Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The Paper Doll is a woman of glorious substance, one to whom the Blues creates images of importance and sizzling fortitude, and in which Samantha Fish refuses to be seen as just a 21st Century example, but to be recognised quite rightly as one of the most positive proofs of imaginative and fulfilling players of the genre of all time.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
A new Eden, a sound that has carried hearts and souls for generations, two men at the very centre of Britain’s Rock history, a group that broke boundaries, smashed walls and guitars, and which withstood the test of time unlike any other, which dealt with the sudden loss of its powerful drummer, and then its soulful bassist who belied the assumptions of his chosen instrument and turned each note into a commentary of expression that didn’t require words, only the ability to listen and take heed.
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Theatre is not always costumes and players delivering lines of playwrights concoction, but it is always about the moment where an audience feels every single bit of emotion, every damning indication of the present screaming into the hearts and minds of madness, logic, and fierce anger that the system as we know it doesn’t just need change, it requires revolution.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Bigger is not always better, but an expanded thought can enlighten minds, can further increase desire, and place a considerable amount of value on the presence of what was hidden, and what can be revealed. In literature you only must immerse yourself into the legendary Stephen King novel, The Stand, to understand that the greatness of the narrative is not diminished by the knowledge that there is an all together a whole other aspect to the conversation to be had, an unveiling of words and images that allow the picture painted by the artist to be scrutinised and loved in even greater detail.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
To live not just in the moment of creation but in the time of musical enlightenment is a special skill that is difficult to master, but once achieved it is unquestionable in its delivery, it is saluted in its execution, and one to whom should be etched like figures in the stained effigies that adorn vaunted churches and private lands with chantries offering salvation and art.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
You cannot have it all, at least not without sacrificing a part of your soul that depends on balance, but what you can hold in your hands is a sense of completeness, an appreciation that your life is not confined to a single ability but can play host a whole host of talent that can unfold and reveal every emotion, every feeling, you ever wanted to relay to the world.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
The modern renaissance could be seen to take place in a few short years and practised by a handful of poets and writers driven by something more than the pursuit of knowledge and truth, it is the abstract of the human condition, of utilising words in such a fashion that expresses more about life than just existing, more than seeing the post-war failings of conversation veer off course and alter the mindset of identity…this is the reality of what was termed the Beat Generation, of melding words and movement in such a way that became a heartbeat that inspired millions.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
A restoration of faith in music, if it should ever be required, that a person through the medium of sound can add thought, an idea, place inquisitiveness into the mind of the listener and have them desperate for more; this is the achievement all artists, of sound and the visual, of the silent passion and the direct meaning, all strive for; but seldom does it have a truth hidden in the meaning of which the one intended to receive can at first hearing decipher.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
To be able to place your soul in more than one sense of existence, to offer your mind and heart to more than one avenue of belief and thinking is more than extraordinary, it is a truth of being human, of understanding that the yin and the yang are in balance, opposite but operating with satisfaction with stability, insight, and a fearless poise of mental agility; this is the outcome of being A Man Of Two Worlds, of being a person who lives with the glory of symmetry rather than a domination of a one way pattern of life.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Greatness is not defined by just how you show yourself to the world when it is watching, it is what you produce for others when the sun shines, and how you continue to offer support and allyship when storm clouds gather. It is easy to stand on a stage and bow when the applause reaches its crescendo, to take the plaudits and be seen as grand, a master of the craft, and yet so many artists disappear into the shadows when a difficulty arises, when a calling is ignored by many.