Live review: Liverpool Acoustic Afternoon @ Threshold Festival 2017 Artists: Niamh Jones Derek King Ian Janco Nicola Hardman Three Minute Hero Date: Saturday 1st April 2017 Venue: 24 Kitchen Street, Baltic Triangle Reviewer: Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Niamh Jones Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * Brighton may seem a worldContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Alun Parry Album – Freedom Rider Release date – 25th March 2017 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare, Liverpool Acoustic You don’t often associate poetry and metaphor with protest music. But therein lies the rub: Alun Parry is no protest singer. He’s a folk hero. Folk music comes in many colours and whilst it’sContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Elfin Bow Album – Elfin Bow Release date – 18th March 2017 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare, Liverpool Acoustic All artists invite you to enter the world they inhabit. It was Bruce Springsteen who said that the artist’s job is to make YOU interested in their obsessions. Has Elfin Bow managed that with herContinue Reading
Live review: Robert Vincent Date: Thursday 2nd March 2017 Venue: The Epstein Theatre, Liverpool Support: Robbie Cavanagh, Peter Bruntnell Reviewer: Derek King, Liverpool Acoustic The Epstein Theatre in Liverpool’s Hannover Street was originally built in 1913 and so has that imposing feel of early 20th century splendour about it, yet still it retains the quirky community vibeContinue Reading
Live review: Fairport Convention 50th Anniversary Tour Date: Friday 10th February 2017 Venue: The Atkinson, Southport Support: Sally Barker Reviewer: Derek King, Liverpool Acoustic Even though the worst of winter should be over, February evenings can still be bitterly cold. And in Southport’s Lord Street, where the beautifully renovated Atkinson Theatre is situated not veryContinue Reading
Live review: Merry Hell Date: Friday 13th January 2017 Venue: Music Room, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Support: Jimmy Rae and the Moonshine Girls Reviewer: Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Jimmy Rae and the Moonshine Girls Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10 It is a crime to miss out on a filled room with likeContinue Reading
Live review: Nick Ellis, Daylight Ghosts album launch Date: Saturday 12th November 2016 Venue: Gustav Adolfs Kyrka (Scandinavian Seaman’s Church) Support: Cousin Jac Reviewer: Derek King, Liverpool Acoustic On a chilly Saturday evening in November, Mellowtone Records released Nick Ellis’s keenly awaited solo album Daylight Ghosts at the celebrated Gustav Adolf Scandinavian Church in Liverpool. Continue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Nick Ellis Album – Daylight Ghosts Release date – 12th November 2016 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10 Never dismiss the softly spoken, never believe that the quietness in a person’s soul is indicative of their passion, their drive or their worth, for evenContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist – Joe Keelan EP – Call Off The Gods Release date – 2nd October 2016 Reviewer – Allan Cairns Joe Keelan is releasing his first proper solo EP Call off the Gods on Saturday 15th October at the View Two Gallery, Liverpool. Joe used to be part of the band The Random Family,Continue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Gary Fulton Album – Waterfalls and Waves Release date – 8th August 2016 Reviewer – Denis Parkinson, Liverpool Acoustic Gary Fulton’s latest album Waterfalls and Waves is an accomplished set of catchy, rhythmic songs that will start your feet tapping. Opening song Black Moon has a simple but highly infectious riff that drivesContinue Reading
