We’ve already told you about Dead Cities‘ album launch party. Well it seems that all the best bands are doing it, and that includes local alt-country favourites The Grande.The guys from The Grande have two dates for your diary.Monday 21st November 2011 sees the official release of Bleaker St, which isContinue Reading
LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC LIVE PREVIEW FRIDAY 25TH NOVEMBER 2011 Friday 25th November sees the return to Liverpool Acoustic Live of the amazing Jon Gomm. Those who saw him last year at the View Two Gallery on Mathew Street will already know what a special night it’s going to be. Support is provided by theContinue 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
Top Liverpool band Dead Cities are holding an album launch party for their debut album This Killer Wave on Saturday 26th November 2011.This special event is taking place at St Bride’s Church from 7.30pm to 11.00pm. Support is provided by Sunstack Jones and Adam Millington, and there’s the promise of ‘special guests’!You areContinue Reading
The Liverpool Acoustic View Two Songwriting Challenge taking place on Friday 11th November, is officially SOLD OUT.If you want to get in you have to either be taking part as a songwriter or musician, or have bought your tickets online in advance. Doors open at 6.45pm and the event starts atContinue Reading
At the beginning of October Mark Thompson, the Director-General of the BBC, published a document called Delivering Quality First (DQF) in which he sets out his plans to save money following the decision by the Government to freeze the license fee until 2017. These plans would mean a cutContinue Reading
NEWS BLAST #12 is here and contains lots of interesting tidbits for musicians and music lovers alike. Here we go! Blue in New Brunswick – No, not Brunswick Station on Merseyrail’s Northern Line, this is New Brunswick, Canada. The Canadian province, wants to book an unsigned blues act based in the UKContinue Reading
LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC VIEW TWOSONGWRITING CHALLENGESHOWCASE EVENT PREVIEW FRIDAY 11TH NOVEMBER 2011 Friday 11th November is the date for the Liverpool Acoustic View Two Songwriting Challenge Showcase Event. Songwriters from across the region took up the challenge by choosing a work of art from the walls of the View Two Gallery on Mathew StreetContinue Reading
Welcome to the Liverpool Acoustic Newsletter for November 2011. There’s lots to get through, so let’s get cracking!Congratulations to The Good Intentions – Gabrielle, Peter and Francisco – who won the Best UK Americana Act of the Year at last month’s British Country Music Awards. A fine achievement, and veryContinue Reading
Dave O’Grady launches his debut EP on Guardian Angels Records this Thursday 3rd November at Studio 2, Parr Street.Doors open at 7.30pm and the music starts at 8.00pm, and it’s free entry for one and all. The facebook event is here.The event features support from Ronan Boyle and Simon Lomax, andContinue Reading
