Liverpool Acoustic Newsletter – January 2012

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Welcome to 2012! 

We’ve got so much to look forward to (or not, depending on your point of view), as this year sees a whole host of special events. 

  • The Olympics and Paralympics (Go, Team GB!)
  • The extra bank holiday in June for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (thanks, Liz!)
  • The European Football Championships (yet another opportunity for England to not win silverware)
  • And, of course, 2012 heralds the end of the world (those Mayans never could count properly…) so please make an orderly queue at your nearest Ark.
2012 is also set to be another great year of music in Liverpool, with its network of dedicated promoters and venues gearing up to bring us some of the very best local, national and international musicians around.


LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC LIVE

The next Liverpool Acoustic Live is on Friday 27th January 2012 at the View Two Gallery and features a feast of fantastic music.
  • The Grande are Liverpool’s premier alt-country band, and are riding high having released their fantastic debut album last November. This is real good, feel good music from the band set to make a real impact in 2012.
  • Geoghegan Jackson are duo Susan Geoghegan on guitar and Helen Jackson on vocals. Together they make great music, influenced along the way by John Martyn, Patti Smith and Nick Cave. Their new EP Parlour In The Sun is due to be released this month too on Lapwing Records.
  • Simon Cousins is a singer-songwriter and musician, who was a member of Liverpool indie country rock band The Onset and folk rockers Ophiuchus. His solo work is in an acoustic, folk / country genre, described by Tim Peacock of Whisperin and Hollerin’ online magazine as “showcasing a fluid finger-picking style and a gentle, unobtrusive voice which nonetheless carries a determined presence.”
  • Cherry Colby is an acoustic Singer/Songwriter, originally from Liverpool but now based in Yorkshire. ‘Liverpool Lights’, a track from her new EP, has already been featured on BBC Introducing this year and another track ‘Give You My All’, was featured on Yorkshire Coast Radio ‘Undiscovered’.
Tickets are £5 in advance from wegottickets.com/liverpoolacoustic and available on the door for £6

Doors open at 8.00pm with music starting at 8.30pm sharp. The night finishes at 11.15pm

Join the facebook event here.


DIARY NEWS

Thanks to Michael and Tony who, following a Wednesday night in town, told us about two events from the diary that no longer take place. The update came a day too late for December’s newsletter, so we’re sharing it with you now. If you know of any events that have stopped, started, or changed then do let us know so we can share the news with the rest of the world. 

You can follow more up-to-date news on our twitter feed twitter.com/lpoolacoustic so come and join us in the twittersphere!


All change

  • The weekly 2Track @ Tank (St Helens) is now monthly, on the last Tuesday of the month. They’ll be adding to that a 2Track Sessions night mid-month which will be filmed. If you’re interested in taking part in either event email James or join the facebook group.

You say goodbye…

  • Bumper Acoustic no longer takes place at Bumper on Wednesday nights.
  • Stripped and Bare acoustic no longer takes place at Heebie Jeebies on Wednesday nights.
  • Jody Cooper’s Thursday night open mic at Aki’s on Lark Lane has come to an end after over a year. Jody would like to thank everyone who took part during that time.

Due to the imminent closure of the CUC a number of other regular events have also come to an end. If any of them find a new home we’ll be sure to let you know.

  • Before Dark @ Jamaica Rooms Beer House, Fridays 6-9
  • The Cellar Club @ The Beer House, Saturdays 9-2
  • Open Mic Night @ The Beer House, Sundays 8-11

And I say hello…!

  • Move along now, there’s nothing to see here.

JANUARY DIARY SELECTION BOX

Here’s a selection of some of the acoustic events taking place in January. Click on the event in the diary for full details and links.
  • Monday 9th – Come Strut Your Stuff @ The Egg Cafe – This is a week later than normal because of the Bank Holiday. Open floor poetry and acoustic music takes place once a month in Liverpool’s best vegetarian bistro. The event starts at 8pm but if you want to perform you’ll need to be there before 7.30pm to get your name on the list. comestrutyourstuff.co.uk
  • Saturday 14th – Radical Liverpool @ Studio 2, Parr St. This monthly event returns with Claire Mooney headlining, and support from Our Morals and a full set from the Liverpool Socialist Singers. Tickets £4.50 in advance here. Doors open at 7.00pm
  • Saturday 14th – 10 Bands 10 Minutes @ The Kazimier – if you don’t know the format, it’s pretty simple. 10 bands each play a 10 minute set, making sure they include a song by the featured artist which, in this case, is Neil Young. Amongst the performers are Mark Morriss, Joe Keelan, David Broad, and the Loose Moose String Band. Tickets are £4 on the door – details here.
  • Thursday 19th – Lanterns on the Lake @ The Static Gallery – Here at Liverpool Acoustic HQ we take our hats off to the Harvest Sun guys who continue to bring some of the best touring artists to our fair city. Newcastle-based Lanterns On The Lake fuse the fragile and graceful end of the folk spectrum to the most luminous properties of cinemascopic rock. Tickets are £6.50 in advance and details can be found here.
  • Thursday 19th – Woody Guthrie Folk Club @ The Ship & Mitre – This popular folk club is the place to hear songs of humour, struggle, life and justice. Please note that this month’s date is a week earlier than normal. Tickets are £3 from wegottickets.com with singers getting this refunded on arrival. Full details at woodyfolk.co.uk
  • Thursday 26th – Josh Rouse @ The Black-E – here’s another cracking gig from the Harvest Sun guys which is sure to be a sell-out. Tickets are £15 in advance, and details can be found here.
  • Friday 27th – Liverpool Acoustic Live @ The View Two Gallery, with The Grande, Georghegan Jackson, Simon Cousins, and Cherry Colby. Tickets £5 in advance and £6 on the door, which opens at 8.00pm


FEBRUARY DIARY SNEEK PEEK

In our monthly newsletter we normally list just the events coming up in that particular month. However, there are two gigs on the first day of February this year that deserve a bit more advance notice, so here you go.
  • Wednesday 1st February – Lindi Ortega @ Leaf – Canadian Lindi Ortega plays fine country-tinged Americana described by some as a blend of Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, and Emmylou Harris. Support on the night is from Marc Hannon (Springtime Anchorage) and Emily Cimber. Tickets are £6 in advance, with details here.
  • Wednesday 1st February – Hard Times & Hard Travellin @ Grateful Fred’s, Formby Royal British Legion – Will Kaufman presents a live documentary on the life and music of Woody Guthrie, setting his songs in the context of 1930s America – the Dust Bowl, the Great Depression, and the New Deal. Support is from the delightful Nadine Carina. Doors open at 7.45pm, music starts at 8.00pm, and tickets are £6.50 from here.


AND FINALLY…

We’re in the process of developing a brand new website for Liverpool Acoustic that will see all of our content brought together in the same place. So, if there’s something you think we should be adding or changing now would be a good time to tell us.  You can get in touch by emailing contact@liverpoolacoustic.co.uk

Graham – 
on behalf of the Liverpool Acoustic Team