Tag Archives: Gig Review

Anna Corcoran, Gig Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

No matter what you throw at Anna Corcoran; be it the sound of a blender going berserk in the background of an prominent gig during Liverpool’s Sound City, the raucous and ecstatic birthday celebrations that greeted her as she went on stage to celebrate the second anniversary of Ian Prowse’s Monday Night Club on Mathew Street or even the road system that connects the city that she calls home and the Northumbrian community in which she lives in, she gives her absolute and unfiltered attention to her work.

Anna Corcoran, Gig Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(392 words, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)

Gary Maginnis And The Like, Gig Review. The Ship Inn, Hoylake. Festival Of Firsts.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It feels strange to go to a gig in a part of the country not normally known for holding concerts and seeing a group perform with the benefit of a marvellous new album behind them but not hearing any tracks from it. For Gary Maginnis and The Like it was a bold move that worked mainly because the music they played was on par with anything they have put down on Ghost Town Blues and executed with the same deft precision.

Gary Maginnis And The Like, Gig Review. The Ship Inn, Hoylake. Festival Of Firsts. full post

(376 words, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)

Gary Gardner, Gig Review. The Ship Inn, Hoylake, Festival Of Firsts.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Hoylake might not rival its near big city neighbour Liverpool in terms of music history or of touring bands of musicians making their way to soak in the rich ambience and be part of the ever growing chronicles being reported on but in recent weeks it has held a couple of festivals in which musicians and audiences seem to have flocked to in large numbers.

Gary Gardner, Gig Review. The Ship Inn, Hoylake, Festival Of Firsts. full post

(437 words, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

Ian Prowse, Gig Review. Rodewald Suite, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

For the seventh successive year, Ian Prowse stood upon the tight but much loved stage nestled in the heart of the Rodewald Suite at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. Armed with his guitar, a few special guest musicians and the biting wit and emotion that makes him stand out as one of Merseyside’s favourite sons, started work at tearing down the walls, the ceiling in readiness for the refurbishment that is due on the grand old lady soon with a set of music and local acerbic passion which will be hard to match during the year.

Ian Prowse, Gig Review. Rodewald Suite, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. full post

(592 words, estimated 2:22 mins reading time)

Matt Breen, Gig Review. Camp And Furnace, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Whether Matt Breen is performing acoustically or as part of some big electric effort which blows the cobwebs from the eco-system around him, there is no doubting this young man’s incredible appeal and honest likeability when watching him on stage and off it when you are in his company.

As part of the afternoons musical entertainment laid on at Camp and Furnace and with the craft fair in full swing, Matt Breen once more showed his mettle, his guile and charming disposition as he followed Gary Edward Jones and Nighthowl onto the stage and gave his usual high octane, even for an acoustic set, performance.

Matt Breen, Gig Review. Camp And Furnace, Liverpool. full post

(370 words, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

Arkham Karvers, Gig Review. Zanzibar, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

As the temperature rises in Liverpool and fully announces that Britain is going to at least have some sort of summer in 2013 and the heat increases at Wimbledon to fever pitch levels, those two elements feel like a cold winters day compared to the music that has been generated by the bands in Zanzibar which has been slowly going off the scale.

Chief amongst these was Arkham Karvers whose polished and wild set was not only a joy to take in but as they hit the ground running with the blistering opener Heisenberg, the stage was set for a new set of hero’s to burn themselves into the hearts of those attending the evening’s Hunger Games session at Zanzibar.

Arkham Karvers, Gig Review. Zanzibar, Liverpool. full post

(331 words, estimated 1:19 mins reading time)

Path Unknown, Gig Review. Zanzibar, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The name of the band may be Path Unknown but since their debut gig at the O2 Academy in January of this year, the course they have been on, the direction they are treading has been ever upwards and quite rightly so. This is no way an unknown path, this is one that is very well thought out and performed so well that in seven short months the band has already made several inspired moves sound wise. From being good and ones to watch at The Academy, to slap me sideways with a cold halibut excellent takes quality, hubris and a dedication in achieving the best, all this has been realised.

Path Unknown, Gig Review. Zanzibar, Liverpool. full post

(365 words, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)

Nighthowl, Gig Review. Camp And Furnace, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Liverpool in the sunshine, for that matter in any weather, is a wondrous place and when the music gets its look in the summer haze it becomes even more special. The sense of history that emanates across the city is captured in how music can appear seemingly anywhere, from somebody picking up a guitar and heading down to the docks and giving the visitors an extra reason for enjoying their day out or even when it features heavily at a craft fair in a building that not long ago was more suited the grind, dirt and steel, the imagery of the dark satanic mills never too far away.

Nighthowl, Gig Review. Camp And Furnace, Liverpool. full post

(343 words, estimated 1:22 mins reading time)

Gary Edward Jones, Gig Review. Camp and Furnace, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Camp and Furnace in Liverpool is an open secret, those that know about this charming cultural hive of activity cannot get enough of it and its industrial past, the relic of an industrial revolution that has gone beyond the thought of dirt, disease and dark satanic mills and has become a place of beauty. It is also a great place in which to catch live acoustic music and the slight nod to the electric.

Gary Edward Jones, Gig Review. Camp and Furnace, Liverpool. full post

(392 words, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)

Hugh Cornwell, Gig Review. The Citadel, St. Helens.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Hugh Cornwell is a name that so many have grown up with. No matter the age of the listener, it seems his own solo career and his lengthy time with The Stranglers has touched people’s music conscious and keeps on doing so. No small wonder that the man seems to get more and more enjoyment from coming out on stage, even if he doesn’t say so, his body language speaks volumes as he trades notes and the odd smile with the audience.

Hugh Cornwell, Gig Review. The Citadel, St. Helens. full post

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