Tag Archives: Caroline England

Live Lounge, Gig Review. Palm Sugar, Liverpool. 30th November 2014.

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St. Andrew’s Day falls with the appearance of a widow placing her mourning garments around her as she prepares to bury her late and possibly foolish husband. Unlike the party atmosphere that surrounds St. Patrick’s Day or the feel of stirring independence in the Welsh national day or even the somewhat mixed feeling that surrounds the flag of St. George, passionate, inspiring and rousing in the right hands, a force for undisguised hatred, intolerance and shame in others, the Saltire anywhere outside its natural borders, seems to usher in the thoughts of the cold blast of air that comes with the dying days of the year that December holds fast to its bosom.

Live Lounge, Gig Review. Palm Sugar, Liverpool. 30th November 2014. full post

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K’s Choice, The City Of Music Two. Album Review.

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The humble compilation album can take many forms. In now what seems at times the dim and distant past, as distant to the younger generation coming through now as Sir Edmund Hilary’s and Tenzing Norgay’s ascent of Everest to those growing up in the 1970s, the past when to have your say in music meant taking the pick of the songs you may have proudly bought or even embarrassingly hidden away due to the absurdity of the song and placed onto a C90 tape and perhaps even then handed over with much ceremony to the person you perhaps fancied, the compilation stood for something pure.

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The City of Music: K’s Choice 2013, Album Review.

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They say there is strength in unity; it can, however that strength can be a double edged sword for in a lot of places the pride in which the artistic scene clubs together is all well and good but it doesn’t flourish because the nature of the sprawling city is not geared up to recognise the distinctiveness that resides at its heart.

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Caroline England, Gig Review. The East Village Arts Club, Liverpool.

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To squeeze yourself between two acts, one on fire with their dazzling display and integration of cello and rock and the other a young man so on his game he could take on all comers in a World Cup tournament and still probably win before half time, takes a certain amount of desire and musical skill. In Caroline England, a woman not known to be fazed by anything that is put before her, 20 minutes was more than enough to show why her acoustic set is so highly rated and her voice can reduce a person’s heart to a quivering wreck begging for mercy.

Caroline England, Gig Review. The East Village Arts Club, Liverpool. full post

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Gary Edward Jones, Gig Review. Elevator, Threshold Festival, Liverpool.

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There is something homely about Gary Edward Jones as he takes his place on the stage at Elevator, his demeanour relaxed but full of life, a reputation that he has carved out as a musician over the last few years and as someone who has that extra bit of spice in his musicianship as he performs.

After following on from a superb set by Caroline England, Gary Edward Jones continued to set the bar very high for the performers that would follow over the course of the day and for the remainder of the weekend.

Gary Edward Jones, Gig Review. Elevator, Threshold Festival, Liverpool. full post

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Caroline England, Gig Review. Threshold Festival. Elevator, Liverpool.

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The Threshold Festival had already had a successful day on the Friday and as the new day blew away the cobwebs and aching joints of the Saturday morning, Elevator, the acoustic venue for the weekend and part of the superbly run Graham Holland acoustic set up in the city, welcomed new and much loved established performers through its doors and the early part of the afternoon revelled in the music on offer.

Caroline England, Gig Review. Threshold Festival. Elevator, Liverpool. full post

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