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My Fairfield Lady, Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Helen Carter, Jessica Dyas, Julie Glover, Danny O’Brien, Michael Starke, Matthew Walker.

Whether we like it or not, we are not eternally assessed by our efforts or our accomplishments, our standing or our points of view, but we are judged by our accents and manners, the way we talk is immediately weighed and measured and for most of us this unfair conclusion keeps us in a place to which their no escape, we are immersed into a world which prizes the idea of class, even though we fight against it at every possible moment.

My Fairfield Lady, Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(418 words, estimated 1:40 mins reading time)

JOANovArc. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

There is more to life than the tales of men who have taken on dragons and quaffed in celebration, the regale of the story from manhood to which we openly admire even if we don’t question the single avenue of information to which we are being drawn; not every story, not every observation, has to be from the man’s point of view, quite rightly and with passion, women should raise the bar and show the world the fire, the warrior soul and the story teller, the mould in which the pious young French girl inspired an army with.

JOANovArc. Album Review. full post

(411 words, 1 image, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)

Savoy Brown, City Night. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

To hold danger within your grasp and sniff the darkness as it settles around you, invading your sense of self as it clutches at the significance of metropolis, the noir and the steady beat which makes the City Night one of the more alluring and vulnerable aspects of living; to be immersed and aloft by the neon light as bars sing with the sound of sirens pulling in their clientele and steady stream of soft serenaded menace is to know that you are alive.

Savoy Brown, City Night. Album Review. full post

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

Mutant Vinyl, Daffodils In Angell Town. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It is the dichotomy to which nature and fantasy are willing to cross over into each other’s paths with greater ease than those who seek to divide the world through pain and glory, the truth is not just necessary, at times it is unpalatable, the poet may dress the world in garments to which the light reflects and shows off its tender side but it can also address the naked and the weary with symbolism and direct punches to the soul. To frame this in such a way that the imagery of Daffodils In Angell Town is only the word of truth and not to be distorted is to illuminate the message at hand.

Mutant Vinyl, Daffodils In Angell Town. Album Review. full post

(364 words, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)

Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show, Theatre Review. Empire Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Duncan James, Joanne Clifton, Ben Adams, Laura Harrison, Beverly Callard, Kristian Lavercombe, Miracle Chance, Callum Evans, Ross Chisari, Rees Budin, Shelby Farmer, Katie Monks, Jake Small.

It is the high point of excess and frivolity, the moment when counter culture rubbed shoulders with the inexhaustible and the merriment of cartoonish sing a long, producing without a doubt one of the finest pieces of musical theatre to see the light of day.

Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show, Theatre Review. Empire Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(461 words, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)

Rory Gallagher, Blues. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

To acknowledge that influence is all around us, that there may be nothing new under the sun to which we express, is to show how beautifully unique our sense of appreciation can be. It takes the impact of others to guide us in our pursuit to create the unexpected, not just in our actions, but in the power afforded to us by absolute dedication; those that attain this live on long after the hours have been forgotten, after the battles have been examined, what remains is arguably the purest of endeavours, the ability to change what life may dictate you should be.

Rory Gallagher, Blues. Album Review. full post

(527 words, 1 image, estimated 2:06 mins reading time)

Antonello Giliberto, The Strategy Of Chaos. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

What some might perceive as confusion, perhaps even believing that turmoil and despair must surely follow in its wake, chaos is arguably a blunt weapon in which the upheaval caused is in the end an effect of peace, a raging headache that gives way to calm, the rough and white horse topped seas that lead to the adventurer seeking shelter in an unheard of land, an island in which they were drawn to by The Strategy Of Chaos.

Antonello Giliberto, The Strategy Of Chaos. Album Review. full post

(396 words, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)

Dean Friedman, Gig Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool. (2019).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The question always hangs in the air on how Lydia understands, perhaps she is tune with the moment in which Dean Friedman plays to the receptive and knowing audiences in which ever city he finds himself performing, playing to crowds who do more than understand the appeal of geniality and genius in equal measure, they recognise and identify with the common touch held in the hands of the musician, and the soul of the poet.

Dean Friedman, Gig Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool. (2019). full post

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

Albert Castiglia, Masterpiece. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

You can be forgiven for thinking that the future means insulting the past, it is a way of habit across the board in today’s society, perhaps one that has found the throw away culture a little too meaningful, one that perhaps sees previous moments of exceptionalism as nothing more than a jaded reminder of all that is wrong, all that is stereotypical.

Albert Castiglia, Masterpiece. Album Review. full post

(454 words, 1 image, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

Jonathan Markwood’s Hoo-Hah Conspiracy, Psychoacusis. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Time well spent in the pursuit of happiness, or indeed creativity, is time that can live forever. It is the mark of humanity that we wish to see something of our mind live on once, the capacity to understand all that we may utter into the wind could catch on, that our anger at the insanity of those deemed responsible enough to have a nation’s best interests at heart is caught up in the sound of our voices growing louder, beating against the chest of other’s psychosis and ramblings, acute and serious, perceptive to our own tune and the right we have to stare with wonder that these people are even allowed to tie their own shoe laces, let alone be in charge.

Jonathan Markwood’s Hoo-Hah Conspiracy, Psychoacusis. Album Review. full post

(461 words, 1 image, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)