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.
EP REVIEW Artist – Emilio Pinchi EP – Trying Man Release date – 4th November 2015 Reviewer – Graham Holland In the current climate when new music is more often than not digitally recorded and old recordings are digitally remixed before being re-released I’m reminded of John Peel’s famous quote on being told that CDs are better thanContinue Reading
Liverpool Acoustic Spotlight 2015 Halloween Special
Mark Pountney’s Scouse Americana comes to the View Two this Friday Merseyside musician Mark Pountney brings his unique brand of Scouse Americana to Mathew Street’s View Two Gallery this coming Friday 23rd October when he headlines the double award-winning Liverpool Acoustic Live. Formally a member of the Mojave Collective, Mark has gained criticalContinue Reading
Silent Sleep to headline September’s Liverpool Acoustic Live Liverpool Acoustic is proud to announce Silent Sleep will be headlining the next Liverpool Acoustic Live event on Friday 25th September at Mathew Street’s intimate View Two Gallery. The music project of multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Christopher McIntosh, Silent Sleep burst onto theContinue Reading
‘Long lost’ Tim Buckley song to be performed at lyricist’s rare Liverpool gig Liverpool is set for a memorable night of live music and poetry when respected American poet and lyricist Larry Beckett visits for one of only two UK shows. Larry Beckett, who was Tim Buckley’s lyricist right up until his untimely death inContinue Reading
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EP REVIEW Artist – Richard Batty EP – Loaded Gun Release date – 18th June 2015 Reviewer – Graham Holland UPDATE – SEPTEMBER 2021 Richard Batty is now performing under the name Ambro River. I’d been aware of the name Richard Batty for some time but hadn’t heard any of his music until I managed to catchContinue Reading
Worry Dolls relieve the stress with return of LIPA favourites Liverpool Acoustic are delighted to welcome back LIPA alumni Rosie Jones and Zoe Nicol with their band Worry Dolls on Friday 22nd May 2015. Rosie and Zoe were last seen at the View Two Gallery in 2010 when they performed alongside Rachael Wright and TinaContinue Reading
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Catch Paul Wilkes at the View Two Gallery for first time in 7 years Respected local musician Paul Wilkes returns to Mathew Street’s intimate View Two Gallery on Friday 27th March 2015 for the first time since 2008 to headline the double award-winning Liverpool Acoustic Live. Recently seen with Chris Potter (The Verve, Blur, IContinue Reading
Spotlight 128 - Liverpool Acoustic Live 27th March 2015 [ 0.01 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Kevin Critchley Album: As I Disappear Reviewer: Graham Holland It would seem Kevin Critchley has come full circle. Having started his recording career as Kevin Critchley then adding more musicians and morphing into the Kevin Critchley Outfit (later renamed KCO) before transforming into The Fifth Movement, he is now backContinue Reading
The Voice, The Piano and The Guitar play Liverpool Acoustic Live’s 6th birthday this Friday Double award-winning Liverpool Acoustic Live celebrates its sixth birthday with three top vocal, piano and guitar talents at Mathew Street’s View Two Gallery this coming Friday 27th February 2015. The Voice Headlining the show is everyone’s favourite Berlin-born, London-basedContinue Reading
