Category Archives: Live

Joe Brown, Gig Review. Floral Pavilion, New Brighton.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

You can find yourself at a Joe Brown gig for any given reason but you will stay for the unrelenting pleasure received from his undaunted smile, his absolute joy at sharing music with you and simply because he is an entertainer, a gentleman of the times who has never been left behind and to whom music is best served naturally and with openness. You may find yourself in the grip of bad times but Joe Brown cannot help but put a smile on your face and a song in your heart.

Joe Brown, Gig Review. Floral Pavilion, New Brighton. full post

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

David Essex, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Some people should know better, the rush of excitement though becomes too much and whilst not done in malice, it could see such moments of venues tolerating the rush to the front to see the sex symbols, the musical icons and the true stars of longevity, disappear into the night quicker than a reality television star’s career. No harm done of course as the interloper to David Essex’s stage was dealt with in the same off hand manner that accompanied the likes of Rugby pitch invader Erica Rowe, but it did for a moment detract from what was the power of a man to whom there never has been any doubt, his place in the annals of British music.

David Essex, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. full post

(442 words, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

Marillion, Gig Review. Danforth Music Hall. Toronto.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Halloween calls for the imagination to go into overdrive, a night in which revellers can mix with the weird, the wonderful and even Elmer Fudd’s Wassicly Wabbit if the call should be desired hard enough. Halloween is also the night of corporate holiday, the fast buck made, the night where perhaps some live very much in the moment of F.E.A.R.

Marillion, Gig Review. Danforth Music Hall. Toronto. full post

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

John Wesley, Gig Review. Danforth Music Hall. Toronto.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Never confuse laidback with anything other than industrious and forthcoming; it might mean something else in a dictionary but in the hands of one of the most admired guitarists in North America, it just spells out a musician of strength, of drive and purpose wrapped in the skin of someone who cares deeply about the world and the handcart that it is going to Hell in.

John Wesley, Gig Review. Danforth Music Hall. Toronto. full post

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

Midge Ure, Gig Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

It might feel as if you are living in the worst of times, the 2016 American Presidential race has descended arguably into a farce, the world is teetering on the edge once more of red buttons being nervously shifted over and citizens wondering just how far the leaders of the nations would go to cut off their nose to spite everybody else’s faces…it does make you speculate and question the validity of humanity’s reign on Earth, it raises doubts on the future; however, in the midst of it all, there is always the fact that you have lived in a time which was honoured to have Midge Ure performing his music in.

Midge Ure, Gig Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

Nickelback, Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The gaze of the music lover as they stare into the image, the dramatic pose of the Rock musician as they ply their trade on stage may leave some baffled, bemused by the adoration and respect dished out as songs about sex, abandonment, alcohol and heroism are played out before an arena’s audience; no band perhaps has caused that bemusement more to manifest in the eyes of eyes of a large percentage of the population than Nickelback.

Nickelback, Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool. full post

(511 words, estimated 2:03 mins reading time)

Gary Puckett, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

When an international star makes their debut appearance in the city it is the duty of all who profess to love music to get to the venue and bathe in the splendour of the moment; especially when that star has been credited as one of Elvis’ favourites and who has thrilled millions for decades.

Gary Puckett, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. full post

(481 words, estimated 1:55 mins reading time)

P.J. Proby, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Such is the hypocrisy embedded in the national psyche that it allowed the dichotomy of the 60s to be one where the flowering of the nation started to really take great strides forward in terms of art and enjoyment but it allowed the self appointed harbingers of supposed moral supremacy to flourish unchecked and take down those they found to be objectionable; it is always a pleasure therefore surely to watch a singer who upset the blue rinse guardian Mary Whitehouse.

P.J. Proby, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. full post

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

Brian Poole And The Tremeloes, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

In a world that is slowly being preserved in amber, from a period when a hit single truly meant something and was as precious as a polished gem, to have three members of the same band not only on stage and singing with the serenity of a bird that is free to look down from edge of space and see nothing but the Universe’s wide mouth expectation above it, but also doing it with ease, friendliness and smiles, it is enough to give hope to an audience that has seen so many of its traditions fall aside and be swept away by the modern age.

Brian Poole And The Tremeloes, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. full post

(405 words, estimated 1:37 mins reading time)

Wayne Fontana, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

There are moments that you are sure that music will live forever, it might change, it could evolve, the cycle of what is sexy and what is indescribable nonsense will change, it will revolve and switch across the generations and the genres but one thing is undeniable, that great music that defined the beat of a generation, that a voice that can make a person swoon and another’s heart race faster even after 50 years is apt to be a bit special.

Wayne Fontana, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. full post

(449 words, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)