Artist – Shadow Captain Single – Home Is The Hero Release date – 2nd December 2022 Reviewer – Ian D Hall Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating: “Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes”, the point taken, understood and arguably looked upon as a template of emotional sacrifice that we mustContinue Reading
Artist – Simon Cousins Album – Myriad of Colour Released –27th September 2022 Reviewer – Allan Cairns, Liverpool Acoustic Launched at Maghull Folk Club in September, Myriad of Colour is Simons Cousins’ fourth solo album. It comprises eleven tracks mostly self penned, plus an arrangement of the traditional song Spencer the Rover andContinue Reading
Artist – Bobhowla Single – Tainted Released – 9th September 2022 Reviewer – Stuart Todd, Liverpool Acoustic Alt. acoustic indie rockers Bobhowla have been taking their fans off the waiting list with some recent gigs and the release of a brand new single Tainted. Southport visionary Howard Doupe has once again pulled out all the stops to create anContinue Reading
Artist – Motel Sundown Album – If You Were Listening Released – 15th July 2022 Reviewer – Helen Maw, Liverpool Acoustic Rating – 10/10 Some things are meant to be. They come together organically, even by chance. One such occurrence is Motel Sundown. Meeting on the Liverpool gigging circuit back in 2016, the unique andContinue Reading
Artist – Dorothy Bird Album – Belonging Released on vinyl – 24th June 2022 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare, Liverpool Acoustic Rating – 8/10 There’s nothing like a warm, analogue sound to send a male, middle-aged, acoustic guitar-loving reviewer into raptures. The rub? The warm, analogue sound produced here is the result ofContinue Reading
Artist – Michael Weston King Album – The Struggle Released – 1st April 2022 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating – 9/10 The hardest thing of all is to admit that The Struggle is real, that each step we take can feel, on the worst of days, as if weContinue Reading
Event: Ely Support: Evie Moran, Matthew McGurty Venue: The Brindley Reviewer: Tony Higginson, Liverpool Acoustic Music can be a solitary experience, both for the performer and the audience. That is something of a shame as truly music needs as many ears as possible and if everyone could bring a friend, they’d alwaysContinue Reading
Artist – Only Child Album – Straight Lines Released – 18th March 2022 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating – 10/10 “Time Flies Over Us, but leaves its shadow behind”, and what a mighty shadow is to be felt when someone, anyone, finds themselves stepping off the trainContinue Reading
alchemy by Jade Thunder Artist – Jade Thunder Album – Alchemy Released – 22nd February 2022 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating – 9/10 Some will insist on calling such events magic, a charmed dreamlike beginning in which the artist is revealed in the fullness of time; andContinue Reading
Artist – Jenny Colquitt Album – Something Beautiful Released – 26th November 2021 Reviewer – Tony Higginson, Beyond Books I was introduced to Jenny at the British Music Experience last year at an event hosted by Calum Gilligan, who is a family friend and superb musician and member of Limerance. JennyContinue Reading
