Category Archives: Live

David Neville King, Gig Review. The Party In The Park, Bootle.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It feels at times that the artist can be confined in a bubble, that society does not expect them to be go beyond what they deem to be a fair place, an almost cell like and society driven conflict, “we wish to love you”, you can almost hear them cry, “but we don’t want to share you.” The artist is not a caged bird, to keep them in one place is to ignore their spirit, their heart and their ambition, and in David Neville King, there are few who can match his impressive heart and spirit.

David Neville King, Gig Review. The Party In The Park, Bootle. full post

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

Dark Polaris, Gig Review. Party In The Park, Bootle.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

People often forget that sometimes a sound does not come together by accident, that sometimes it requires more than the heads down and study routine we regretfully install into our children, that the happy medium of play hard and work hard is just something to say when we wish to sound fully rounded human beings; what sometimes brings a sound together is the touch of personality, the moment when an audience watches you and they experience magnetism, a quality of character so life grabbing you cannot but be helped to be drawn to it.

Dark Polaris, Gig Review. Party In The Park, Bootle. full post

(460 words, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)

Ste Neildsy, Gig Review. Party In The Park, Bootle.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

In another time Ste Neildsy would have been arguably suited to the role bestowed upon him of a Liverpool Johnny Cash spliced ingeniously with the musical gene of Jeff Lynne, such his stance, his gaze, his whole rock solid demeanour of spirit and perceptive and often more lyrical praise. Whilst there may be no gruffness, no dedicated man in black naturally pounding at the establishment door and gaining access to a world he cares little for; instead what you find with Neildsy is the creative back hander which thrills both the senses and puts a smile readily on the face.

Ste Neildsy, Gig Review. Party In The Park, Bootle. full post

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

Alan Triggs, Gig Review. Party In The Park, Bootle.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The very model of the unruffled and serenely played, summer days in the sunshine, gently wafting at a short sighted errant bee that might mistake your patterned shirt for a previously untapped exotic flower, your family beside you on the grass and the smells of the frying burger rampaging across the once regimented grass of the local bowling green. For days like this in Bootle, where for too long the stress of being ignored by Government has played on the mind of the local community, it could only be the appearance of the superb Alan Triggs that would weave such a spell of undisturbed composure in the air.

Alan Triggs, Gig Review. Party In The Park, Bootle. full post

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

Billy Kelly, Gig Review. Party In The Park, Bootle.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It always remains a constant surprise to see just how much a person can fit into their lives that they take the day on with such a broad grin and with a fist clenched ready to fight back just in case Time should get other ideas, such people, such souls can only be admired.

Billy Kelly, Gig Review. Party In The Park, Bootle. full post

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

The Huyton Minstrel, Gig Review. Party In The Park, Bootle.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

There are certain people in this world to which respect is not just an idea mooted, it is given whole-heartedly and without hesitation. Whilst every person you bump into, rub along alongside or have the chance to listen to should be valued, for at least it takes the time for them to open their mouth and their opinions tumble out like a sack of sick cats all pus eyed and fleshed out fur, or in the case of The Huyton Minstrel, ringing velvet truth from a life of keen observation and seeing the misery heaped upon certain members of society in the chase for social injustice, respect is due to people and artists such as the man behind the minstrel stare; Carl Allan.

The Huyton Minstrel, Gig Review. Party In The Park, Bootle. full post

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

Maddie, Gig Review. The Party In The Park, Bootle.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It’s almost a hundred years since the London tabloid press used the phrase The bright young things to describe a group of bohemian socialites, ravaged perhaps by the decade’s greed and eventual bust which dominated the inter-war years. Looking back at that time it is hard to express sympathy for them, as it is difficult to acknowledge any empathy or kindness to another so called bubble of enlightenment and entitlement, the bankers and the money makers who, arguably, act nothing more than spoiled pirates.

Maddie, Gig Review. The Party In The Park, Bootle. full post

(439 words, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

Daisy Gill, Gig Review. The Party In The Park, Bootle.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

One of the more disturbing aspects of life is in the way that many will seek to have some power over the individual, practised under the banner of the well meaning but socially supremacy or showing dominance over thought, of suggesting that a person has to be like everybody else in order to get along. The phrase, wouldn’t you be happier if you dressed like us, acted like us, become one of us, is one born out of such double standards, one in which society expects the norm to adhered too, even in perhaps the most tolerant and so called accepting times.

Daisy Gill, Gig Review. The Party In The Park, Bootle. full post

(456 words, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

Sam Lyon, Gig Review. The Party In The Park, Bootle.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating

The eternal triangle, a day of music wherever you looked, Skeleton Coast on the other side of the river, Love and Glory just a couple of miles up the road in Liverpool and making up this unusual feast of music mayhem and August summer vibes, in a part of Merseyside that often gets overlooked by Government and to the despair of its residents, the Party in the Park; Bootle’s mighty answer, its generous wave and beautiful setting appeal, of an afternoon of culture and holding a neighbour close, was kicked off in fine style by Sam Lyon.

Sam Lyon, Gig Review. The Party In The Park, Bootle. full post

(475 words, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)

Ian Prowse, Gig Review. Music Rooms, Philharmonic Hall. Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Ian Prowse at the Music Rooms, Liverpool. July 2017. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

High summer and the thought of many moments turn, the dog days of August are imminent, festival season sees the passion of music burning brightly in many a foreign field and all seems warm, all is O.K. with the world; yet the clock and the shadows have already turned, the gap between Summer’s praise and Winter’s embrace is noticeable and alluring and it turns the gig goer’s mind to the pleasure of the indoor gig and the intimacy it provides.

Ian Prowse, Gig Review. Music Rooms, Philharmonic Hall. Liverpool. full post

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