Sky Arts Guitar Star sensation Adrian Nation to play Liverpool this Friday
Last August Adrian Nation won a host of new fans after playing a memorable support slot at the View Two followed by a set at the Bluecoat for the Liverpool Acoustic Garden (part of Liverpool International Music Festival). At the start of 2015, and following a recommendation from Liverpool Acoustic’s Graham Holland, Adrian was asked by Sky Arts to audition for their new show Guitar Star. Hosted by Edith Bowman and with judges Nitin Sawhney, Helen Sanderson and Huey Morgan, the aim of the show was to find the UK’s best new extraordinary guitar player. From the thousands who applied, Adrian won a place at the national auditions and was one of only four guitarists to make it through to the acoustic heats where he was mentored by guitar legends Rodrigo y Gabriela before performing to an invited audience at London’s Bush Hall.
Support on the night is provided by young, smoky-voiced blues singer Sophie Anderson, fresh from a live session with Dave Monks on BBC Introducing in Merseyside, a support slot at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall for Roseanne Cash, a performance at FestEvol, and being the Liverpool Echo’s Buzz Artist of the Week.
Completing the lineup is FABIA, the musical incarnation of London born, Liverpool based singer-songwriter and pianist Fabia Anderson who entwines classical and contemporary folk, soul and Baroque-pop.
- Event: Liverpool Acoustic presents Adrian Nation, Sophie Anderson, FABIA
- Date: Friday 28th August 2015
- Times: Doors 7.45pm, start 8.15pm, finish 10.45pm
- Venue: View Two Gallery, 23 Mathew Street, Liverpool
- Tickets £5.00 advance (+50p booking) or £6 on the door
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1. John Jenkins – The Paris Wife
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2. Denis Parkinson – Instant Daylight
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3. FABIA – The Idea
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4. Sophie Anderson – The Doctor
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5. Adrian Nation – Coming Of The Day
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6. Shoes4Brakes – The Flame
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Theme: Solid Ground by Neil Campbell
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ARTIST INFORMATION
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| ADRIAN NATION adriannation.com Adrian Nation, Father, Brother and Son, a writer whose songs come from the heart and capture your soul. From his home town of Holland on Sea in Essex UK these songs are painted from a life of hard work, love and passion and a feeling of connection to all things, to feel part of something that is bigger than himself. This year has brought some exciting and wonderful changes for Adrian, just off a run on Sky Arts Guitar Star, this year he has completed very successful UK and Dutch Tours and in November he will embark on his first ever Canadian tour. “The Dream and The Adventure continues” |
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VIDEO PREVIEW youtu.be/WPyFAENvwFs – Watch Adrian Nation’s audition onSky Arts Guitar Star. His performance of an original composition Five Finger Rapids impressed judges Nitin Sawhney, Helen Sanderson and Huey Morgan so much that they picked him as one of only four guitarists to go through to the acoustic heats.
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| SOPHIE ANDERSON facebook.com/ Sophie Anderson is a blues singer based in Liverpool who has a surprisingly big voice which has been described as “animalistic” and “sensational.” She has recently performed in The Liverpool Philharmonic in support of Roseanne Cash, and has played in The Kazimier as part of Festevol. |
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VIDEO PREVIEW youtu.be/UvoNaAEvqcw – Here’s Sophie Anderson performing The Healer Man for the ATP Sessions.
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| FABIA facebook.com/fabiamusic ‘FABIA (Fabia Anderson) is a singer-songwriter from London now living in Liverpool. She came to Liverpool 4 years ago to study music and has been performing her solo material since November 2014 in venues across the North West and London. Entwining the classical and contemporary, FABIA fuses influences of folk, soul and Baroque-pop into her own individual style. Alongside her solo work FABIA can be seen playing in contrasting bands The Soul Rays, The Good Host and The D-Tales.
FABIA is usually seen around Liverpool with her somewhat large musical accomplice, ‘Roland’. 28th August sees her returning to View Two Gallery’s grand piano, giving Roland a well-deserved night in.’
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VIDEO PREVIEW youtu.be/vvCCsxhUryk – Watch FABIA perform her original song The Idea live in the studio.
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Preview: Liverpool Acoustic Live – Friday 28th August 2015