaLisa Twins, Charlie McKeon, Derek King, Denis Parkinson, Ook and the Elephant, Eleanor Nelly, Dylan Trenouth Reviewer: Ian D Hall – Liverpool Sound and Vision MonaLisa Twins Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10 As Threshold goes fromContinue Reading
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
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
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
Live review: Jon Gomm Date: Thursday 26th March 2015 Venue: LEAF on Bold St Reviewer: Alicia Rose – Nerve Magazine Jon Gomm Upon talking with Jon Gomm, (if you were ever to get the opportunity) you would have an instantaneous realisation of having a very real connection with this fellow, in a common appreciation ofContinue Reading
Live review: Liverpool Acoustic Live Artists: Roxanne de Bastion, Jez Wing, Jo Bywater Date: Friday 27th February 2015 Venue: View Two Gallery, Mathew Street Reviewer: Peter Cowley, FATEA Magazine Tonight I was privileged to be invited to a birthday party, and not just any birthday party. This was a party to celebrate theContinue Reading
