Preview: Autumn 2017 gigs from Mellowtone Mellowtone are renowned for bringing Liverpool audiences some of the best music nights around, and this autumn sees a choice selection to keep you going to the end of the year. [divider] [/divider] Friday 6th October Tymon Dogg, Mike Badger, Hogie 81 Renshaw – TicketsContinue 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
EP review: Anwar Ali and Dave Owen – Mchanga Mweupe EP REVIEW Artists – Anwar Ali and Dave Owen EP – Mchanga Mweupe Release date – June 2017 Reviewer – Paul Clark It could have been the glorious weather, but from the first listen, this is a collection of songs that had me captivated from theContinue Reading
Beyond the Beaten Track announces industry panels, day programme and music lineup for legacy event this Saturday Beyond the Beaten Track Saturday 28th January, 2017 The Bluecoat, Liverpool 2.00pm to late Free Entry – – On Saturday January 28th, the Bluecoat will host BEYOND THE BEATEN TRACK – a one-off closing party event,Continue Reading
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
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
Acclaimed Scottish songwriter Blue Rose Code will play Liverpool Philharmonic’s Music Room this coming Friday 21st October. The concert will feature songs from his latest release ‘…And Lo! The Bird Is On The Wing’, recorded at Gran’s House Studio in the Scottish Borders and written between the Shetland Isles and rural Dorset. Always popular on Merseyside, BlueContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist – Thom Morecroft EP – Hand Me Down Release date – 13th January 2016 Reviewer – Graham Holland With the Hand Me Down EP local singer-songwriter and genial event host Thom Morecroft joins the growing ranks of musicians who have used Pledge Music to fund the recording and release of their newContinue Reading
Cinematic Liverpool artist Paul Wilkes releases his Patterns EP on 23 November via his label, Pourtous Records. To mark the occasion the singer songwriter, whose soulful sounds recall the lush balladry of Richard Ashcroft and Richard Hawley, will perform a highly anticipated, intimate show at Liverpool’s Lantern Theatre on Wednesday 25th November. Support comes fromContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist – Emilio Pinchi EP – Trying Man Release date – 4th November 2015 Reviewer – Graham Holland In the current climate when new music is more often than not digitally recorded and old recordings are digitally remixed before being re-released I’m reminded of John Peel’s famous quote on being told that CDs are better thanContinue Reading
