Category Archives: Live

A Sharp Trio Featuring Eric Aninan. Gig Review. The Capstone Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Put four men into a corner and give them free range to be as exuberant as they like and the result is something akin to watching a favourite flower bloom over and over again before your eyes. As part of the first International Jazz Festival to ever to be held in Liverpool, Victor Nordberg, Andreas Haberln, Eric Animan and Colin Morton dazzled the crowd as A Sharp Trio featuring Eric Aninan in the main foyer of the Capstone Theatre and the smiles from all assembled were visible and appreciative.

A Sharp Trio Featuring Eric Aninan. Gig Review. The Capstone Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

Robert Mitchell, Concert Review. The Capstone Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

The life of a left handed pianist can’t be easy but for an intrigued audience gathered at the Capstone Theatre in Liverpool and watching eagerly but with quiet reverence Robert Mitchell perform on stage, the opinion was almost too easy, he is a very talented man and a legend in the Jazz world in the making.

Robert Mitchell, Concert Review. The Capstone Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

White Canvas, Gig Review. The Capstone Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

As debuts go, to be given a rousing reception before you start playing and a wonderful closing applause which resonated around the glass panels of the Capstone Theatre, the four men who make up the Jazz combo White Canvas couldn’t have asked for a much better start to their music career. In response the audience were given an insight into what awaits them in the coming months and hopefully years ahead as the music, sometimes sweet, all together delightful and completely delicious, resounded through the huge audience that had gathered in the auditorium.

White Canvas, Gig Review. The Capstone Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(374 words, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)

The Hummingbirds, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

If 2012 was a year that for The Hummingbirds was unreal and full of exciting times then 2013 has surely already surpassed that and made the coming year so full of expectation and burgeoning exhilaration. Already tipped as one to watch by the Liverpool Music Awards, the band have recently performed at The Alarm’s famous Gathering in deepest North Wales and now they have kicked off March by opening for the Welsh Punk Rockers at the o2 Academy in their home town.

The Hummingbirds, Gig Review. o2 Academy, Liverpool. full post

(340 words, estimated 1:22 mins reading time)

The Alarm, Gig Review. O2 Academy, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

There are homecomings for local heroes and then there are homecomings in which the performers on stage know that even they are from another town, another country, another place that they are so well thought of, so in tune with the indigenous psyche  that they are welcome back time and time again. Such is that honour bestowed upon Mike Peters and The Alarm that to see the elder generation of fans who took the band to their hearts over 30 years ago, bouncing and enjoying the gig with a generation of fans young enough to be forgiven for following so called fashion rather decent quality is heart-warming and astounding.

The Alarm, Gig Review. O2 Academy, Liverpool. full post

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

Dominic Dunn, Gig Review. Rodewold Suite, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

To be 16 and have the world to explore and be part of the new music renaissance that has been making itself known in the last few years must be a thrilling and exciting prospect. In amongst the burgeoning singer/songwriters, superb groups and dedicated musicians that have put the city firmly in the mind of those seeking a new wave of artists now stands Dominic Dunn.

Dominic Dunn, Gig Review. Rodewold Suite, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. full post

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

Miles And Erica, Gig Review. Rodewald Suite, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

A year has barely passed by since Erica Nockalls and Miles Hunt were in Liverpool’s Rodewald Suite and giving a top class evening out to an abundance of fans. Then as now, both artists came prepared to give the audience a night out to remember but also to have a lot of fun, once more all the criteria was met as far as the excited crowd were concerned and the smile on the musicians’ faces more than told its own story.

Miles And Erica, Gig Review. Rodewald Suite, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. full post

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

Miles Kane Treats Liverpool At The N.M.E. Awards Tour To Something Special.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating:  * * * *

Although not the headline act, it was to be Miles Kane who really stole the show at the Liverpool leg of the N.M.E. Awards Tour.

Playing to a hometown audience, the Merseyside Mod came out with all the swagger and determination expected. Opener Give Up packs the punch of crowd favourite Inhaler and with Kingcrawler and First of my Kind following, Kane had set his stall out early.

Much of the set comprised of newer material, however the infectious Rearrange and Counting Down the Days, both from Colour of The Trap, still draw mass sing-alongs.

Miles Kane Treats Liverpool At The N.M.E. Awards Tour To Something Special. full post

(401 words, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

Chasing Infinity, Gig Review. The Lomax, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * *

It doesn’t seem like five minutes ago that the members of the fledgling group, Chasing Infinity, were making their way through the University of Liverpool Band Society. The chance to get together with like minded people through music at University may have had its detractors but as Adele Halsall, Rob Saunders, Paul McCormick and Megan Eldred have more than ably proved over the last couple of years, it is just the beginning.

Chasing Infinity, Gig Review. The Lomax, Liverpool. full post

(366 words, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)

Sophie Anderson, Gig Review. The Lomax, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

As last minute replacements go, to find the exceptional Sophie Anderson standing on stage ready to blow the audience away in one fell swoop constitutes the beginnings of a very fine evening out.

Sophie Anderson may have found herself at a loose end on a Sunday evening in the biting cold that has come back for a second go this winter but once inside the Lomax on Cumberland Street there was no stopping this young woman from showing her magnificent vocal range that wonderfully left people taken aback in its animalistic brutal sensational quality.

Sophie Anderson, Gig Review. The Lomax, Liverpool. full post

(402 words, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)