Tag Archives: Gig Review. The Citadel

Danny Bryant, Gig Review. The Citadel, St. Helens. (2018).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Danny Bryant and band, with special guest Steve Hill, at The Citadel in St. Helens. Photograph taken and used with kind permission by Kirby Bryant.

They say, even in the brightest of days, in the most serene and beautiful of times, that someday, the rain will come; it is how you deal with the odd shower, the deluge, the emotions of seeing the water rise and threaten, and then the utter relief, the liberation in being able to able to reinforce the desire but at the same time holding onto the thoughts of honour before the days of rain.

Danny Bryant, Gig Review. The Citadel, St. Helens. (2018). full post

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

Steve Hill, Gig Review. The Citadel, St. Helens.

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Steve Hill on stage. Photograph by Eric Duvet.

It is one thing to listen to Canada’s Steve Hill via the medium in which he strides, to be thrilled by the sound that comes across as you sit down with headphones in place, the senses tingling at the image in the mind of a musician taking the mantle of the one-man band to its absolute height of sincerity and fascination. It is quite another to witness it in action, to see the Blues played with deftness and spirit, the smile and the stare in your mind as the notes ring out in the praise of the genre.

Steve Hill, Gig Review. The Citadel, St. Helens. full post

(521 words, 1 image, estimated 2:05 mins reading time)

Joanne Shaw Taylor, Gig Review. The Citadel, St. Helens.

Joanne Shaw Taylor at The Citadel in St. Helens, July 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

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There have been many spectacular women who have dominated the music arena to the point where their sheer persona and drive is enough to set a million hearts racing and the acknowledgement that they are truly the very finest in their field. From the likes of Judy Garland, Nina Simone, Janis Joplin, Nancy Wilson, Tori Amos and Kate Bush, the world has been graced with the sublime and the outstanding, historic in their approach and what their music has meant to millions of fans world-wide; they are lauded for a reason, they are to be seen as perfection personified.

Joanne Shaw Taylor, Gig Review. The Citadel, St. Helens. full post

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

Garron Frith, Gig Review. The Citadel, St. Helens.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Throughout the travels and tribulations sometimes endured in the wonderfully never ending search of new music in which to spend time with, the support act is perhaps one that never gets the true recognition for the achievements or ability. It is a shame for before the sweat and beauty of the act you may have gone to see, for many the allure of the bar or the extra 20 minutes at home is a greater pull than ever traversing the unknown or unexplored.

Garron Frith, Gig Review. The Citadel, St. Helens. full post

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

Danny Bryant, Gig Review. The Citadel, St. Helens.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

If ever there was a moment to silence a Blues crowd into submission then to hear Danny Bryant tell a touching story about his mentor and friend Walter Trout and a request he made to hear Mr. Bryant perform one particular song would have been that moment. The haunting sound of a rich guitar, the lyrics of Walter Trout’s favourite song, Bob Dylan’s Girl From The North Country, floating through the air like wisps of articulate light dancing in the shaded memory of all in attendance and the far-away look in Danny Bryant’s eyes only served notice that the world of Blues has never been closer. It was a beautiful moment and one that fans of both Walter Trout and Danny Bryant will understand the brother-like love and admiration that runs through both men.

Danny Bryant, Gig Review. The Citadel, St. Helens. full post

(489 words, estimated 1:57 mins reading time)

The Mentulls, Gig Review. The Citadel, St. Helens.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

There are nights in which you can guess with a fairly decent degree of accuracy exactly what you are going to get from a band or artist that you have gone along to support, wallow in the sounds of nostalgia or be thrilled with the execution of a song you have loved for all your live being performed live and with passion.

The Mentulls, Gig Review. The Citadel, St. Helens. full post

(516 words, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)