Live review: Liverpool Acoustic Afternoon @ Threshold Date: Saturday 29th March 2014 Venue: The Baltic Social Reviewer: Ian D Hall Caroline England The question should always be, “Did you enjoy what you saw at Threshold?” For anybody who stepped into the confines of The Baltic Social on the Saturday of Threshold 2014 and hungContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Mark Pountney Album: Mark One Reviewer: Ian D Hall Rating: 9/10 Some performers ooze class without even having to play a cord or a single note. Of course when they do put together the start of a new song that you just know is going to capture the imaginationContinue Reading
It’s April 2014 and we’re full of the joys of Spring with the first Liverpool Acoustic Afternoon of the year at the View Two Gallery, plus another cracking lineup for this month’s Liverpool Acoustic Live. Added to that the normal array of top quality events taking place at venues acrossContinue Reading
Live review: Liverpool Acoustic Festival Date: Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd March 2014 Venue: The Unity Theatre Reviewer: Liam Pickup Last weekend (Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd March) saw the birth of the first ever Liverpool Acoustic Festival. Naturally, Liverpool Acoustic was there to soak up the atmosphere, and LiverpoolContinue Reading
The Liverpool Acoustic Afternoon returns to Threshold Festival for the fourth year for a fantastic afternoon of live acoustic music in The Baltic Social (formally Elevator Bar) on Parliament Street. It’s taking place from 2pm to 7pm on Saturday 29th March 2014 and you’re all invited! Entry is by dayContinue Reading
FRIDAY 28th MARCH 2014 LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC LIVE Liverpool Acoustic Live takes place on Friday 28th March 2014 at the View Two Gallery at the heart of the world-famous Cavern Quarter. Headlining the event is Treetop, the musical project of Craig Lamb, who won the Liverpool Echo’s competition to find an unsigned act to play the Liverpool MusicContinue Reading
Live review: Kathryn Williams Support: Lizzie Nunnery and Vidar Norheim, Matt Deighton Date: Wednesday 19th March 2014 Venue: Leaf on Bold St Reviewer: Graham Holland At 10.12pm on Wednesday 19th March 2014 I tweeted via @lpoolacoustic “There’s something captivating about @KathWilliamsUK music – pure magic!”. I was standing at theContinue Reading
Live review: Mark Pountney album launch Support: Rae Clark Date: Saturday 15th March 2014 Venue: House Reviewer: Liam Pickup PRESS ALERT: Liverpool singer/songwriter Mark Pountney launches new album ‘Mark 1’ at House, Bold Street. Liverpool Acoustic was there to absorb the wonderfully western action that was going down at the aptly renamed ‘Last Chance Saloon’.Continue Reading
Mellowtone and Ceremony Concerts present a special gig this coming Wednesday 19th March as they welcome Liverpool-born, Newcastle-based Kathryn Williams back to her home town for a one-off gig at Leaf on Bold Street. Kathryn has been building a fanbase and impressing the critics ever since her first album DogContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Ian Prowse Album: Who Loves Ya Baby Reviewer: Alan O’Hare Categorising music can be a dangerous thing to do. Sure, we’re all guilty of it: critics, fans… even artists can get side tracked by what people think. It’s natural. But, sometimes, you can put something in aContinue Reading
