Helen Maw: Shadows. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

We fear that which holds our shape but not our image when we are younger; even in adulthood we perhaps feel an unnerving comfort when we stand underneath a streetlight or pass by the reflected light of the moon above us, for in those Shadows there is a weightless buoyancy, a tether, not to Earth but to a realm where the rules are inverted, where life is given a different edge, one hopeful of softness, or a rougher edge in which the connection is cut loose and the spirit beside us set free.

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(348 words, estimated 1:24 mins reading time)

Joe Bonamassa: The Spirit Of Rory Live From Cork. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

There are names that will undoubtedly live on long after the generation that was inspired by their ideas and steel eyed vision have moved on, left the stage and the auditoriums, taken their six strings and their t-shirts, and packed away their albums in boxes labelled legend; these names will live on because of fables, myths, truisms, and vitally the sincerity of the performance captured for eternity…after all some names are never meant to disappear from view, they are meant to enthral and educate for all time.

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

Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado: Live At Hotel Cecil. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Whilst Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado don’t perform in Britain all that often, their name has carried across the North Sea by the winds of fortune and the acclaim of those on the European continent who venture past the shores of the land of Hans Christian Andersen, Lars Ulrich, Niels Bohr, and Karen Blixen, and it is a name that carries with it a sense of opportunity to revel in some of the best Blues/Roots/Rock music to ever come out of the country and which transfers beautifully across all scopes of language.

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(468 words, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)

Les Thomas: I Remember Everything. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Time is such that we protect ourselves by allowing certain memories to not only fade, but become extinct, be removed completely, and without mercy just so can live a little easier with the consequences of actions that took place. We do this not out of shame, but out of a kind of compassion to our soul.

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(421 words, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)

Pink Floyd: 8-Tracks. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

There is always a proof that a fan or follower of a band will eventually succumb to the temptation of owning everything that is released just to feel the thrill of being seen as a completist; even if it means holding in their hands yet another compilation album that is released, and which aside from the sound never forgotten, offers insufficient observation in the way of reveal, and is instead is an obvious repackage to draw in new listeners.

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(387 words, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)

Genesis: Six Sides Live – Volume 3. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

So successful an album was Three Sides Live that those who seek to hear the songs of Genesis in their rawest form, away from the polish of the studio, stood in front of thousands of fans in venues spanning the globe, that any gig that was recorded at the time would arguably be met with the same sense of urgency, of informing those unable at the time to attend what became a legendary gig, or hadn’t been able to catch the likely live broadcast by whichever radio station had gained the rights to transmit, would be soon enjoyed in the comfort of the home and with the lights down, and imagination allowed to be precise, be heard in an almost technicolour aural dream.

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(556 words, estimated 2:13 mins reading time)

Samantha Fish: Paper Doll Live. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The Paper Doll is a woman of glorious substance, one to whom the Blues creates images of importance and sizzling fortitude, and in which Samantha Fish refuses to be seen as just a 21st Century example, but to be recognised quite rightly as one of the most positive proofs of imaginative and fulfilling players of the genre of all time.

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

The Who: Live Eden Project. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

A new Eden, a sound that has carried hearts and souls for generations, two men at the very centre of Britain’s Rock history, a group that broke boundaries, smashed walls and guitars, and which withstood the test of time unlike any other, which dealt with the sudden loss of its powerful drummer, and then its soulful bassist who belied the assumptions of his chosen instrument and turned each note into a commentary of expression that didn’t require words, only the ability to listen and take heed.

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

Geoff Tate, Gig Review. K.K. Steel Mill, Wolverhampton.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Theatre is not always costumes and players delivering lines of playwrights concoction, but it is always about the moment where an audience feels every single bit of emotion, every damning indication of the present screaming into the hearts and minds of madness, logic, and fierce anger that the system as we know it doesn’t just need change, it requires revolution.

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(519 words, estimated 2:05 mins reading time)

Beth Hart: You Still Got Me. (2026 Deluxe Edition). Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Bigger is not always better, but an expanded thought can enlighten minds, can further increase desire, and place a considerable amount of value on the presence of what was hidden, and what can be revealed. In literature you only must immerse yourself into the legendary Stephen King novel, The Stand, to understand that the greatness of the narrative is not diminished by the knowledge that there is an all together a whole other aspect to the conversation to be had, an unveiling of words and images that allow the picture painted by the artist to be scrutinised and loved in even greater detail.

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