Liverpool Acoustic has been shortlisted for Promoter of the Year at the inaugural Sound Music Awards. When the nomination period closed on 22nd August the eight nominees with the highest number of nominations in each category were shortlisted. The shortlists were announced on 3rd September when voting opened. The nominatedContinue Reading
Liverpool Acoustic are delighted to announce that Martin Carthy, the godfather of English folk, will be performing at the Music Room on Tuesday 20th September as part of a new season of shows this autumn. Martin will be supported on the night by Danny Bradley, winner of the Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge 2021Continue 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
Liverpool Acoustic’s Graham Holland caught up with Roxanne de Bastion ahead of her headline show at LEAF on Bold St on Thursday 9th June. Read on to hear what she has to say about her pandemic positives, the inspiration behind her new album, the lure of vinyl, and her loveContinue 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
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
Artist – Ian Prowse Album – One Hand On The Starry Plough Released – 11th February 2022 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool Sound and Vision rating – 10/10 To turn the means of another person’s war to that of peace, requires insight, observation, skilled diplomacy, righteous anger,Continue Reading
Artist – Cal Ruddy EP – The EdenHurst Session Released – 28th January 2022 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool Sound and Vision rating – 9/10 The essence of art is in the shrouded mystery that precedes the reveal, for until it makes itself public, till it isContinue Reading
