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Ian D Hall

Ian D. Hall was brought up in Birmingham and spent the vast majority of his teenage years in Bicester, near Oxford. He grew up loving music from a very early years.

Ian has written reviews for the Birmingham Evening Mail, Liverpool Live, Chris High, the University of Liverpool’s L.S. Media web site, and, of course, Liverpool Acoustic.

Ian D. Hall graduated from the University of Liverpool in June 2012 with a degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honours in English. For the last year of his degree he was joint Arts Editor for L.S. Media and it has been his privilege to write on many of the arts in Liverpool, Merseyside, the U.K. and the rest of the World, having reviewed gigs as far as away as Poland and Canada.

Liverpool has been his home for over a decade and is without doubt the most vibrant, most cultural part of the UK. His love of music and theatre has led him to see great bands and plays, not just in Liverpool but the wider artistic community. His dearest music loves are Punk, Progressive Rock, Metal, Rock, folk and pop.

He is now a successful author of poetry and fiction, and edits the Liverpool Sound and Vision website.

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Album review: Mike Ryan – The Space Where You Should Be

2025-07-02
By: Ian D Hall
On: July 2, 2025
In: music reviews, news and reviews, reviews

Artist – Mike Ryan Album – The Space Where You Should Be Release date – 21st June 2025 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision The Space Where You Should Be is often filled with the ghosts of others who are determined to gatekeep success and enlightenment as a preserve ofContinue Reading

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Album review: David Nixon’s Navigation – Red Skies

2024-11-27
By: Ian D Hall
On: November 27, 2024
In: featured, music reviews, news and reviews, reviews

Artist – David Nixon’s Navigation Album – Red Skies Release date – 22nd November 2024 Reviewer – Ian D Hall Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating – 9/10 The sight of Red Skies as we look to the horizon inspires and can also leave us daunted by the spectacle of colour, we see patterns in the scene, weContinue Reading

Single Review: Rob Clarke – Blues, Beats and Brel Maxi Single

2023-11-29
By: Ian D Hall
On: November 29, 2023
In: music reviews, news and reviews, reviews

Artist – Rob Clarke Single – Blues, Beats and Brel Maxi Single Released – 10th November 2023 Reviewer – Ian D. Hall, Liverpool Acoustic Alliteration can be seen in some hands as a clumsy side effect of pretention, but in the hands of a true lover of human expression, observation, and sound,Continue Reading

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Album review: Nunnery Norheim – I Saw The City

2023-08-23
By: Ian D Hall
On: August 23, 2023
In: featured, music reviews, news and reviews, reviews

Artist – Nunnery Norheim Album – I Saw The City Released – 15th September 2023 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating – 10/10 A true observer of the human condition and one who sees the meaning behind every building, who feels every ounce of historical sweat that wasContinue Reading

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Single review: Harry Tonks – Middle Of The Night

2023-01-20
By: Ian D Hall
On: January 20, 2023
In: music reviews, news and reviews, reviews

Artist – Harry Tonks Single – Middle Of The Night Released – 26th January 2023 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating – 8.5/10 Play me a memory that I haven’t got to yet… Life will always surprise you, if you allow yourself to wade in waters that youContinue Reading

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Album review: Michael Weston King – The Struggle

2022-03-16
By: Ian D Hall
On: March 16, 2022
In: music reviews, news and reviews, reviews

Artist – Michael Weston King Album – The Struggle Released – 1st April 2022 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating – 9/10 The hardest thing of all is to admit that The Struggle is real, that each step we take can feel, on the worst of days, as if weContinue Reading

Album review: Only Child – Straight Lines

2022-03-06
By: Ian D Hall
On: March 6, 2022
In: music reviews, news and reviews, reviews

Artist – Only Child Album – Straight Lines Released – 18th March 2022 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating – 10/10 “Time Flies Over Us, but leaves its shadow behind”, and what a mighty shadow is to be felt when someone, anyone, finds themselves stepping off the trainContinue Reading

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Album review: Jade Thunder – Alchemy

2022-02-22
By: Ian D Hall
On: February 22, 2022
In: music reviews, news and reviews, reviews

alchemy by Jade Thunder Artist – Jade Thunder Album – Alchemy Released – 22nd February 2022 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating – 9/10 Some will insist on calling such events magic, a charmed dreamlike beginning in which the artist is revealed in the fullness of time; andContinue Reading

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Album review: Ian Prowse – One Hand On The Starry Plough

2022-02-05
By: Ian D Hall
On: February 5, 2022
In: music reviews, news and reviews, reviews

Artist – Ian Prowse Album – One Hand On The Starry Plough Released – 11th February 2022 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool Sound and Vision rating – 10/10 To turn the means of another person’s war to that of peace, requires insight, observation, skilled diplomacy, righteous anger,Continue Reading

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EP review: Cal Ruddy – The EdenHurst Session

2022-01-28
By: Ian D Hall
On: January 28, 2022
In: music reviews, news and reviews, reviews

Artist – Cal Ruddy EP – The EdenHurst Session Released – 28th January 2022 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool Sound and Vision rating – 9/10 The essence of art is in the shrouded mystery that precedes the reveal, for until it makes itself public, till it isContinue Reading

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