Album review: Esme Bridie – Today It Rains ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Esme Bridie Album – Today It Rains Release date – 23rd March 2018 Reviewer – Graham Holland, Liverpool Acoustic You’re a solo singer-songwriter planning to record your debut album. Do you a) Replicate your live performances – just you and your guitar? orContinue Reading
Album review: Raphael Callaghan – Said And Done ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Raphael Callaghan Album – Said And Done Release date – January 2017 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10 Don’t Let the Devil Drive, but then He does write all the best tunes and offersContinue Reading
Album review: David Nixon’s Navigation – This Side, Other Side ALBUM REVIEW Artist – David Nixon’s Navigation Album – This Side Other Side Release date – 12th June 2017 Reviewer – Lewis McWilliam Listening to This Side, Other Side is like being in an episode of Doctor Who. You, the listener, are the enigmatic doctor,Continue Reading
Album review: Nick Ellis – Adult Fiction ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Nick Ellis Album – Adult Fiction Release date – 12th November 2017 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare Second albums are tough… especially if you’re a solo artist. Scouse songwriter Nick Ellis’ first album, the sublime Daylight Ghosts, was critically acclaimed and placed the ex-MaybesContinue Reading
Album review: John Jenkins – Window Shopping in Nashville ALBUM REVIEW Artist – John Jenkins Album – Window Shopping in Nashville Release date – 24th November 2017 Reviewer – Derek King, Liverpool Acoustic Often when we listen to a new album, we crave quality over quantity, we need structure and certainty, and less can mostContinue Reading
Album review: Southbound Attic Band – Seekers of Solace ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Southbound Attic Band Album – Seekers of Solace Release date – 20th November 2017 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10 Life would be intolerable without the huge abundance of many fantastic bands andContinue Reading
Album review: The Grande – The Grande Artist – The Grande Album – The Grande Release date – 5th May 2017 Reviewer – Denis Parkinson Imagine you are a disembodied presence hovering above Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles, in 1971. It’s a clear night and the air is warm. Music is floating up from a bigContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Alun Parry Album – Freedom Rider Release date – 25th March 2017 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare, Liverpool Acoustic You don’t often associate poetry and metaphor with protest music. But therein lies the rub: Alun Parry is no protest singer. He’s a folk hero. Folk music comes in many colours and whilst it’sContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Elfin Bow Album – Elfin Bow Release date – 18th March 2017 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare, Liverpool Acoustic All artists invite you to enter the world they inhabit. It was Bruce Springsteen who said that the artist’s job is to make YOU interested in their obsessions. Has Elfin Bow managed that with herContinue Reading
https://vimeo.com/182694669 ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Nick Ellis Album – Daylight Ghosts Release date – 12th November 2016 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10 Never dismiss the softly spoken, never believe that the quietness in a person’s soul is indicative of their passion, their drive or their worth, forContinue Reading
