Tag Archives: Gig Review. Leaf

Tommy Scott, Gig Review. Leaf, Liverpool.

Tommy Scott performing at Leaf, Liverpool. March 2015. Photograph reproduced with kind permission by Adran Wharton.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The flickering light supplied by the one reading lamp placed by an antique looking but initially comfortable chair, an audience waiting patiently, the sharp suit complementing the darkness that was settling in as Winter’s icy grip was beginning to thaw, two highly praised musicians waiting by his side, a small inflatable bird perched in his eye line. This was all that was needed to further enhance the ambience and feel of a wonderful 19^th Century night of warning, musings and acoustically charged music was for Tommy Scott to deliver his evening at Leaf on Bold Street in the stylised tones of Edgar Allen Poe and a mysterious knocking on the lift at the back from a talkative raven.

Tommy Scott, Gig Review. Leaf, Liverpool. full post

(497 words, 1 image, estimated 1:59 mins reading time)

Satin Beige, Gig Review. Leaf, Liverpool.

Satin Beige performing at Leaf in Liverpool. March 2015. Photograph reproduced with kind permission by Adrian Wharton.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10

As Satin Beige finishes her support slot to Tommy Scott at Leaf, it’s possible to sit back and reflect upon a raw and flowering special talent that has just awoken many lost memories with her wonderful cello playing; exotic but with more than a hint of the moody regal nature that emanates from every pore and fibre of this young performer.

Satin Beige, Gig Review. Leaf, Liverpool. full post

(425 words, 1 image, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

Wallis Bird, Gig Review. Leaf, Liverpool.

Wallis Bird at Leaf, Liverpool. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound And Vision Rating 9/10

There is something uniquely endearing about Wallis Bird as she takes to the stage, something deeply fascinating and mesmerizing. It is as if the room upstairs at Leaf on Bold Street, known more perhaps for its gentility and courtesy has been suddenly transformed into the Liverpool Echo Arena. The mesmerising power of the individual to make the room appear so vast, to make the sound generated that of a collection of Concorde’s taking off simultaneously next to you and yet the true focus of attention appear so larger than life that their essence makes Wembley Stadium feel like a match box is one that makes you feel compelled to believe in power of mass hypnotism. All of this and yet the only weapons of choice is an acoustic guitar!

Wallis Bird, Gig Review. Leaf, Liverpool. full post

(560 words, 1 image, estimated 2:14 mins reading time)

DANI, Gig Review. Leaf, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8/10

The eye of the storm is the most wondrous place, it is the moment’s serenity before the wall of sound assaults every sense possible and leaves you breathless and hungry for more. It is a storm of its own, it is the quieter but no less important, nor less impressive, time in which letting your guard down might just result in the surprise of your life and in the spirit of singer/songwriter Dani, that quiet repose was granted and yet with the power of a pre-rumbling earthquake, something seismic was unleashed inside Leaf.

DANI, Gig Review. Leaf, Liverpool. full post

(441 words, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

Little Sparrow, Gig Review. Leaf, Liverpool.

Little Sparrow at Leaf in Liverpool. September 2014. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Time has been described as many things, a snarling beast which needs to be tamed, perhaps even hunted down and taught a lesson or two, the great leveller in which all humanity is judged by its actions or even perhaps a companion, a trusted ally in which the truth of your life is carried. Time though can also be brutally obstinate, it can make visits to a venue in your city from a very talented singer/songwriter seem as though Ice Ages come and go with quicker frequency.

Little Sparrow, Gig Review. Leaf, Liverpool. full post

(527 words, 1 image, estimated 2:06 mins reading time)

Laura James, Gig Review. Leaf, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The candles that stand on the tables inside Leaf flicker with eager anticipation. The small draught that comes and goes as the lift that sits at the back of the hall above the clanking tea pots, the smell of food being cooked and conversations that had at the heart of them been spirited questions of the Scottish Referendum winds itself open to let out yet another selection of fans in time to see Laura James deliver a set that sat happily and comfortably with an enraptured audience.

Laura James, Gig Review. Leaf, Liverpool. full post

(400 words, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)