Ana Popovic To Perform At The Chester Live Rooms On Saturday 4th May 2019 As Part Of U.K. Tour.

Following the release of her latest album Like It On Top, guitarist and singer songwriter Ana Popovic has announced her nationwide May 2019 U.K. Tour. Tickets are on sale on now via www.thegigcartel.com or the 24-hour box office 0844 478 0898.

Like It On Top, released on September 14, 2018, focuses on empowered, successful, inspiring female role models. Recorded in Nashville and produced by four-time Grammy winner Keb’ Mo’, the blues influenced album features guest appearances from Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Robben Ford and Keb’ Mo’.

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Jawbone. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

We live in a period of time in which we can say with grim fascination, that we reap the benefits of all our follies, that we get what we deserve; from politics, to the rage that is bent out of shape, an inward looking nation and public instead of one that is progressive and willing to change the world through kindness, compassion and hope. We have stumbled blindly, taken even greater steps to ensure that our minds are uncluttered by reasonable thought and debate, that our mouths flap in readiness to answer our own prejudices against everybody else’s opinion.

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(466 words, 1 image, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)

Robert Cray, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. (2018).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

If life is offering you nothing but Blues, then without any argument or sense of guilt the only thing that should be done is too take in the performance of a true link between the golden heyday of Blues, and its natural platinum standard of the 21st Century, that of the ever graceful American, and passionate guitar player, Robert Cray; it is a performance that thrill the bones of anyone, Anytime.

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(418 words, estimated 1:40 mins reading time)

The Mike Eldred Trio, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Temptation is either driven by the absolute desire to possess something that should never be yours, or by the smallest introduction to something that is beautiful, the latter not to own, but to at least explore, to take charge of feeling inadequate of not having seen its sparkling joy descend before your eyes before.

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(354 words, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)

Strangers. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10

Cast: John Simm, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Katie Leung, Anthony Hayes, Tom Wu, Emilia Fox, Dervla Kirwan, Thomas Chaahing, Jason Wong, Christophe Tek, Rosalind Halstead, Kae Alexander, Tim McInnerny, Steve Broad, Ryan McKen, Nicholas R. Bailey, Raquel Cassidy.

Writing in a team can be beneficial, it can spark ideas and literary notions that might not have come into being had the specific drama or comedy not been had influx of creativity attached to it and yet at times it can feel as if the old proverb of too many cooks is not only apt, but can feel as though the resulting broth is one that completely should be taken out of the pan and never be shown to the viewer.

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(576 words, estimated 2:18 mins reading time)

Inside No.9: Dead Line. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Stephanie Cole.

When the joke is on the viewer, then anarchy is to be praised, the realm of the perpetual joker is considered greener, for if you can fool an audience into believing a certain path is being undertaken and then leaving them exasperated at the television station’s apparent lack of care for what was billed as the big Halloween spectacle, a piece of television that was to be delivered in the toughest arena of all, the live performance.

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(333 words, estimated 1:20 mins reading time)

Doctor Who: Arachnids In The U.K. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole, Mandip Gill, Tanya Fear, Sharon D. Clarke, Ravin J. Ganatra, Shobna Gulati, William Meredith, Chris Noth, Bhavnisha Parmar.

If you are going to give your audience a fright then one sure fire way is to relate to their most basic fears, the ordinary phobia made terrifying, by ramping up the size and the possibility of the dread, the audience understands that whilst the science behind it may seem a bit of a non-starter, at least it grabs your attention enough to be memorable.

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(450 words, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)

The Burying Party. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Matthew Staite, Joyce Branagh, Sid Phoenix, Will Burren, Mike Barrowman, Andrew Caley, Tom Coliandris, Howard Corlett, Christian Faber, Ian Horseman, Mark Kitto, Benjamin Longthorne, Carl Mountfield, Will Mytum, Harry Owens, Sally Paffett, Ruth Rundle, Christopher Wollaton.

The truth of words is never valued until the poet dies, only then does the nation mourn and revere the simplicity, the timing, the passion of that composer of fruit-laden images, whether in war or peace, the poet is there to capture the reflection of their country’s right and wrongs but also to search deep inside for the truth of their existence. If a poet cannot write without unburdening their soul, then how do we expect politicians and generals to be legitimate in their actions and held to account for their own rights and wrongs as they order The Burying Party to stand guard and await the dead they have killed.

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(521 words, estimated 2:05 mins reading time)

Rock Of Ages, Theatre Review. Empire Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Danielle Hope, Luke Walsh, Kevin Kennedy, Lucas Rush, Zoe Birkett, Sam Ferriday, Rhiannon Chesterman, Andrew Carthy, Vas Constanti, Erin Bell, Alexander Day, Joshua Dever, Sinead Kenny, Adam Strong, Bobby Windebank, Saran Webb, Paris Green, Ryan-Lee Seager.

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(512 words, estimated 2:03 mins reading time)

Full Stop.

 

It does not mean the end,

there is, after all,

more to life than

suddenly being quiet, reflect

on your thoughts if you must

but don’t let that full stop

dictate to you

the point of closer detail,

of thinking,

sweet consideration,

and then talk, shout, scream,

such vile words, such tempting

phrases and ponder a while

my friend, upon the point of

the end of the sentence,

don’t let a full stop

be the place where you

reside for the rest

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(139 words, estimated 33 secs reading time)