Tag Archives: Liverpool. (2015)

Vynce, Gig Review. Liverpool Calling, St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool. 2015.

Vynce at Liverpool Calling, 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10

Into the arena must come the one who the Gods decree must be the seen as the fortunate and the brave, the audience acting upon the very whims of their Caesar and his ready to poise and give proclamation with a single turn of his thumb; it is the scene of many an epic battle, the young rubbing shoulders with the vastly experienced and the local favourites who carry the crowd with every move…it’s almost as if time never truly moves on.

Vynce, Gig Review. Liverpool Calling, St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool. 2015. full post

(371 words, 1 image, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

Gold Jacks, Gig Review. Liverpool Calling, St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool. 2015.

Gold Jacks, Liverpool Calling. 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

When Manchester based band Gold Jacks performed at Liverpool Calling in 2014 the result was a scene of effortless joy. The no nonsense approach thrilled the crowd and the day took on extra resonance.

Gold Jacks, Gig Review. Liverpool Calling, St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool. 2015. full post

(453 words, 1 image, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

Michael Bennett, Gig Review. Liverpool Calling, St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool. 2015.

Michael Bennett, Liverpool Calling 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

When the day doesn’t quite start in the way you imagined, confusion can momentarily rein havoc with the idea of pre-conception, it tosses aside what you know and offers instead, a dish that delights the palate further and gives off a glow that resonates against the slate gray sky above that threatens to engulf the point of the day’s existence.

Michael Bennett, Gig Review. Liverpool Calling, St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool. 2015. full post

(505 words, 1 image, estimated 2:01 mins reading time)

The Art Of Falling Apart, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. (2015).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Tim Lynskey, Matt Rutter.

All good things must end, all exceptional pieces of writing and performing will live on beyond the final bow, the truth of the honest standing ovation and the lament that must come to us all; for in Robert Farquhar’s, Tim Lynskey’s and Matt Rutter’s outstanding The Art Of Falling Apart, the necessity of human experience, the sheer demand of Time and the complexity of the relationship between humanity and existence is there in all its brutally humorous and mischievous form.

The Art Of Falling Apart, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. (2015). full post

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

The Moody Blues, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. (2015).

The Moody Blues at the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool. June 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool sound and Vision Rating 9/10

For 51 years The Moody Blues have given their audiences, no matter where in the world, the night of their lives over and over again and judging by the style, the warmth and the outpouring of genuine affection between capacity crowd and the band, that reign of musical beauty really never seems likely to end.

The Moody Blues, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. (2015). full post

(459 words, 1 image, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)

The Illegal Eagles, Gig Review. Empire Theatre, Liverpool. (2015).

Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

For Liverpool fans of the Eagles, 2014 was a momentous year, a moment in which the band came back to the U.K. and gave arguably one of the greatest performances by the band in perhaps the whole of the career. It was possibly made all the more special for the fact that they had not played as a cohesive unit, least not on the rain battered shores that the River Mersey takes solace in, for some time and yet the music was as beautiful and hard hitting as it ever had been. The only disappointment that would have been felt was the feeling of numbness as the dying embers of the classic songs slowly drifted off into the ether and the realisation that these songs of nights out in the desert and where the symbol of American freedom might never be heard live again.

The Illegal Eagles, Gig Review. Empire Theatre, Liverpool. (2015). full post

(530 words, 1 image, estimated 2:07 mins reading time)

Fearless Vampire Killers, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Liverpool. (2015).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

When Fearless Vampire Killers last stood on the stage of the Academy in support to Medina Lake in 2013, the sense of the occasion was rife in the air. The mercurial, almost explosive substances of hopeful burgeoning testosterone mixed with feminine guile and raging hormones fighting it out over supremacy and the will of capitulation hung heavy in the air and the taste of being undefeatable rampant and undisguised. Nothing has changed in the intervening 18 months except for the air getting heavier and the crowd becoming more vocal, aside from that, to be at a Fearless Vampire gig is to be honoured.

Fearless Vampire Killers, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Liverpool. (2015). full post

(431 words, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

Dara O’ Briain, Comedy Review. Empire Theatre, Liverpool. (2015)

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Some people are just larger than life, some even make life large by pointing out the very small details, the details that are so acutely insane that they deserve to be picked out, shaken and handed to the audience as if they were small chewable nuggets of how to get through a crazy but memorable life.

Dara O’ Briain, Comedy Review. Empire Theatre, Liverpool. (2015) full post

(427 words, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

10cc, Gig Review. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool (2015)

10cc's Graham Gouldman at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. February 2015. Ph otograph by Ian n n

10cc’s Graham Gouldman at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. February 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

For some the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool is a natural home, a place where outstanding music and appreciation go hand in hand; the circle of harmony forever ongoing and in time. Some artists though don’t just make the sound they deliver welcoming to the acoustically acute ears of those that walk through the entrance to the venue on perhaps arguably the most appropriately named street in the city, they give it room to breathe and nestle in the very fabric of the building’s infrastructure; they make it live.

10cc, Gig Review. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool (2015) full post

(656 words, 1 image, estimated 2:37 mins reading time)

Inge Bremnes, Gig Review. Studio 2, Parr Street, Liverpool (2015).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Inge Bremnes may not seem to be a colossus, a man emulating the Gods of Norse mythology and whose stature comes with accompanying lightening strikes or with Freya’s beguiling charm but when he steps onto the stage a transformation seems to take place, the immensely likeable musician becomes something new, something exciting, and no matter how many times you have the honour of watching him the transformation from the humble to the riveting is rather thrilling and the music even more impressive.

Inge Bremnes, Gig Review. Studio 2, Parr Street, Liverpool (2015). full post

(435 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)