Category Archives: Music

Joanna Connor, 4801 South Indiana Avenue. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Keep The Blues Alive, a mantra for our age in which audiences around the world are demanding that though the times have changed beyond recognition, our aural appreciation of the moment is unblemished, that it is still receptive to the chord and strings which make up passion, the preservation of the music past, and embracing what is to come, but that it must not be allowed to wither away, to become muted, to lose not only its voice, but its grandness, its emotional resonance on all our souls.

Joanna Connor, 4801 South Indiana Avenue. Album Review. full post

(471 words, estimated 1:53 mins reading time)

Shadow Captain, Lavender Way. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

You do not have to wear a uniform to salute a Captain, nor should it be one that is given under duress, of the fear of reprisal, but one intended of respect, of that sense of absolute admiration for the position they hold in public, and in private, of the high opinion offered to another human being for the work they have produced and of consistent high quality they persistently endeavour to offer.

Shadow Captain, Lavender Way. Single Review. full post

(359 words, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)

John Blek, Digressions #2 -Grounded. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

There are many ways in which a song can be presented so that the listener feels the depth of emotions that are required to survive, to feel wanted in today’s often cynical world, to thrive despite the background chatter that gets under the skin and leaves a footprint of distrust and ill temper indelibly marked on the skin.

However, it should always be a two-way conversation that can make others of less empathic nature believe that it comes down to stroking and the inflating of the ego but is in fact the act of Grounded individuals marking time in mutual consent and one which can impar wisdom, which can offer a sense of healing, of therapy and recovery.

John Blek, Digressions #2 -Grounded. Album Review. full post

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

The Mono LPS, Love Me. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

The first thought might not always be the one that ends up on paper, but it is the one to which you return to for inspiration at a later date, like a kiss from your first date, it is the comparison to which all others are others are sized, judged, considered, and it the act in which you witness the act of the proclamation of Love Me, and how a marriage of ideas can be brought forth and unified from that single initial moment.

The Mono LPS, Love Me. Single Review. full post

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

Ghalia Volt, One Woman Band. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

To travel alone is one of life’s great enlighteners. It may be pleasurable to be surrounded by a crowd of like-minded souls, or even long-established friends, when undertaking any adventure, but arguably the greater sense of freedom, of being caught in the moment of personal revelation and revolution, is to have your mind and eyes prised open to what you can achieve when left to your own will and determination.

Ghalia Volt, One Woman Band. Album Review. full post

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

Evergrey, Escape Of The Phoenix. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Freedom is the ultimate aim of all creatures, whether it is the brutal, the passionate, or even in the ability to remove yourself from what bound you to this earth, the chains that held you, maybe mentally keeping you in your place, perhaps shackling you to the comfortable and familiar in a way that would not permit growth beyond your perceived vision.

Evergrey, Escape Of The Phoenix. Album Review. full post

(498 words, estimated 2:0 mins reading time)

Taylor Swift, Evermore. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The balance of influence is such that a pop song heard on the radio will last an eternity as an earworm for the vast majority of the population, forever catching them unawares at the most inopportune of moments, but poetry, even in the greatest of hands will rarely, truly, be remembered in full verse by anything like the amount of people.

Taylor Swift, Evermore. Album Review. full post

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

Broon, Cosmic Ceilidh. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It is written in the Universe that all things must begin, and all things must change, that to bring in the new is not only important but allows entropy to rust silently at the gates of dawn, of the meeting of the old and of the experimental creations.

It is in this Cosmic Ceilidh that the handshake with time is explored, and where invitations to welcome in the positive and alluring starts can be found, and there is perhaps no more surprising, and yet superbly edifying foundation to a new universe than that imagined and fully conceived by Broon, also known as the multi-instrumentalist Steve Brown, has presented in his debut album Cosmic Ceilidh.

Broon, Cosmic Ceilidh. Album Review. full post

(445 words, estimated 1:47 mins reading time)

Murph Bower, Destruction. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It does not matter if you have an appetite for it, Destruction is always in the air, it just takes the emboldened hand to hold the right match, and the whole edifice of lies and confusion can come crashing down, destruction of the walls, mayhem ensues, and faith in humanity scattered.

Murph Bower, Destruction. E.P. Review. full post

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

Steve Hackett, Under A Mediterranean Sky. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Even without the world having changed beyond recognition in the last year, the way we were travelling, seeing what lay far from our own shores, had arguably become one akin to the permanent buffet, dip and take a slice of what you fancy and then immediately move on to the next dish without truly appreciating what you have tasted, without asking what ingredients made the plate such a delicious treat, without savouring the dedication and industry which made it dance on your tongue with delight.

Steve Hackett, Under A Mediterranean Sky. Album Review. full post

(482 words, estimated 1:56 mins reading time)