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Kicking off on Wednesday 19th May Liverpool Sound City is a festival which sees 450 musicians and bands playing 35 venues, with 1000 conference delegates, and 35,000 music fans, all squeezed impossibly into the space of four days. In the words of NME it’s quite simply “one of the biggestContinue Reading

Liverpool Acoustic Spotlight #28   May 2010   1. James M Carson – Nothing Is Lost  2. Rachael Dunn – Alpha Ghost 3. David Gibb – This Young Boy 4. The Southbound Attic Band – Good Luck On The Road bonus track 5. Lizzie Nunnery – Company of Ghosts Download the showContinue Reading

The Wirral Folk on the Coast Festival takes place from Thursday 3rd to Sunday 6th June 2010. Full details can be found at www.wirralfolkonthecoast.comArtists booked so far include the New Rope String Band, Chris While and Joe Broughton, Clive Gregson, Martyn Joseph, The Houghton Weavers, Celtish, Bernard Wrigley, Anthony JohnContinue Reading

Have you noticed how the guys at Mellowtone have developed a knack of bringing some of the freshest, up-and-coming musicians to play in our fair city? Recent gigs by David Ford and Liam Frost in recent months prove the point, and their next gig is no exception. Jesca Hoop isContinue Reading

Are you a musician with an album available on CD? If so, would you be willing to donate a CD for a worthy cause? Here’s why we’re asking. Kent Pankow lives in Alberta, Canada, and has brain cancer. The good news is that he’s currently controlling the cancer thanks toContinue Reading

Liverpool Acoustic Spotlight #27   Liverpool Sound City   May 2010 1. Joe Warricker – Littleman  2. The Second Grace – Alone and Alive 3. The Good Intentions – Black Train 4. Laura James – What I Would Say 5. Acollective – Broken Bottles 6. Summerskin – New York City Download theContinue Reading

What Would George Clooney Do? Thursday 6th May 2010 is a very significant day. Not because it’s George Clooney’s 49th birthday (happy birthday, George – the card’s in the post), but because it’s the date of the most important general and local elections for a generation. At last June’s EuropeanContinue Reading