It’s the merry month of May, and with the festival season in full swing there’s certainly a lot to be merry about! Locally we’ve got Liverpool Sound City, the International Pop Overthrow, Crosby Music Festival, and the Hub Festival returning to Otterspool Prom – brill! Further afield there’s the Conniston-based Music With A View Festival run by the Family Folk-up crew. All of these festivals feature a number of acoustic artists, so there’s plenty to go around. This is all one in the eye to the disgruntled Crosby poet on a national poetry forum who said “Liverpool [is] the city that culture forgot.” Time for his medication, we’thinks!
We normally reserve this bit of the newsletter for the monthly highlights, but to be honest there are so many of them that it would probably be longer than the Diary Selection Box below, so instead we’ve highlighted the highlights (ahem) in the diary section so they’re easy for you to see. Just don’t forget to read the rest of the newsletter first!
One extra piece of news. We are proud to announce that Liverpool Acoustic Live is now a member of the North West Federation of Folk Clubs, and we’ll have copies of Folk North West magazine on sale at our future gigs. You can find the NWFFC online at folknorthwest.co.uk
The first act starts at 7.00pm, and the event finishes at 12.00pm
Cost: FREE
- Joe Worricker – London’s young pop sensation with an incredible voice myspace.com/joeworricker
- Summerskin – Local lad Lee Broderick’s new band comes to town myspace.com/summerskinofficial
- The Second Grace – From Palermo, Sicily, comes singer-songwriter Fabrizio Cammarata thesecondgrace.com
- The Good Intentions – Liverpool’s bright alt-country sensations – winners of Maverick’s Song of the Year 2009 thegoodintentions.co.uk
- Roy Rieck and the Medley Band – Going by the name of Acollective, these guys are from Israel, have recorded in the USA and are now based in the UK. myspace.com/royrieck
- Laura James – LIPA graduate from Carlisle, this lady oozes musical talent myspace.com/songsabouttheweather
Facebook event here.
- James M Carson
- Rachael Dunn
- David Gibb
- The Southbound Attic Band
More details to follow about the lineup.
You say goodbye…
- The extended run of Musicians’ Gallery events at the Walker Art Gallery has finished. Hopefully they’ll do it again in the future, and hopefully we’ll hear about it if it does.
- Acoustic Afternoon is a new event brought to you by Liverpool’s Lost At Sea Records. It takes place at Mello Mello on Saturday afternoons, and they’re aiming for one event per month. Check out their website for more details. lostatsearecords.co.uk
- The guys behind the weekly Kroaky Open Mic night every Tuesday at the Horse and Jockey in Maghull have started another weekly open mic. This one is in the Coach and Horses in Maghull, starts at 7ish, goes through to 10pm, and is free. If that’s your neck of the woods then why not pop in and join the fun?
Wednesday 5th – The Eliza Carthy Trio @ Trelawnyd Memorial Hall (near Rhyl) – we don’t normally plug gigs this far out from Merseyside, but this one is well worth making the effort for as Eliza is being supported by our own Thomas-Joseph & Murphy. Gig information from here.
AND FINALLY…
The button above says it all! If you haven’t done so already then why not join us on Facebook? You can reach our group by clicking the logo or here. Not only do you get that warm fuzzy feeling of belonging, you also get automatically invited to all our events!
Thanks to everyone who has written reviews of live events and albums for the News and Reviews page. It’s great to see other people taking part and spreading their opinions far and wide. If you’d like to review a gig or CD just drop us a line using the Contact Us form or by emailing contact[at]liverpoolacoustic.co.uk
Graham, on behalf of the Liverpool Acoustic Team