ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Gary Fulton Album: Judas Reviewer: Allan Cairns This is Gary’s forth album, the others being ‘Wail and Holler’, ‘Dark Water’, and ‘The Devils Hand’. All the songs are written by Gary and whereas I’ve not heard any of his earlier work I will try and remedy thisContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Mark Pountney Album: Mark One Reviewer: Ian D Hall Rating: 9/10 Some performers ooze class without even having to play a cord or a single note. Of course when they do put together the start of a new song that you just know is going to capture the imaginationContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Ian Prowse Album: Who Loves Ya Baby Reviewer: Alan O’Hare Categorising music can be a dangerous thing to do. Sure, we’re all guilty of it: critics, fans… even artists can get side tracked by what people think. It’s natural. But, sometimes, you can put something in aContinue Reading
SINGLE REVIEW Artist: James J Turner Single: Take Your Soul / Come With Me Release date: 21st December 2013 Reviewer: Ian Sharp The live music circuit within Liverpool nowadays seems to be full of young artists and bands working their way up through the ranks of perfection. Rarely do weContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: Ed Poole EP: Winters Website: edpoolemusic.com Liverpool is certainly the place to be at the moment for fresh musical talent. Originally from Holmforth in West Yorkshire is Ed Poole. Now based in Liverpool Ed has built up a strong, loyal fan base and has earned the reputation asContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: Jo Bywater EP: Chasing Tales Website: jobywater.com Having seen Jo live on a number of occasions and always found her to be an excellent musician and most engaging performer I was excited to have the opportunity to review her latest EP. Described on her Soundcloud as “Acoustic Blues slide guitar meets finger-pickingContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Wilson Minds Album: I Am We Are With the air having that cold crispness and as the leaves finally start to fade and fall we can look back over 2013 on what has been a tremendous year for music in Liverpool. With the flourishing of Sound CityContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Alun Parry Album: When The Sunlight Shines It’s a funny thing, a great song. While us music lovers can take it to our hearts and listen to it for the rest of our lives, for the songwriter, a great song can freeze their art into a moment inContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: John McGrath EP: Lanterns Website: johnmcgrath.webs.com Lanterns is the first album from Dublin born and Liverpool based guitarist John McGrath. His website informs us that he is a published music academic and PhD student so clearly not your average guitar strummer! The album kicks off with title trackContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Maxi Dunn Album: Edmund & Leo With a music career than spans some twenty years, Liverpool born Maxi Dunn released her third and highly acclaimed album Edmund & Leo back in February. It took several plays for me to appreciate this album, but have to say itsContinue Reading
