Artist – Visions of Albion Single – You’re Not Alone Released – 6th December 2020 Reviewer – Allan Cairns, Liverpool Acoustic Visions of Albion consists of Samantha Shields’ stunning vocals and Daniel Ryan’s vocals and guitar. Alone they would be good but together they become greater than the sum of their parts.Continue Reading
Artist – The New Icons Single – She Cries Herself To Sleep Released – 27th November 2020 Reviewer – Stuart Todd, Liverpool Acoustic Despite lockdown, 2020 has been a productive year for The New Icons with the release of their album Electric Ghost Graffiti through local label Breckside Records. Written and recordedContinue Reading
Artist – Mike Ryan Single – I’m With You Release date – September 2020 Reviewer – Lewis McWilliam These are grim times ladies and gentleman. 2020 will forever be remembered as the year live music stayed indoors and kept itself to itself. One salutes those artists determined to fight the good fightContinue Reading
Artist – Shadow Captain Single – The Pan Piper Release date – 2nd October 2020 Reviewer – Barry Briercliffe The new single from Shadow Captain (Stuart Todd) is a folky affair, which sees an Irish feel mixed with songwriting as strong as Lennon and McCartney. Picking up where previous single Hey Django left off,Continue Reading
Helen Maw Music · Playing With Fire Artist – Helen Maw Single – Playing With Fire Released – 8th August 2020 Reviewer – Stuart Todd, Liverpool Acoustic Local singer-songwriter, pianist and saxophonist Helen Maw lights up the stage with her latest single release ‘Playing With Fire.’ The 23 year old singer played the Liverpool Digital Music Festival earlier this year and canContinue Reading
Artist – Bobhowla Single – Midnight Fears Released – 18th September 2020 Reviewer – Stuart Todd, Liverpool Acoustic Last year Bobhowla made a welcome return to the music scene with the terrific single ‘Sail Down The Water’, which was celebrated with a well-received launch at 81 Renshaw. The group is the brainchild of Southport resident Howard Doupe,Continue Reading
Artist – Shadow Captain Single – Hey Django Release date – 5th June 2020 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare Looking for something to make you smile? ‘Hey Django’ is the first single from the forthcoming album from Liverpool’s Shadow Captain. A toe-tapper to walk you into a summer with a wag of itsContinue Reading
Artist – Ragz Nordset Single – Don’t You Forget Release date – 29th May 2020 Reviewer – Stuart Todd 2020 has been a challenging year for music to put it mildly. Fortunately new music is still being recorded and this release marks the welcome return of Norse singer-songwriter Ragz Nordset. Anyone who isContinue Reading
Artist – Paul Iwan Single – Returning Release date – 3rd April 2020 Reviewer – Graham Holland Every year since 2011 the Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge has tasked songwriters with creating a brand new song inspired by a work of art on public display in the local area. Those who rise toContinue Reading
Artist – White Little Lies Single – Hurricane Release date – 30th August 2019 Reviewer – Alison Benson Hurricane begins simply with Vanessa’s voice and a guitar, with Dan joining in harmony for the second half of the chorus. The second line which is ‘there are times when I can’t get youContinue Reading
