Tag Archives: Steeleye Span

Steeleye Span, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

History is a place where the modern-day eye falls sharply, and arguably with some personal antagonism, into the realm of judgement and criticism. It is a place that people forget the modern age in which we breathe our daily dust in, will also one day be criticised, pored over with unsentimental eyes and the feeling of damned ill-favour. To stand in the way of that judgement, to carry on producing great songs of lyrical poetry, of music that is powerful in its intent, and demanding in its delivery, that is verging on the heroic, it is to remain resolute in the face of those who dare suggest with snide lips, that nothing of the days that have passed is relevant anymore.

Steeleye Span, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. full post

(510 words, estimated 2:02 mins reading time)

Steeleye Span, Gig Review. The Atkinson, Southport.

Steeleye Span at The Atkinson, Southport. February 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The tag line of the manner of the band may not sit well in some quarters but for others they are the undisputed royalty and arguably pinnacle of the English Folk revival and as the packed out audience at the Atkinson Theatre in Southport came to the very end of the set, the appreciation and acknowledgement of Steeleye Span creativity and fine music was palpable and endearing

Steeleye Span, Gig Review. The Atkinson, Southport. full post

(529 words, 1 image, estimated 2:07 mins reading time)

Steeleye Span, Wintersmith. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

There is no other way to write it down, a statement, that unless something the internet decides that enough is enough and crawls off to be superseded by pure thought, should stand for all time, the combination between literature and Folk/Rock music in Steeleye Span’s Wintersmith is one of the albums of the year.

Steeleye Span, Wintersmith. Album Review. full post

(406 words, estimated 1:37 mins reading time)