ALBUM REVIEW Artist: The Grande Album: Bleaker St. Website: thegrande.co.uk Way back in 2008 at the start of my first ever CD review for Liverpool Acoustic I explained that one of the ways I measure the quality of a CD is by the length of time I keep it inContinue Reading
Gig review: Ian McNabb – 50 Songs (part 1) @ The Capstone Theatre Friday 9th December 2011 You could hear a pin drop. Silence, reverence… call it what you will, it’s surely what an artist craves: the undivided attention of those who have paid to see a performance. Ian McNabbContinue Reading
Live review: Jon Gomm (Liverpool Acoustic Live)@ View Two Gallery Friday 25th November 2011 Blending Bon Iver‘s melodicism and breathless virtuosity, Getintothis’ Sean Bradbury wonders why Jon Gomm remains a mystery to the masses. ‘Are there any guitarists in here?‘ asked Jon Gomm halfway through his set. ‘I’ve just given up,’ came the instant replyContinue Reading
Gig review: Dead Cities album launch @ St Bride’s Church Saturday 26th November 2011 Liverpool is full of bands who’ll tell you how good they are. You know who I’m talking about: whenever you bump into them on Bold Street, EMI have just offered them a six album deal. Well,Continue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Dead Cities Album: This Killer Wave Website: deadcities.co.uk The universe has so many unanswered questions. Why is the sun’s corona hotter than its surface? Why is Eastenders so depressing? And when are Dead Cities, Liverpool’s favourite Indie alt-folk trio, going to get round to releasing anContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: David Goss Album: Existence Website:davidgossmusic.com This is my first review for Liverpool Acoustic, and I was feeling a certain amount of trepidation about it – I’d never heard of singer-songwriter David Goss, and I was worried that his album might be a load of drippy “troubadour” nonsense. Fortunately, fromContinue Reading
Gig review: The Solid Air Band @ The Capstone Theatre Saturday 29th October 2011 The Capstone Theatre was an appropriate setting for The Solid Air Band. They played two sets dedicated to the music of John Martyn, who passed away in 2009. The project is fronted by Mark Byrne, anContinue Reading
Gig review: The John McSherry Trio @ The Rodewald Suite (Liverpool Philharmonic Hall) Tuesday 18th October 2011 The John McSherry Trio (photo © John Chandler) John McSherry started playing pipes when he was eleven, mostly self taught except for occasional visits to the late great piper and pipe maker Sean McAloon. HeContinue Reading
Gig review: Damien Dempsey and Amsterdam @ Liverpool O2 Academy Saturday 15th October 2011 Damien Dempsey (photo © John Johnson) If familiarity breeds contempt then no-one told the hundreds who packed into the O2 Academy on Saturday night. For the second time in two years, Damien Dempsey and Amsterdam got the Liverpool IrishContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: Matt Swift EP: Lesson Over Website: mattswiftmusic.co.uk Matt Swift’s new EP Lesson Over announces its arrival like an acoustic Muse and says goodbye with a tune that wouldn’t sound out of place on a modern Take That record! Lesson Over takes in all points in between tooContinue Reading
