Category Archives: Music

Barry Briercliffe, Love Will Find A Way. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Love Will Find A Way, and whilst it might seem there are far too many obstacles in the way for such emotion to maintain a clear sight of its target, there is nothing that cannot be overcome by the persistence of devotion, friendship and affection; nothing that is pure and honest anyway.

It is to honesty that we must endeavour to be seen in the eyes of others, the false dawn of a thousand proposals are nothing more than sieges upon the rocks of falsehood, and to that end, Love stands no chance, love is thwarted even before it has the opportunity to hoist the sails and be done with such distractions as Helen of Troy.

Barry Briercliffe, Love Will Find A Way. Single Review. full post

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

The Herron Brothers, Bouncing Down The Road. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Whilst a comic group might have prepared you for the moment with the words, “And now for something completely different“, to hear a spring on the step of a song where you might not have expected one, will no doubt catch you by surprise, and it is rare thought, a beautiful notion that no matter how much you may feel you know an artist, how in depth your mind has gotten underneath their words and pulse, that they can still leave you dancing to a different beat, that they will have you Bouncing Down The Road with a spiral smile all over your face.

The Herron Brothers, Bouncing Down The Road. Single Review. full post

(287 words, estimated 1:09 mins reading time)

Junior Dayvis, Elvis Is King. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Inside every human is a story waiting to come out, to be shared; it might not be a long tale, one of adventures, setbacks, of obstacles overcame, of glories gained, but it is a chronicle of events that deserves to be heard, to be understood, not as wishful thinking, but a contribution to society, to the pleasure that we took by proclaiming Elvis Is King, through to a privileged woman declaring herself as Queen of Hearts; stories happen, and all should be heard to understand the narrator and their life.

Junior Dayvis, Elvis Is King. Single Review. full post

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

Geoff Carne & The Raw Rox Band, Big Town. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Everything returns to the space it once occupied, it might not feel the same, it might not carry the full weight of the vibe that once towered and loomed large over the shadows caught fighting for supremacy alongside nostalgia and reckoning, and yet it still feels homely, the pulse of experience carries it onwards, and there is a new appreciation for how the progression of the art, of the human soul, has been elevated to new standards, new ways of thinking.

Geoff Carne & The Raw Rox Band, Big Town. Album Review. full post

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

Brian Bordello, The King of No-Fi. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

We don’t take enough care to the words of the softly spoken, instead we find relief, a sense of belonging in those who raise their voice and allow their mouths to often engage before they have had chance to take hold of the appropriate response to the situation they find themselves in.

Even when the softly spoken and whispered grace has been in the past vociferous, angry, punk agitation, truthful barbs designed to provoke a real reaction from the blind and the wantonly silent, we still find ways to treat the creativity and application of sensitivity with disregard; and it much to our shame and embarrassment that we allow this to take place, that the lone piper, the whisperer of truth is ignored.

Brian Bordello, The King of No-Fi. Album Review. full post

(392 words, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)

Gareth Heesom, Love At Night. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Art is not just one being, a creature of delight we must keep feeding, it is a multitude, a series of symbiotic meanings which require constant nourishment, perhaps even the souls of those who dream, those who Love At Night, for Art is a beast, and a lover, it is generous, willing, giving, it also finds ways to leave you during the darkness, alone, frightened and searching for meaning amongst the pictures you see merging as one form melds with another, in beauty, in collaboration, in strength.

Gareth Heesom, Love At Night. Single Review. full post

(330 words, estimated 1:19 mins reading time)

Jon Anderson, 1000 Hands. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Despite the popular saying, Time will find ways to wait for the sensational to make itself known, it might not wait for the dull, for those whose belief sees them find ways, despite evidence to the contrary, to class themselves as ordinary and routinely static, but in the hands of the extraordinary, in the matters to which perfection is arguably sought, it will grant a seeming pause in the knowledge that what will appear, will be worth the wait, that the exceptional has the ability to become timeless, even when Time is still moving on.

Jon Anderson, 1000 Hands. Album Review. full post

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

Walter Trout, Ordinary Madness. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

“The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it…” effortless words of wisdom framed by the writer Charles Bukowski, and given even greater illumination and ferocity by the blues man Walter Trout in his latest album, Ordinary Madness.

The world is not just a foolish place, but it stands aloof from the rest of the universe, revelling in its own lunacy, driven by jesters and clowns, misleading and double-talking buffoons, it is no wonder that we perhaps feel crowded in our thoughts, almost helpless in our actions, and yet there is always help, the figure offering ordinary madness, the proposal that refuses to acknowledge anything other than the fact that we are extraordinary; that madness is just a by-product of the beauty we can appreciate in others.

Walter Trout, Ordinary Madness. Album Review. full post

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

Cary Balsano, We Like It. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

In the eye of the tornado the peace of our existence can be found, the silence in amongst the maelstrom, the seduction of the moment’s influential still is to feel resistant to the tide that is overwhelming all around, the swirl, the cloud, the rampaging dust of our times; instead we can lay back, for a while, for a brief respite, see the sweetness peace on offer, and say We Like It.

Cary Balsano, We Like It. Single Review. full post

(318 words, estimated 1:16 mins reading time)

CPR. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

When you have packed so much into life as David Crosby, it becomes almost impossible to not do anything well. To expose yourself to everything that life may offer, and even be willing to feel your way in the darkest of places to find parts of your psyche, is to be able to create art that comforts all those that stand by your side or who may listen as the days grow more intense, more personal.

CPR. Album Review. full post

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