It Takes Two is an evening celebrating stunning close harmonies and fantastic original music. It takes place this coming Saturday 22nd February 2020 at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall’s prestigious Music Room, and features 30 minute sets from four of the very best vocal duos performing on Merseyside today.
Acoustic Americana duo Limerance (Calum Gilligan and Jenny Coyle) perform original songs with heartfelt, optimistic and interesting lyrics, plus sweet harmonies.
The Folk Doctors (John Armstrong and Ultan Mulhern) will be prescribing a course of folk with a local connection, while Visions of Albion (Samantha Shields and Daniel Ryan) present their own blend of music described as “English folk meets Laurel Canyon”.
Celebrating 40 years as a duo Rob Jones and Rob White have been making music together since their schooldays. They’ll be sharing “beautiful harmonies of which Simon and Garfunkel would be proud” (Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision).
There’s only a handful of tickets left, so don’t leave it too late to grab yours!
Tickets are £12 for standard seating and £15 for premium (guaranteed seat at the front), and are available from the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall box office in person, by phone on 0151 709 3789 and online at liverpoolphil.com
| Limerance www.limerance.co.uk Limerance are an acoustic Americana duo, based in Liverpool. Playing original songs with heartfelt, optimistic and interesting lyrics, they have a growing repertoire of original music. Their unique performances comprise of one microphone, one acoustic guitar and two voices in close harmony. |
| Rob Jones and Rob White facebook.com/RobJonesandRobWhite Liverpool-based acoustic duo Rob Jones & Rob White have been harmonising since their schooldays. Rob Jones’ songs attempt to deal with the ups and downs of life, public transport, heartbreak, The Monkees and the Mersey rain-sometimes all in the same song! “The harmonies, of which Simon and Garfunkel would be proud, are beautiful but with a generous sprinkle of Merseyside realism; the effect of the combination is just something to behold.” Ian D. Hall of Liverpool Sound & Vision |
| The Folk Doctors facebook.com/thefolkdoctors Merseyside/Irish folk duo The Folk Doctors (John Armstrong and Ultan Mulhern) is a collaboration between a musical doctor and someone who is neither a doctor nor especially musical, but who is willing to chance his arm at writing verse. Their debut album Silent Shores was launched in 2019 to overwhelmingly positive reviews. |
| Visions of Albion facebook.com/VisionsofAlbion Visions of Albion are a Liverpool-based duo formed in 2017. Currently recording their first EP, Visions of Albion have gone from strength to strength earning spots at acclaimed events including ‘Light Night 2019’ at Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room, Liverpool Acoustic’s ‘Songwriting Challenge’ and supporting ex-Inspiral Carpets’ frontman Tom Hingley. Their unique blend of harmonies and guitar being described as ‘English Folk meets Laurel Canyon’. |