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Dark Winds. Series Three. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Zahn McClarnon, Kiowa Gordon, Jessica Matten, Deanna Allison, Jenna Elfman, Ryan Begay, DezBaa’, Betty Anna Martinez, Jeri Ryan, Anderson Kee, Wade Adakai, Tonantzin Carmelo, Alex Maraz, Terry Serpico, Derek Hinkey, Bodhi Okuma Linton, Bruce Greenwood, Raoul Max Trujillo, Christopher Heyerdahl, Carly Roland, Tsosie, Phil Birke, Casimere Jollette, Melissa Chambers, Robert Knepper, George R.R. Martin, Robert Redford.

Amy Hopwood: Gone To Flowers. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Almost the most perfect gift to celebrate or show appreciation, to display genuine remorse, to hide sins and outrages, those colourful gems of the natural world that has its own language, that are integral to the spells of witches, cared for and studied by botanists, and for every artist, poet, and songwriter, it is the staple, the foundation of their craft which adds beauty to the lyric and the line alike.

Various Artists: Joe Bonamassa’s ‘B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

When we pay tribute to those that inspired us, we are bound by honour to do so with truth at the very centre of our words and actions, anything less demeans and lowers that which came into our possession, into our minds, the actions we have taken when we utter their name with hopeful reverence.

Megadeth: Megadeth. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The end is always inevitable, as greatness is achieved through tireless application to the dedicated cause, so it must pass into the night and be replaced in time by those who were caught in the tornado of what was, and their stamp on it. The difference in appreciation is whether you are aware of the line that must be crossed and whether you make those that laud and follow you of the decision so they are prepared, or perhaps just leave them hanging in forlorn hope of news that will never appear.

Sky Valley Mistress: Luna Mausoleums. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

The resting place of stars and heavenly bodies are not large tombs or memorials and cenotaphs signposted for the conscious and the spatially aware, they are for many the crypts for the dusty thoughts of past glories of adventure, of exploration, of missed opportunities to be put right, to be secured as illuminated mausoleums that draw the faithful inwards.

Sam Carter: The Oakham Poacher. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The Midlands has its own sense of uniqueness in the ability to weave a tale through any medium of art. The gentleness of some though may leave other communities and areas at odds with the idea of what lays at the centre of it all, pure industrialisation, the machine that once powered a nation and beyond; and yet the fringes, the outer edge that encompasses a softening of the language and of the accent, there is a strength of purpose to which art such as Folk and the gift of song serenades the listener with guile and the image of nature in full flow.

Robin Trower: One Moment In Time: Live In The USA. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

There is no need to visually imagine how glorious sound is, to think of it as an experience that only the eyes can feast upon, that witnessing something magical is reserved just for a single sense to covet as a dragon might upon a pile of gold, all that is required in the willingness to confront and embrace clarity, to prepare the soul for every audible moment that may come your way.

Richard Marx: After Hours. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

After Hours, is that time of the night when a few select friends and unobtrusive onlookers find themselves in the company of the artist at play, comfortable in their surroundings, not being scrutinised by the rabid and the feverishly inclined who pay their money and leave with a little part of the inner soul of those who they have demanded in return for their time.

Smoke And Mirrors. Radio Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Rupert Everett, Reece Budin.

There are people to whom history has, if not forgotten, then slowly erased from public view. Some of these are heroes of war to which their services had to remain under the cover of secrecy and mystery to avoid a conflict of interests later down the line where governments change and public opinion may shift due to the response to falsehoods, allegations, and fear, and it is to the right of the researcher, the scribe, and the playwright that these almost fearless people are now underlined and shown to be for the heroes that they are; no matter what they did before or after the war.

Happy Holidays. Radio Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Jane Slavin, Lizzy McInnerny, Greta Scacchi, David Menkin.

It is a nightmare of the modern world, to find yourself arrested and placed in the void of bureaucracy, becoming almost disappeared, because the logical systems and beliefs of freedom have been erased by paranoia, the uniforms of hate and distrust blocking access to leave a country, on the basis that you may have posted a thought online, overstayed your welcome by a day, or just been someone to whom a member of their ever-increasing numbers of officialdom took exception to; this is the trauma awaiting all in this brave new world.