Flamin’ June, eh? And we’re not just talking about the weather. There’s the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee extended bank holiday weekend starting today, the Euro 2012 footy kicking off on 8th, the return of the Liverpool Acoustic Afternoon on 9th, and the Liverpool International Tennis Tournament from 21st to 24th, aheadContinue Reading
LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC SPOTLIGHT #71 To play click here Spotlight #71 or right click the link to download for free The Fifth Movement – White Rabbit thefifthmovement.com From the newly-release EP A Roll of the Dice, available to buy from their website Clever Little Tramps – Whiskey and a Heart Attack facebook.com/cleverlittletramps soundcloud.com/russellholden RichieContinue Reading
Wirral Folk on the Coast Festival 2012 is fast approaching and once again the organisers have pulled out all the stops to bring you one of the best music festivals around. It takes place from Thursday 7th to Sunday 10th June 2012 and can be found all on one siteContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Gerry Murphy Album: Crescent City Daze Website: gerrymurphymusic.com The latest album from Gerry Murphy is quite an eclectic mix. Ranging from Cajun flavour on track one to ballads and blues. There are some with a studio influence feel and others that feel stripped bare but don’t suffer forContinue Reading
The next Liverpool Acoustic Live event is tonight, Friday 25th May 2012, and we welcome the return of one of our favourite musicians – Lizzie Nunnery – three years after she last performed for us. In support we’ve got Dan Whitehouse from Wolverhampton, Dayve Dean from Cheshire, and The Science of the LampsContinue Reading
Live review: The Lady: A Homage to Sandy Denny Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Saturday 19th May, 2012 It is strange how you become a fan of an artist’s music through avenues other than the artist’s music itself and this is true for me of Sandy Denny. I was intrigued by herContinue Reading
As many of you know, The Fifth Movement have recently been in the studio recording their debut album and are really eager for you all to hear it. However, it’s not quite ready yet, so they’re giving us the next best thing instead – a new EP. The Fifth MovementContinue Reading
FRIDAY 25TH MAY 2012 LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC LIVE The next Liverpool Acoustic Live event is on Friday 25th May, and we welcome the return of one of our favourite musicians – Lizzie Nunnery – three years after she last performed for us. In support we’ve got Dan Whitehouse from Wolverhampton, Dayve Dean from Cheshire,Continue Reading
Liverpool band The Good Intentions are going from strength to strength. Hot on the heels of winning the award for the Best Americana Act at the British Country Music Awards 2011, they jetted off to the USA earlier this year to record their third album Gone So Long. Now back inContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: The Hummingbirds EP: Doesn’t Really Matter Website: wearethehummingbirds.com The Hummingbirds’ description of themselves as 5 lads and a box seems appropriate enough, but would this latest set of recordings justify their self-proclaimed title of “pioneers of modern skiffle”? I’ve seen the band play live a couple of times inContinue Reading
