Live review: Elbow Jane @ The Floral Pavilion, New Brighton Saturday 10th September 2011 You would expect to have a good night out when a talented and exciting acoustic folk band with local roots, as Elbow Jane undoubtedly are, and the folk legend Andy Irvine, needing no introduction as theirContinue Reading
SINGLE REVIEW Artist: Sensorites Single: Slipstream Website: sensorites.blogspot.com Facebook: facebook.com/Sensorites Bandcamp: hollowholerecords.bandcamp.com Monday 22nd August sees the release of the new single from brothers Nathan and Gareth Kirkham, otherwise known as Sensorites. Slipstream is an happy, catchy, upbeat number with a retro feel, and an opening riff that echoes Maxine Nightingale’sContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: Joe Rhead EP: Growing Signs Website: facebook.com/joerheadmusic Growing Signs is Joe Rhead‘s first EP and if this is a sign of things to come we are in for a treat. Rhead, formally from Leek, Staffordshire, now living and working in Liverpool, has a clear idea what heContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: The Trestles Album: What Do You See? Website: thetrestles.wordpress.com I went on a farewell tour of the old Gateacre Comprehensive School building the other week. It’s due to be knocked down when the staff and pupils move to a brand new building in Belle Vale and IContinue Reading
Gig review: Matt Swift EP launch @ Mello Mello Wednesday 20th July 2011 Matt Swift (photo © Adrian Wharton) Mello Mello in Slater Street seemed an excellent venue for Matt Swift to continue to promote the launch of his ‘Lessons Over’ EP and raise donations to the National Autistic Society. Quirky, interestingContinue Reading
Gig review: TJ & Murphy album launch @ The Zanzibar Saturday 16th July 2011 It wasn’t Bob Dylan going electric at Newport. But TJ & Murphy stepping on stage at The Zanzibar Club with electric guitars, leather jackets and backed by a rock ‘n’ roll rhythm section certainly brought anticipationContinue Reading
Gig review: Judy Collins @ The Stanley Theatre, Mountford Hall Saturday 4th June 2011 Having been the fortunate winner of tickets for this event via the Liverpool Acoustic website, (I had correctly named Judy’s new album as ‘Paradise’ in an on-line competition organised by the Liverpool Acoustic webmaster Graham Holland), myContinue Reading
UPDATE – AUGUST 2012 PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE EVENTS NO LONGER TAKE PLACE Open mic with Roy and Big Phil 20.00 – 23.00 every Thursday at Barcelona Bar, Renshaw Street Roy and Big Phil have been running an open mic slot in the Barcelona Bar for a number of weeksContinue Reading
Event review: Wirral Folk on the Coast Festival @ The OC Club, Bromborough Sunday 26th June 2011 Attending only the last day of a long weekend Folk Festival isn’t ideal if you’ve been tasked with completing a review of the event. It is possible, however, to uncover the success (orContinue Reading
Live review: Don McLean Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Thursday 23rd June, 2011 As I was jenning up on Don McLean before the gig I came across the biography written by Jason Ankeny for Spotify in which we’re walked through McLean’s commercial success, mostly in the 1970s. Ankeny finishes with the statement “McLeanContinue Reading
