Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Emily Barker explores deep meaning in her album Fragile As Humans, and whilst the Americana to which she has selflessly progressed within takes its usual stance of openness and exaltation, it is to the pain of grief that the poet within reveals her world; a prolonged sadness to which music is the sole antidote, that time creates stability around with a shoulder to weep upon, and in which salvation may be achieved.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
There is an undeniably cool swagger that accompanies the music of Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado, it has been evident since the very beginning, and those who find their way to the venues in search of brilliance are never disappointed, never found wanting, and the same obviously goes for the studio and live albums recorded by the Danish musician and the band that he surrounds himself with, for in the subtle majesty that the experience envelops for the listener, one thing becomes abundantly clear, the construction of the music is one set on solid foundations and established substance.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
The Romans had the best ideas, it is a sentiment argued by many, and when it comes to the idea of allowing the year a natural break the multitude cannot be wrong, for the Earth and humanity need to return to a time when we saw winter not as one to toil the soil and break our backs, but instead all ow the darkness to be one of stories and plans, to see it as a kind of magic of renewal; the Fallow Alchemy in which we should embrace so that rest turns to creativity and regeneration of spirit.
Jake Quickenden to lead an all-star cast in Andrea Dunbar’s cult comedy play by Regal Entertainments.
The smash hit stage version of cult classic comedy Rita, Sue & Bob Too! is set to embark on a new 10-week nationwide tour, opening in four weeks’ time.
TV favourite Jake Quickenden heads the stellar cast as Bob in the Regal Entertainments production which will visit 10 venues across the country between Tuesday 4th February and Saturday 12th April 2025.
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The connection is clear, The Big Deal have returned to the shores of the melodic fans hearts and stimulated the pulse just as the new year has barely even begun to feel its way into listener’s conscious.
The question might be posed as to whether the sound will just be as thrilling, the vocals soaring, or if the enthusiasm for the venture can be found within as to allude to lightning striking twice. The Serbian masters of harmony have not only returned, but blasted the ball out of the park with the assistance of a jet powered dynamic that truly understands the feeling and belief of being Electrified.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
A train of thought occurs when you start to see the connections that bind the fair percentage of the so-called supergroups and rock and roll celebrities that inhabited the scene between the late 60s and through to the final years of the 1980s; in the land of the excessive and the extreme, the opportunity to be bold, brash, and experimental was far more important than it is today, to be seen as someone rather than just anyone was for the soul and not for the likes and thumbs up of social media, and that albums could be created from the debauched dynamic as well as the ‘truth’ audiences were meant to attach themselves to in the era of peace, love, and understanding post Woodstock vibe.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
How we honour those that have been part of our lives but who leave it before we are ready to understand the reasons why, is often one that is simply recognised with a gesture of acknowledgement, a note of principal that is unafraid to show the respect due, of the influence that the person was able to install in your life; and when that happens to an artist, to a group that moulds music to the benefit of the heartstrings of the public, then the morning stars and the nighttime suns blaze all the brighter for it.
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We are forever caught in a titanic tussle between the forces of evil, that of the morally right, and the judgement of our ancestors, it is almost as these other worldly entities have us trapped in a see-through prism, a triangular attack which places us in danger, the feeling of mortality disturbingly close, too close for comfort.
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For most fans of the genre the phrase ‘Doomy feel’ doesn’t quite with the narrative; it belongs more with a particular phase of Blues than it does with Jazz, and yet striding out wielding the sword of music as the protagonist in this earthy narrative comes the intimate and darkly held Argento from A.M.E.N.; a set of Avant-Garde studies in human existence that sends a delicious shiver down the spine as the listener is shown the line gossamer thread that separates the two genres as twins in a spectral march.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Punk never died…it was far too clever to allow itself to be put in the firing line of any critical bullet, it was canny enough to evolve whilst for the majority of time not selling its soul for the price paid by Dorian Gray as he dismissed the painting in the attic as a mere extension of his self, instead as it evolved it proved more reliable than the Blues which had to wait for the start of the 21st Century to become relevant once again.