At this time of the year we’d like to thank our loyal supporters, especially Emma Dreaming Arthur White Chris Muss Jess Likethe Juan Swee Hugh Sternow Wendy Treetops and the rest of the festive crew! As is customary, there are a couple of reminders for you. Reminder #1 There willContinue Reading
LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC SPOTLIGHT 2015 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Thanks to all of the artists who’ve submitted songs for this year’s show. If you want to catch up on the previous three then the links are here. 2011 Christmas Special 2012 Christmas Special 2013 Christmas Special 2014 Christmas Special Liverpool Acoustic Spotlight 142 2015Continue Reading
It Takes Two Ticket Competition According to Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston, “It takes two (Baby)”. Whether it’s a Twix, a Bounty, or a Kit Kat (original, not those weird four finger ones…) some of the best things in life come in twos. So to celebrate reaching 2,222 likes (give or take aContinue Reading
Liverpool Acoustic and Acoustic Dustbowl Christmas party this Friday For our final gig of the year Liverpool Acoustic are once again gatecrashing the Acoustic Dustbowl Christmas Party for a joint night of merriment and fun. It all takes place on the evening of Friday 11th December 2015 at the home of both events Mathew Street’s ViewContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Dave Ellis & Boo Howard Album: Facebook Friend Reviewer: Allan Cairns Released: 30th October 2015 Liverpool-born Dave Ellis and London’s Boo Howard have been playing together since 1979 when Dave formed his electric band ‘The Reactors’ which incorporated guitar, drums and keyboards, and had Boo playing bass and handling mostContinue Reading
Liverpool Acoustic Newsletter – December 2015 Congratulations to Maria Silker on winning the Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge 2015. As part of her prize Maria will be performing a set at Liverpool Acoustic Live’s 7th birthday show in February and will be using it to launch her new album. She’s alsoContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist – Vanessa Murray EP – It’s About Time Release date – 7th November 2015 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating **** Vanessa Murray has been quietly biding her time on the Liverpool music scene, just out of the spotlight’s glare, intriguing enough people and entertaining many moreContinue Reading
Maria Silker has won the Judges’ Award at the Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge 2015 with her song The Right Goodbye. The news was announced at the end of the Showcase Final which took place at the View Two Gallery on Friday 27th November. The winner of the Audience Favourite Award was IsabelContinue Reading
Cinematic Liverpool artist Paul Wilkes releases his Patterns EP on 23 November via his label, Pourtous Records. To mark the occasion the singer songwriter, whose soulful sounds recall the lush balladry of Richard Ashcroft and Richard Hawley, will perform a highly anticipated, intimate show at Liverpool’s Lantern Theatre on Wednesday 25th November. Support comes fromContinue Reading
Operation Lightfoot to play Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge Showcase Final next Friday Operation Lightfoot will be performing at this year’s Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge Showcase Final on Friday 27th November 2015 at the View Two Gallery, Mathew Street. Amongst those performing with Operation Lightfoot at Liverpool Acoustic’s fifth annual Songwriting ChallengeContinue Reading
