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There’s a great night in store this Saturday 21st March at the Liverpool O2 Academy with iconic Liverpool band Amsterdam playing their first hometown gig of the year. Support is provided by Paul Hagan’s new band Last Gambados, with the main support from the marvellous Kevin Critchley Outfit. If you’dContinue Reading

Liverpool Acoustic Spotlight #25March 2010 1. Chris Selman – New Shoes 2. Dana Wylie – The Unruly Ones 3. Mathew Ord – Louis Collins 4. The Lees – Middle Class White Boy Indie Rock bonus track 5. Nick Harper – Radio Silence Download the show for free(right-click to download) OrContinue Reading

You might remember last month we told you all about the launch of the Woody Guthrie Folk Club at the Ship & Mitre pub on Dale Street. Well, it seems the club was a victim of its own success with people being locked out when the upstairs room reached capacity.Continue Reading

Thursday 11th March sees the first meeting of the brand new Liverpool Guitar Society. It’s taking place in the Cornerstone building at Liverpool Hope’s Everton campus, from 7.00pm to 10.00pm. The society exists to promote classical guitar in Merseyside; members can get support and encouragement, and there will be opportunitiesContinue Reading

There’s a real treat in store for you tonight, Wednesday 10th March, down at Studio 2 at Parr Street. Drøm is the Norwegian word for ‘dream’ (but you knew that already, didn’t you?) and there’s a dream line-up (sorry!) in the form of two Norwegian songstresses, Ragz and Monika May,Continue Reading

Want to be an important part of the biggest charity music event in the UK? Now recruiting: Oxjam Regional Managers (x 35 home-based volunteer roles) Oxjam is a music festival made up of hundreds of events around the UK in October. Organised by people who know and love their localContinue Reading

Friday 12th March sees one of Britain’s finest acoustic singer/guitarists, Nick Harper, performing live at The Masque venue on Seel Street. Doors open at 7.30pm and the gig starts at 8.00pm. Tickets are only £10 from ticketweb.co.uk and you can also sign up for the facebook event here. This isContinue Reading

Thursday 25th February sees the launch of a brand new venture from Alun Parry, the man behind AFC Liverpool, The Working Class Music Festival, Acoustic Slice, and the Alun Parry Band(!). Alun tells us… “The Woody Guthrie Folk Club is a space to explore great old songs and showcase someContinue Reading