SINGLE REVIEW Artists: Lizzie Nunnery and Vidar Norheim Single: Poverty Knocks (featuring the Liverpool Socialist Singers) Website: lizzienunnery.co.uk Poverty Knocks (not to be confused with the old mill-workers’ song Poverty Knock) is the first single from Lizzie Nunnery’s eagerly awaited second album Black Hound Howling, due for release on 17th September.Continue 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
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
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
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
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Ian Prowse Album: Does This Train Stop On Merseyside Website: amsterdam-music.com A ‘Best Of’ is a funny proposition for the listener. For the artist, a summation of a lifetime’s work, neatly presented in a box with lots of photographs and comment, is a lovely idea. It’s something tangible toContinue Reading
