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.
Album review: Southbound Attic Band – Seekers of Solace ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Southbound Attic Band Album – Seekers of Solace Release date – 20th November 2017 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10 Life would be intolerable without the huge abundance of many fantastic bands andContinue Reading
EP review: Katie Ellen – These Little Words EP REVIEW Artist – Katie Ellen EP – These Little Words Release date – 1st September 2017 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * Words are important, beyond that, they are critical, the way we are withContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist – Matt Dunbar EP – Home Release date – 18th March 2017 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10 First they tell the artist that their work is just a pastime, next they tell the writers they are being foolish, they have always decried theContinue Reading
Live review: Roxanne de Bastion UK album tour Support: Anaïs Vila, Thom Morecroft Date: Friday 5th May 2017 Venue: Leaf on Bold Street Reviewer: Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Anaïs Vila Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * Liverpool will always throw open its arms to the adventurous, to theContinue Reading
Live review: Liverpool Acoustic Afternoon @ Threshold Festival 2017 Artists: Niamh Jones Derek King Ian Janco Nicola Hardman Three Minute Hero Date: Saturday 1st April 2017 Venue: 24 Kitchen Street, Baltic Triangle Reviewer: Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Niamh Jones Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * Brighton may seem a worldContinue Reading
Live review: Merry Hell Date: Friday 13th January 2017 Venue: Music Room, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Support: Jimmy Rae and the Moonshine Girls Reviewer: Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Jimmy Rae and the Moonshine Girls Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10 It is a crime to miss out on a filled room with likeContinue Reading
https://vimeo.com/182694669 ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Nick Ellis Album – Daylight Ghosts Release date – 12th November 2016 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10 Never dismiss the softly spoken, never believe that the quietness in a person’s soul is indicative of their passion, their drive or their worth, forContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist – John Jenkins Album – Trains Release date – 23rd September 2016 Reviewer – Ian D Hall – Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10 In the world of art, in whatever shape or form it should take, the brave, the courageous and those that dare stare into the face ofContinue Reading
SINGLE REVIEW Artist – Liverpool Acoustic Collective Single – Someday We’ll See Better Days Release date – 5th September 2016 Reviewer – Ian D Hall – Liverpool Sound and Vision There are moments when the world, or at least certain people with decency in their hearts and the courage in their minds, is able to make aContinue Reading
Live review: 50 Years of Revolver Date: Friday 5th August 2016 Venue: Leaf on Bold St Performers: Roxanne de Bastion, She Drew The Gun, Eleanor Nelly, Tom Morecroft, FABIA, Derek King, the Southbound Attic Band, Joe Symes & the Loving Kind, Only Child Reviewer: Ian D Hall – Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool SoundContinue Reading
