Liverpool Acoustic and Acoustic Dustbowl Christmas party this Friday For our final gig of the year Liverpool Acoustic are once again gatecrashing the Acoustic Dustbowl Christmas Party for a joint night of merriment and fun. It all takes place on the evening of Friday 11th December 2015 at the home of both events Mathew Street’s ViewContinue Reading

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ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Dave Ellis & Boo Howard Album: Facebook Friend Reviewer: Allan Cairns Released: 30th October 2015   Liverpool-born Dave Ellis and London’s Boo Howard have been playing together since 1979 when Dave formed his electric band ‘The Reactors’ which incorporated guitar, drums and keyboards, and had Boo playing bass and handling mostContinue Reading

EP REVIEW Artist – Vanessa Murray EP – It’s About Time Release date – 7th November 2015 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating ****   Vanessa Murray has been quietly biding her time on the Liverpool music scene, just out of the spotlight’s glare, intriguing enough people and entertaining many moreContinue Reading

Cinematic Liverpool artist Paul Wilkes releases his Patterns EP on 23 November via his label, Pourtous Records. To mark the occasion the singer songwriter, whose soulful sounds recall the lush balladry of Richard Ashcroft and Richard Hawley, will perform a highly anticipated, intimate show at Liverpool’s Lantern Theatre on Wednesday 25th November. Support comes fromContinue Reading

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Operation Lightfoot to play Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge Showcase Final next Friday Operation Lightfoot will be performing at this year’s Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge Showcase Final on Friday 27th November 2015 at the View Two Gallery, Mathew Street. Amongst those performing with Operation Lightfoot at Liverpool Acoustic’s fifth annual Songwriting ChallengeContinue Reading

Live review: The Other Half  Artists: Mark Billingham and My Darling Clementine Date: Wednesday 18th November 2015 Venue: Music Room, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Reviewer: Graham Holland, Liverpool Acoustic Take one bestselling, award-winning, country-loving crime writer, add the UK’s top country music duo, and you get a match made in country heaven. I’ve been hooked onContinue Reading