Live review: Steve Hogarth (Marillion) @ St Bride’s Church, Liverpool Friday 14th December 2012 Liverpool Sound and Vision rating * * * * In recent years there has come about a new tradition for fans of Marillion, one of the seminal British bands of the last 30 years, that comeContinue Reading
Liverpool Acoustic Live has been around for some time now as a spin off from the Liverpool Acoustic website, launched in 2008 as a central resource for the thriving acoustic music scene in and around Liverpool, and to say it’s been a success to date is something of an understatement,Continue Reading
Live review: Guitar Masters UK Tour 2012 – Andy McKee, Preston Reed, & Jon Gomm @ The Epstein Theatre, Liverpool Wednesday 26th September 2012 As a long time fan of finger-style guitar it was with great anticipation that I queued up to listen to not just one but three ofContinue Reading
Live review: TJ & Murphy plus Tom Strasser, Mary McCombs, and George Lawless @ Liverpool Acoustic Live The View Two Gallery, Mathew Street Friday 24th August 2012 This was a significant evening as it was the first event of the first ever Liverpool Fringe Festival. Fringe to what you mayContinue Reading
Live review: Lark Lane Acoustic Festival: Day One @ Christ Church, Linnet Lane Saturday 1st September 2012 Saturday 1st of September has so far been one of the warmest days of recent, it’s safe to say the summer we all expected has kept us all waiting. But rather than enjoyContinue Reading
Live review: Eric Brace and Peter Cooper plus The Good Intentions, and Linus Rowe @ Liverpool Acoustic Live The View Two Gallery, Mathew Street Friday 20th July 2012 Eric Brace and Peter Cooper and the English Summer both made their long-awaited returns to Liverpool today. Eric and Peter last playedContinue Reading
Live review: Writer’s Showcase Hannahs Bar Thursday 12th July, 2012 A word of advice to anyone thinking of starting a new event – stay clear of Thursdays. Not that there’s anything particularly wrong with this day of the week, it’s just that there are so many other events taking placeContinue Reading
Live review: Last ever Family Folk-up and final Random Family gig, with SJ Downes, Clean Cut Kid, Sparkwood & 21 St Bride’s Church Saturday 30th June, 2012 Tonight was my first experience of The Family Folk-Up. Having seen the gig advertised but fearing it would be the sort of event whereContinue Reading
Live review: Galley Beggar @ Liverpool Acoustic Live plus Atlas Twins, Mark Byrne, and Laura&Claire The View Two Gallery Friday 22nd June 2012 This was the day of the Midsummer Mersey Monsoon when a month’s rain fell in one day. However, those brave souls who ventured out to Liverpool AcousticContinue Reading
Live review: Liverpool Acoustic Afternoon The View Two Gallery Saturday 9th June, 2012 What better to do on a rainy Saturday afternoon than to listen to acoustic music? Three floors above the leery pavements of Mathew Street, away from shopping madness and breaths above jubilant drinking pits at ground andContinue Reading
