Tag Archives: David Neville King

David Neville King, Ginger McCain. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Current events produces meaning, history creates art, and in a city where the two are often seen hand in hand, art and meaning are to be heralded as they allow the artist to truly appreciate the fluid nature of capture a scene and unveiling it for an audience who will gaze upon its beauty with pride and awe, and then go searching for the meaning underneath, and whilst such focuses of attention are always subject to personal interpretation, there can be no doubting the swagger, the sense of impenetrability that comes with certain times that evoke a sense of charm, of art in motion.

David Neville King, Ginger McCain. Single Review. full post

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

David Neville King, Black And Blue. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

We are urged to ride the punches doled out by life, gas-lighters, and psychopaths alike out as a mark of growth, of tolerance, that turning the other cheek is a noble expression of understanding, but sometimes what is frustratingly endured only leads to us being beaten Black And Blue, that the bruises of the experience never truly disappear, they just fade until we are only reminded of them when we next receive a knock on the same spot and despite the bandages we place upon them, the prayers and sympathies alike, it is inevitable that we will always find those bruises catching us unawares, that they are there as a permanent reminder of what we endured.

David Neville King, Black And Blue. Single Review. full post

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

David Neville King, Marko Cigaro. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision 9/10

To have your essence, your personality, your soul, captured by an artist is perhaps the sincerest sign of immortality that one person can bestow upon another.

We become excited by the thought of seeing ourselves on the television, maybe filmed at a concert in the front row, or at a football match where the scorer of the decisive goal rushes to the crowd to celebrate, and the camera picks you out; screen shot saved for all eternity. Yet that fleeting rush is only produced because of the single moment, not one framed by the eyes of an artist who sees beneath the skin veneer and the outer shell and who appreciates the soul enough to weave into existence a song that truly marks you out as being remarkable; a human being with a story to tell.

David Neville King, Marko Cigaro. Single Review. full post

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

David Neville King, Break The Mould. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

In a world that insists on uniformity, on the homogeny of views, and the equality of all being exactly the same, to Break The Mould is considered an attack on the beige and dull by the unpredictable revolutionary; the dull and the beige cannot handle such a force of nature, it frightens their sensibilities, it rocks the idea of governance, of compliance, and long may there be those who seek to show that shattering the plastic ceiling of submission with defiance, with love and flair, in our lives.

David Neville King, Break The Mould. Single Review. full post

(385 words, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

David Neville King, Ray Lazy Ray. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision 9/10

We all have our own thoughts on what makes up the personification of lazy, of the person who we think isn’t pulling their weight, or the one individual to whom we look at with undeserved contempt because we think that they are contributing nothing to society, and all because we never see what they do, what they are experiencing behind closed doors.

David Neville King, Ray Lazy Ray. Single Review. full post

(411 words, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)

David Neville King, Childhood Soul. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The yearning to be our own master is such that we look forward to the day when we become able to make our own decisions without considering other people’s opinions or advice; and yet we lose something vitally important in our rush to leave behind our Childhood Soul, we losethe belief in the small details, we forgo the chance to revel in having nothing more complex to choose than what breakfast cereal we wish to delve into or what superhero we want to wear on our underwear.

David Neville King, Childhood Soul. Single Review. full post

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

David Neville King, Gig Review. The Party In The Park, Bootle.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It feels at times that the artist can be confined in a bubble, that society does not expect them to be go beyond what they deem to be a fair place, an almost cell like and society driven conflict, “we wish to love you”, you can almost hear them cry, “but we don’t want to share you.” The artist is not a caged bird, to keep them in one place is to ignore their spirit, their heart and their ambition, and in David Neville King, there are few who can match his impressive heart and spirit.

David Neville King, Gig Review. The Party In The Park, Bootle. full post

(394 words, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)

David Neville King, Gig Review. The Courtroom Cafe, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Liverpool Acoustics’ new home of the Courtroom Café not only suits the requirements of the musicians who pass through the heavy wooden door and up past the six once grand steps befitting the buildings former occupants and Liverpool’s heritage, it sounds great as well, the fabric of the building, the history of the area in and around the older parts of the city somehow adding a weight of mystery and enthusiasm to the proceedings.

David Neville King, Gig Review. The Courtroom Cafe, Liverpool. full post

(396 words, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)