Graham Holland is the owner of Liverpool Acoustic, editing the website, and running Liverpool Acoustic’s award-winning live music events. He's a keen runner, regularly taking part in races and parkrun, and is currently attempting to run every single street in Liverpool. He's also one of the Run Directors at The Mystery junior parkrun.
He lives in Wavertree with his husband and their cat Xiao Hei.
SINGLE REVIEW Artists: Lizzie Nunnery and Vidar Norheim Single: Poverty Knocks (featuring the Liverpool Socialist Singers) Website: lizzienunnery.co.uk Poverty Knocks (not to be confused with the old mill-workers’ song Poverty Knock) is the first single from Lizzie Nunnery’s eagerly awaited second album Black Hound Howling, due for release on 17th September.Continue Reading
FRIDAY 24th AUGUST 2012 LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC LIVE The next Liverpool Acoustic Live is the best way to start your August bank holiday weekend in style at the View Two Gallery on Mathew Street. Friday 24th August 2012 sees the return of Liverpool Acoustic favourites TJ & Murphy. They’re joined on the night by guitaristContinue Reading
You know how it is. You’re a musician with lots of brilliantly written new songs just aching to be set free on an unsuspecting world, but there’s just one catch. You can’t afford to record them. In these tough economic times an increasing number of musicians and bands are turningContinue Reading
Live review: Writer’s Showcase Hannahs Bar Thursday 12th July, 2012 A word of advice to anyone thinking of starting a new event – stay clear of Thursdays. Not that there’s anything particularly wrong with this day of the week, it’s just that there are so many other events taking placeContinue Reading
FRIDAY 20th July 2012 LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC LIVE The next Liverpool Acoustic Live event features a very special performance by Grammy-nominated American duo Eric Brace & Peter Cooper in the intimate surroundings of the View Two Gallery on Mathew Street. The concert, which takes place on Friday 20th July 2012, has been brought forward a week to fit with the duo’sContinue Reading
LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC SPOTLIGHT #73 To play click here Spotlight #73 or right click the link to download for free Pete Cunningham – Brick Wall myspace.com/cunningtunes Check out Pete’s band Grimanga Shoes4Brakes – Minnesota soundcloud.com/gareth-jones-17 Jelly James – When We Woke Up soundcloud.com/jellyjamest We.Are.Alien – A Dream Like State Within Me wearealienband.com soundcloud.com/wearealienband SueContinue Reading
FRIDAY 22ND JUNE 2012 LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC LIVE The next Liverpool Acoustic Live event is on Friday 22nd June, and is a real treat for lovers of folk and folk rock. Coming up from London we’ve got Fairport Convention-inspired Galley Beggar who were described by The Stonetown Sessions’ Alan Roy as “One of theContinue Reading
LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC SPOTLIGHT #71 To play click here Spotlight #71 or right click the link to download for free The Fifth Movement – White Rabbit thefifthmovement.com From the newly-release EP A Roll of the Dice, available to buy from their website Clever Little Tramps – Whiskey and a Heart Attack facebook.com/cleverlittletramps soundcloud.com/russellholden RichieContinue Reading
FRIDAY 25TH MAY 2012 LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC LIVE The next Liverpool Acoustic Live event is on Friday 25th May, and we welcome the return of one of our favourite musicians – Lizzie Nunnery – three years after she last performed for us. In support we’ve got Dan Whitehouse from Wolverhampton, Dayve Dean from Cheshire,Continue Reading
LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC SPOTLIGHT #69 To play click here Spotlight #69 or right click the link to download for free Gerry Murphy – Roulez Les Bentemps gerrymurphysongs.co.uk From the album Crescent City Daze, available from Gerry’s new website from 1st May Fidel Afro – Book Of Me fidelafro.co.uk From the album My OwnersContinue Reading
