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Joanne Shaw Taylor: Blues From The Heart Live. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The Blues matter!

The turn of the century and the explosion of names that wanted to revive the genre from its spiralling slumber and almost decay arguably saved in many respects the pursuit of music as a form of knowledge rather than just as entertainment that was in danger of being dumbed down, of being eaten alive by those who would seek to undermine the art in favour of a quick return on their investment; such an emotional declaration shouldn’t have to be said, but it is Blues from the heart that makes the genre passionately defended, and one to which one of its modern Queens stands tall as she delivers it with honour, and live for all to experience.

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

Vendetta. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating *

Cast: Bruce Willis, Thomas Jane, Clive Standen, Theo Rossi, Jacki Moore, Mike Tyson, Maddie Nichols, Derek Russo, Lauren Buglioli, Kurt Yue, Eric Buarque, Caia Coley, Randy Gonzalez, Maury Morgan, Dustin Lewis, Cabot Basden, Jesse O’Neill, Patrick Lamont Jr., Darryl Dillard, Demetrius Stear, Nathan Hesse, Tamil Periasamy, Cindy L. Jefferson, Rashawd Ford.

It doesn’t take a genius to see the coloration between some aspects of cinema and the life led in the world outside, that what is seen on the screen is not only a mirror image of American society, but can also be seen leading it, a belief that is copied and turned into a monster that feeds upon itself.

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(583 words, estimated 2:20 mins reading time)

Inside No.9: A Random Act Of Kindness. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Jessica Hynes, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Noah Valentine.

Kindness is its own reward, but it rarely comes out of a place of virtue, of absolute benevolence to humanity, it always comes with a catch, even it is unthought at the time, it is an action that comes with a price heavily attached with that reward, and one that at any time can be cashed in and exacted as payment.

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

Raised By Wolves: Series Two. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vison Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Amanda Collin, Abubaker Salim, Winta McGrath, Travis Fimmel, Niamh Algar, Jordan Loughran, Felix Jamieson, Ethan Hazzard, Aasiya Shah, Ivy Wong, Matias Varela, Loulou Taylor, Susan Danford, Litha Bam, Shoko Yoshimura, Jenna Upton, Daniel Lasker, Garth Breytenbach, Clayton Evertson, Morgan Santo, Peter Christoffersen, Carel Nel, Selina Jones, James Harkness, Kim Engelbrecht.

Raised By Wolves: Series Two. Television Review. full post

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

Lucy Worsley Investigates: The Witch Hunts. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The past is not only a foreign country, it is a circus that cannot be easily explained, in which the ringmasters were all of a certain class and nobody else could perform without their express permission, and even then you could not hope to be enlightened because the language used to convey each act was written so that only certain public figures had the means to understand it; and even then they could alter the meaning quickly if it meant keeping what they considered to be the clowns, the lower order, down.

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(595 words, estimated 2:23 mins reading time)

Yvonne Lyon, Gareth Davies-Jones, and David Lyon: Trace The Line. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Allow your fingers to Trace The Line of exploration, let your senses be overwhelmed by the sentiment of others, and accept that the line could lead you to a place of paradise and personal redemption; for by following the line, no matter the curve, no matter the bearing, we are at our best when we allow fortune to have laid out a plotted course in which we can follow, which we can enjoy.

Yvonne Lyon, Gareth Davies-Jones, and David Lyon: Trace The Line. Album Review. full post

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

Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer: Auf Wiedersehen, Me Duck. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Intimacy is not just a physical attribute, it is of the mind as well, the connection shared between two people, perhaps more if the feeling is so intense it requires extra spirit and perspective, is such that the drama and love created inspires art that frames a period of Time, it captures the meaning of a place, of a particular motion and movement, and the impact of the final presentation is something than if produced with honour, becomes overwhelmingly familiar, it becomes tender, an affection that stands out with pleasure.

Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer: Auf Wiedersehen, Me Duck. Album Review. full post

(410 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

George Brandon: Plenty More Songs In The Sea. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The ocean is an expanse that we cannot truly comprehend, the river often too small a notion to suggest it is uncrossable, but the sea, the gap between the lands that are so close that on a clear day you could believe you could sail there yourself, those are the waters that fill the imagination; for in the prospect of something new, we find that art can be different, that the voice that carries it is somehow more inclined to mirror our own, and if we were to dive into that body of water we might find that even though our own song has faded, there are Plenty More Songs In The Sea to bring to the surface.

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(335 words, estimated 1:20 mins reading time)

Anna Tam: Hatching Hares. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

By moonlight hares were thought to dance, but those that hatch are to be observed as being caught in the alure of love as they become entranced by the sound of Anna Tam and the multi instrumental voice as she brings stories to life, and allows creatures of her imagination to roam free.

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(379 words, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

Carol Fieldhouse: Continuum. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Such is the price of being human that we see our lives in a series of ages, momentous occasions are rooted and used as a pinpoint to describe our time on Earth as if it were a competition to see who can rack up the most experiences in a short space of time, a game show where the prize is a full montage of moments that span certain ages and responses, all peaks, maybe the troughs, but no flat line of reflection, no stable course in which consideration is due; and it is to our peril that we seek to impose this standard on all without a thought on what it do to those who like their variety to be one that encompasses all such emotions.

Carol Fieldhouse: Continuum. Album Review. full post

(444 words, estimated 1:47 mins reading time)