Liverpool Acoustic Newsletter – November 2013

November 2013 sees an expanded International Guitar Festival of Great Britain taking place across the whole month at venues throughout Wirral. There’s something for everyone whatever your musical tastes so check out the listings at bestguitarfest.com

LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC @ SOUND

Liverpool Acoustic Open Mic at Sound Food and Drink on Duke Street is going from strength to strength following its September launch. This weekly open mic is free to attend, and performers get a free drink. Each night also features a number of booked acts too. It takes place every Monday from 8pm to midnight, and if performers want to book a slot they can either turn up early or ask on the facebook event. This coming Monday 4th November sees guests Jordan Madani and The Southbound Attic Band.

LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC SONGWRITING CHALLENGE
SHOWCASE FINAL

Liverpool Acoustic Live this month is the Showcase Final for the Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge. Now in it’s third year this event continues to impress with the high level of inventiveness and song craft from our local songwriters.

The Showcase Final takes place at the View Two Gallery on the evening of Friday 22nd November 2013. This year eleven finalists will perform their song with an image of the work of art that inspired it projected onto the wall behind them for the audience to see.

Tickets are available in advance for £5 from wegottickets.com/liverpoolacoustic

The last two years the tickets sold out within a week being placed on sale, so if you want to attend you’ll need to book your place as soon as possible.

Please note if the online tickets sell out there will be no entry on the night for anyone who hasn’t bought their ticket in advance.

All money raised on the night will be split between Marie Curie Cancer Care in Woolton and Garston Animal Rescue, in memory of Liverpool Acoustic team member Sharon Jones.

Doors open at the earlier time of 7.30pm, with the event starting at 8.00pm.

You can join the facebook event at facebook.com/liverpoolacoustic/events

All of our future live events can be found at liverpoolacoustic.co.uk/live and if you want to receive information about tickets before they go on general sale then sign up to our events publicity mailing list here.

REMEMBERING AMANDA DeANGELES

Earlier this year we were saddened to hear of the untimely passing of Amanda DeAngeles after a long and brave fight with cancer. Amanda was well known as a talented poet, author and writer, and a vocal supporter of the local creative scene. Above that she was a lovely, warm person who is missed terribly by her family and friends.

Some of Amanda’s friends have decided to get together to remember and celebrate her life with an evening of poetry and acoustic music. It’s taking place at the View Two Gallery on Friday 29th November.

We will let you have more details closer to the time, although we can confirm that TJ & Murphy will be performing along with other musicians and poets.

DIARY NEWS

PLEASE NOTE: We CANNOT accept diary submission via email or the contact form on our website – please use the Add Event form via the link on our Diary page.

If you come across an event in the diary that’s out of date, drop us a line using the ‘Contact‘ page.

All change…

• We’ve not heard of any regular events changing.

You say goodbye…

• No events have come to an end… that we know of!

And I say hello…!

• Cohesion is a new monthly event on the third Friday of the month at The Pilgrim. Doors open at 7.30pm and it starts at 8.00pm. It is run by Celtic Bazaar in conjunction with Bling Studios and features booked local musicians plus a short open mic slot. They’re particularly interested in featuring young musicians just starting out, plus musicians from the magical mix of ethnic groups that exist in Liverpool and the surrounding areas. The launch night on 15th November features Joe Maddocks, That Irish Band, and Iselin Honningsvag. Tickets are £4 (£3 conc) from News From Nowhere, and on the door. Contact details at celticbazaar.eu

NOVEMBER DIARY SELECTION BOX

Here’s a selection of some of the acoustic events taking place this month. Click on the event in the diary for full details and links.

• Friday 1st – Rob Jones and Rob White @ View Two Gallery – An evening of live music, with support from Nick Lacey and Michelle Tennant. 8pm start and £3 on the door.
• Sunday 3rd – Introspection: Liverpool Guitar Society @ The Capstone Theatre. Members of the Liverpool Guitar Society will perform a selection of special ensemble arrangements including works by Samuel Barber, Radiohead, Gavin Bryars, Richard Harding, Pachelbe, Debussy, and Ravel. Tickets £5 (£3 conc) on the door only. Show starts at 7.30pm.
• Wednesday 6th – Rod Picott @ Grateful Fred’s – with support is from Joe Topping. Please note that this is the last Grateful Fred night in Formby before the move to The Atkinson in December. Tickets for this are £8 from wegottickets.com
• Friday 8th – Stephen Simmons @ Acoustic Dustbowl – Tennessee born singer-songwriter Stephen Simmons comes to the View Two Gallery with his blues and roots. Support from the Southbound Attic Band. Tickets £5 advance from wegottickets.com and £6 on the door at 8pm.
• Wednesday 13th – Martin Harley @ Liverpool Marina. One of the gigs of the month from Johnny’s Blues Club with the visit of blues and roots musician Martin Harley. He’ll be supported by East Nashville’s rising star Sam Lewis. Tickets £11 in advance from 0151 428 2855
• Friday 15th – John Goldie @ Birkenhead Priory. A one man jazz band goes a little way to describe this remarkable musician’s ability to combine bass, chords, melody and groove together with apparent ease. Tickets £12 (£10) here.
• Saturday 16th – The Songbook Sessions @ The Zanzibar – 7.30pm doors and £6 in for a cracking lineup of Delta Maid, TJ & Murphy, Springtime Anchorage, Rachael Wright and the Good Sons, the Ste Hedley Band, and more. Details on facebook.
• Wednesday 20th – Jad Azkoul @ Williamson Art Gallery – Concert guitarist Jad Azkoul is a startling player with an incredible technique. The evening will be opened with a short set from local guitarist Gerry Murphy. 7.30pm start, tickets £12 (£10 conc) from bestguitarfest.com

AND FINALLY…

Tickets are on sale now for next month’s joint Christmas Party with Acoustic Dustbowl on Friday 13th December. Music on the night will be provided by members of the Acoustic Dustbowl and Liverpool Acoustic teams, and include The Southbound Attic Band, the Mudcat Brothers, Three Minute Hero, and some bloke called Graham Holland! All money raised on the night through tickets and the raffle is going to charity, so grab your tickets now from wegottickets.com/liverpoolacoustic

And talking of tickets, we hope you didn’t miss out on the notice about early bird tickets for Threshold 2014. You did? Well never fear for you can still get your weekend ticket for a staggeringly-cool £10 from here.

And talking of Threshold 2014, if you’re a musician and you’d like to take part then you can apply using the handy online form here. And you never know, you might even end up playing the Liverpool Acoustic Afternoon on Saturday 8th March 2014!

Graham – on behalf of the Liverpool Acoustic Team

 

 

Liverpool Acoustic Newsletter – November 2013