Tag Archives: Gig Review. Zanzibar Club

Hegarty, Gig Review. Zanzibar Club, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The invitation must have been sent round the entire Liverpool music loving public, the words command performance perhaps not quite in evidence as the letter, e-mail or text message was steamed open and poured over with great intent and undisguised glee, but the intention was inferred and undeniable. Hegarty expected and received a following inside the Zanzibar Club so large that Noah himself would have found it impossible to find space for a pair of glow worms to dance the night away comfortably without stepping on the shoes of the faithful.

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

The Huyton Minstrel, Gig Review. Zanzibar Club, Liverpool.

The Huyton Minstrel, June 2015, Zanzibar Club, Liverpool. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

The Huyton Minstrel, June 2015, Zanzibar Club, Liverpool. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The Huyton Minstrel looks down from upon the Zanzibar stage, stares into the eyes of anyone who is willing to catch his gaze and then without a moment’s hesitation, delivers the words of an angry, politically charged and unafraid poet right down the throats of the ever increasing mass of population that has made its way into the heart of the city on a dripping sweat and air still day.

The Huyton Minstrel, Gig Review. Zanzibar Club, Liverpool. full post

(424 words, 1 image, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

Nina Fian, Gig Review. Zanzibar Club, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The near regal stance of Nina Fian as she performs at Zanzibar is akin to being asked to look at the majesty of Everest for the first time or to look deep into the heart of the Australian aboriginal tribes and try and describe just how beautiful and awe-inspiring Uluru is as a notion, an idea in which a thousand singing spirits can be heard lamenting the loss of Time.

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

Blame The Wolves, Gig Review. Zanzibar Club, Liverpool.

Blame The Wolves, Zanzibar, Liverpool. January 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Blame The Wolves, Zanzibar, Liverpool. January 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It must be the cry of half the population of the Black Country, one that they rejoice in and the other side decries with shouts of foul play before coming back with their own retort as their football scarves flutter wildly with expectation and grim determination. Yet somewhere in the unfairly called outback of Cheshire, Blame The Wolves has a different, more life affirming and tuneful approach mantra and as they appeared on stage at Zanzibar, the Saturday damp air mingling with revellers and drinkers realising just how long and arguably how bitter a personality January has, Blame The Wolves smashed down the door, made a movement towards the fireplace and made an appreciative audience howl with glee.

Blame The Wolves, Gig Review. Zanzibar Club, Liverpool. full post

(434 words, 1 image, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

Mike Flaherty, Gig Review. Zanzibar Club, Liverpool.

 

Mike Flaherty at Zanzibar, Liverpool. January 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Mike Flaherty at Zanzibar, Liverpool. January 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10

The word interesting is one of the befuddled words that has changed its meaning over the years as each generation turns the English language inside out and makes it its own. Interesting and sick are two that seem to have almost swapped places as if in a Mark Twain historical novel and yet to those who see the words as they originally intended, interesting is a thing of beauty that is motivating and worthy of note and that certainly applies to the presence and appealing magnitude that resides in the soul of Mike Flaherty.

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

Selfish Lovers, Gig Review. Zanzibar Club, Liverpool.

Amy Bielizna of Selfish Lovers at the Zanzibar, Liverpool. June 2014. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Amy Bielizna of Selfish Lovers at the Zanzibar, Liverpool. June 2014. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The close, muggy feeling of trapped heat that enveloped the city of Liverpool, heat which made normally persistent shadows perspire with sweat and groan under the Sun’s blessed fury would normally eat into the energy reserves of anybody finding themselves out and about on a June day. For some artists an understanding audience would forgive and forget if they gave a slightly subdued performance because of it, However inside the Zanzibar Club, the members of Selfish Lovers gave an altruistic performance which jumped off the stage and straight into the welcoming arms of a relieved audience.

Selfish Lovers, Gig Review. Zanzibar Club, Liverpool. full post

(383 words, 1 image, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)