Album Review: Ian Prowse – No Names
2026-07-05
As the last of the music fades from a raging organ, pounding drums and one determined howl, it becomes clear that Prowse’s songs aren’t just for Christmas…Continue Reading
Album review: Only Child – Holy Ghosts
2025-04-22
Artist – Only Child Album – Holy Ghosts Released – 14th March 2025 Reviewer – Helen Maw, Liverpool Acoustic With their long-awaited fifth album, Holy Ghosts, Liverpool’s Only Child once again provesthat emotional resonance and lyrical depth remain at the heart of their distinctive sound. Ledby songwriter and frontman Alan O’Hare, theContinue Reading
Shadow Captain presents Abflug – Album listening event + Q&A @ Prohibition Recording Studios 27/10/24
2024-10-13
Here at Liverpool Acoustic we love our afternoon music! If you do too then there’s an opportunity for you on Sunday 27th October 2024, when Shadow Captain will be playing his new album through from start to finish, followed by a Q&A session. Shadow Captain is the brainchild of LiverpoolContinue Reading
Interview: Iarla Ó Lionáird
2024-10-03
Padraig Pearse called Ireland’s Cuil Aodha “the capital of Gaeldom – where every rock conceals a poet’s grave.” Iarla O Lionaird was born there. Iarla is widely known as vocalist for The Gloaming, the contemporary Irish/American music supergroup who released their eponymous debut LP on Real World Records in 2014Continue Reading
Live review: Costello & Nieve in Concert @ Liverpool Olympia 11/09/24
2024-09-12
Event – Costello & Nieve in Concert Special guest – Ian Prowse Date – 11th September 2024 Venue – Liverpool Olympia Reviewer – Alan O’Hare The gap between live music and the mainstream has never been wider. Of course, longtime successful artists such as Elvis Costello can bridge that gap. But,Continue Reading
Shadow Captain presents “Abflug” – Album listening event + Q&A @ Prohibition Recording Studios 27/10/24
2024-08-11
Shadow Captain is the brainchild of Liverpool singer-songwriter and musician Stuart Todd. Abflug (German for departure) is a new mini-album concept that takes the listener on a journey to Düsseldorf and Cologne. Essentially a travelogue, the material was recorded with long time collaborator Andy Fernihough at Box Studios in Sandhills.Continue Reading
Live review: Prowse at 60 @ Music Room 24/07/24
2024-07-26
Event – Prowse at 60 Date – 24th July 2024 Venue – Music Room Reviewer – Alan O’Hare Summation: noun; the process of adding things together. It was all about the numbers this week on Hope Street, as Ian Prowse celebrated his 60th birthday with three duo shows inside Liverpool’s PhilharmonicContinue Reading
Live review: Jeffrey Martin @ Future Yard 23/01/24
2024-01-25
Event – Jeffrey Martin Support – She’s In The Trees, Mike West Date – 23rd January 2024 Venue – Future Yard Reviewer – Alan O’Hare Sweetheart, I ain’t your Christ. That’s a lyric from a Josh T. Pearson song running around my head as I travel home to Liverpool underground from Birkenhead.Continue Reading
Live review: Nunnery Norheim ‘I Saw The City’ Album Launch @ Music Room 16/09/23
2023-09-18
Event – Nunnery Norheim ‘I Saw The City’ album launch Support – Sara Wolff Date – 16th September 2023 Venue – Music Room, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Reviewer – Alan O’Hare A great singing voice can stop the clocks – but it’s only those singing with an aim that’s true who can trulyContinue Reading
Single review: Only Child – The Visit
2023-08-22
Artist – Only Child Single – The Visit Released – 21st July 2023 Reviewer – Helen Maw, Liverpool Acoustic Taken from their highly anticipated, upcoming fifth album, ‘The Visit’ is the brand new singlefrom Only Child. A melancholic yet hopeful track, The Visit follows the successful release of‘Looking Forward To Looking BackContinue Reading