Live review: Goldrush Date: Thursday 28th November 2013 Venue: Blundell Street Reviewer: Stuart Todd Goldrush is a seven piece band featuring Dan Chiba & Prisoners of Rock ‘n’ Roll performing a collection of songs by Neil Young. Dan opened with a solo acoustic rendition of Sugar Mountain. Each subsequent number wasContinue Reading
Live review: K’s Choice album launch @ American Bar & Grill Wednesday 21st August 2013 K’s Choice has established itself as one of Liverpool’s premier acoustic nights. The weekly event (soon to go monthly) is organised and hosted by Liverpool based musician Derek King. Despite stiff competition from regular WednesdayContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Rob Clarke Album: About A Time Website: soundcloud.com/rob-clarke Rob Clarke has recently been busy recording with his new group The Wooltones and has just been featured on Folkscene for BBC Radio Merseyside. Recorded at Number 4 studios with Fran Ashcroft, ‘About A Time’ is the third album to emerge fromContinue Reading
The Jacaranda – End of an Era? by Stuart Todd, November 2011 This month has seen the closure of a landmark pub in the city, The Jacaranda. On 31st October the bar on Slater Street went into liquidation. Some questions over the closure still remain unanswered but whatever the reasonsContinue Reading
Gig review: The Solid Air Band @ The Capstone Theatre Saturday 29th October 2011 The Capstone Theatre was an appropriate setting for The Solid Air Band. They played two sets dedicated to the music of John Martyn, who passed away in 2009. The project is fronted by Mark Byrne, anContinue Reading
Gig review: Mellowtone @ The Shipping Forecast SJ Downes, Billie Van, & Mike Badger and the Shady Trio Wednesday 26th January, 2011 Mellowtone kicked off the year with a strong line up of blues and roots based music. In between sets were the resident Beaten Track DJs, spinning tunes thatContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: Barry Briercliffe EP: The Alive Website: www.barrybriercliffe.co.uk MySpace: myspace.com/barrybriercliffeonline Local artist Barry Briercliffe comes alive on his latest EP, which was successfully launched for Liverpool Acoustic Live on Friday 27th August. Despite only being recorded on an eight track machine at his home studio, ‘Alive’ is aContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Rob Clarke Album: Portraits MySpace: myspace.com/robclarkeunplugged Portraits is the second album by Woolton singer songwriter Rob Clarke. In many ways this is even more stripped down and introspective than his previous collection Long Way North. The set was produced by Fran Ashcroft at The Garage Studios lastContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: The Southbound Attic Band Album: The Willows Suite MySpace: myspace.com/southboundatticband May is proving to be a busy month for The Southbound Attic Band, with a scheduled appearance on Folkscene for BBC Radio Merseyside, as well as being featured artists at this month’s Liverpool Acoustic Live and withContinue Reading
Gig review: Nick Harper @ The Masque Friday 12th March 2010 The Masque provides an unlikely setting for the return of Nick Harper, who is promoting his new CD The Last Guitar, the long awaited follow up to the acclaimed album Miracles For Beginners. There was support from the everContinue Reading
