Tag Archives: Johnny Coppin

Johnny Coppin, River Of Dreams. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

To feel the sun on your face after an excruciating period of time where you have shut yourself away in the dark, is perhaps, aside from the rush of water flowing down your throat as you drink from the River of Dreams, the greatest gift you can offer yourself.

Johnny Coppin, Midwinter/Live In Concert. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

In the bleak midwinter…we can either count our blessings or drown our sorrows to the point where we become numb to the pain we have suffered during the year, or to the thought of what is to come. Even if we don’t look upon the ritual of Christmas as anything other than exploitive, there are moments in which the cold or untrusting heart can be swayed into accepting that the year’s end does not mean finality, but the prelude to new beginnings, to accepting change with a song in your heart and with passion to see you through the darkest days.

Johnny Coppin, All On A Winter’s Night. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Christmas has a horrible habit of feeding many addictions, of allowing the schmaltz and the more commercial, the more consumed side of the festive period to be seen in all disturbing glory. It is hard not to be cynical about the time of year when so many people are either left alone or in want of conversation, a roof over their heads or something to eat; it is the time of year that can bring out the very worst in people…and thankfully the absolute best, the most beautiful in humanity, it is a credo that Johnny Coppin adheres throughout his sincere and wonderful arranged album  All On A Winter’s Night.