Voting OPEN for the 24 Hour Songwriting Challenge 2020

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Over the Easter weekend songwriters were challenged to write a brand new song within 24 hours inspired by a work of art in the Threshold Festival visual arts gallery.

When the 24 hours were up 23 songwriters (if only there’d been one more!) had submitted a song.

All of the entries are now online in a Liverpool Acoustic YouTube channel playlist.

The YouTube description for each video contains:-

  • The entry number
  • The name of the songwriter(s) and the title of the song
  • The name of the artist whose work inspired the song, and a link to an image of the art
  • The song lyrics

Below is a list of the entries with links to the songs on YouTube.

1Richard Featherstone. (The Boy Who Stares At Clouds)No More Plastic Than Fish
2Kevin EustacePhilosophers Tables
3Lawrence James LangtonKaleidoscope of Life
4Gareth PorterFallen Angel
5Jamie SuffieldCan You Hear Me?
6Katie MacThe Fix
7Chris WhitfieldListen To His Prayer
8John Armstrong and Ultan Mulhern (The Folk Doctors)Know Your Place
9Jennifer Hyman (Jenem)Stone’s Throw Away
10David HoldenBad Score
11Michael CallaghanRock Music
12Tia MorrisScars of Growth
13Chris M RiceDon’t Worry
14Simon MonaghanFive Floors Up
15Amber JayNot My Words
16Paul HenryDancing With Our Chains On
17Kate WilliamsAnother Way
18Sophia and Dave CriddleFlowers In Her Hair
19John JenkinsThe Day June Woke Up And Found All The Trees Had Disappeared
20Gordon SwiftNothing Lasts Forever
21Rachel BurnettRain
22Emily CallacherMy Circus Mind
23Rog ValentinMellowtone

In normal times the entrants would have performed their songs in front of a live audience at Threshold Festival, with a panel of judges choosing the winning song. But these are far from normal times.

So instead we’re asking the public to listen to all of the songs, read the lyricslook at the art that inspired them, then vote for their favourite.

Voting is open for 7 days, closing on Friday 24th April.

The winner will be announced on Saturday 25th.