Liverpool Acoustic Spotlight #32
August 2010
August 2010
1. Barry Briercliffe – Hold On
2. Stuart Todd – Calm Before The Storm
3. Rae Clark – Mary, Mary
4. Rich Man’s Ruin – Tommy’s Lot
5. Miss Gradenko – Driven To Tears
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This month’s
Liverpool Acoustic Live takes place on Friday 27th August at the View Two Gallery on Mathew Street.Local singer-songwriter Barry Briercliffe will be launching The Alive EP at this event, and has put together a top class supporting line-up.
Stuart Todd is an accomplished singer-songwriter who never fails to entertain whether he’s playing solo like tonight, or with his band The Freebies.
Rae Clark has influences ranging from Pink Floyd and Sigur Ross to Fairport Convention and Fleet Foxes, so who could fail to be impressed? Certainly not those who enjoyed his last performance for us at the View Two and have been pestering us ever since to book him again!
Miss Gradenko is Italy’s number one female-fronted Police tribute band, and they’ve recently found a new musical direction by going acoustic.
Rich Man’s Ruin is a new folk group from Liverpool uniting the undoubted talents of Gabi Monk, Alun Parry, and Vinny T Spen.
There are only 30 tickets available online for £4 in advance from wegottickets.com – the rest of the tickets are being sold directly by Barry. When these tickets are gone (and we’re expecting another busy night) then entry will be limited to a small number of £5 tickets available on the door.
Please note doors open at the earlier time of 7.30pm with music starting at 8.00pm sharp. The night finishes at 11.15pm
Barry Briercliffe
Barry Briercliffe is a talented acoustic singer-songwriter from Kirkby who has gigged extensively across Merseyside and the Northwest. He takes his influences from the likes of Damien Rice, REM, KT Tunstall, and Pink Floyd. Barry’s strong, soulful voice coupled with his great lyrics and quirky use of loop pedal enable him to build up layers of sounds, rhythm and voice that will excite and inspire audiences.
His album When All You Need Is Answers is available to buy from his MySpace profile and The Alive EP is being launched on the night of this gig.
Barry took over the space left by the demise of Acoustic Slice and now hosts the Acoustic Live Lounge at 3345 Parr Street every Monday evening from 8.30pm. Acoustic Live Lounge is on a summer break at the moment, but will be returning soon.
Stuart Todd is an acoustic singer songwriter on the Liverpool Music scene. His first EP ‘Playing The Field’ was recorded in 2004, followed by a second EP Man On A Mission’ in 2005. Stuart worked with Neil Campbell in the group Triad before re-emerging as an acoustic duo with the release of their long awaited studio album Campbell Todd in October 2007.
Last year Stuart went back into the studio with engineer and co-producer Andy Fernihough to compile a collection of tracks. The resulting album ‘A Question Of Time’ ponders on relationships and the passing of time; with the music very much in the spirit of the singer-songwriter movement of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s.
In November 2009 Stuart launched the album with his new band The Freebies in Parr Street Studio 2.
A Question Of Time is available to buy on CD in the following stores;
- Probe Records in The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool £4.99
- Piccadilly Records, Oldham Street, Manchester £5.99
- News From Nowhere, Bold Street, Liverpool £5.99
photo © Adrian Wharton
Rae Clark
Rae Clark is a local singer-songwriter whose musical influences span a wide range of musicians, from Sigur Ross and Pink Floyd, to Fairport Convention and Fleet Foxes. He has an album called Wee Monkey which is currently available to buy on MySpace here.
Rich Man’s Ruin
Rich Man’s Ruin is a folk group based in Liverpool, England, and comprising Gabi Monk, Alun Parry, and Vinny T Spen.
The music consists of three vocals, guitar, banjolele, autoharp and harmonica, and together they play songs old and new.
You can catch them playing at festivals up and down the country, and locally at the Woody Guthrie Folk Club in the Ship and Mitre pub on Dale Street on the last Thursday of the month. www.woodyfolk.co.uk
Miss Gradenko
Miss Gradenko is Italy’s number one female-fronted Police tribute band! The group comprises Adriano Arena (guitar), Marco Biggi (drums & backing vocals), and Serena Merega (bass & vocals). They aim to bring to the stage the greatest Police songs, preserving the distinctive sounds of the band, but still leaving room for creativity, improvisation and adaptations, using a personal style.
Last autumn saw the band head back into the studio: the need of experimenting led the trio to try acoustic interpretations of Police songs, along with some Sting masterpieces.
Liverpool Acoustic Spotlight #32 – August 2010
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