Category Archives: Music

Me, Thee & E, Sunlight Soap Opera. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Out of the resignation of accepted and self-registered failure comes strength and virtue, the realisation that fail does not mean crash out of the dreams you hold, but instead is the accepted truth that to fail means, as many a scholar will be told be their academic masters, it is The First Attempt In Learning.

Erja Lyytinen, Another World. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Another life, we all claim it as the ultimate reset, the chance to do over from all that we have endured and perhaps taken part in, and atone in some way, or at least see Another World in which we are the hero, in which we are the true player within our story, and with that tentative but hopefully confident, step into different territory we might find a way to create an alternative version of ourselves, even if it just a slight variance in how people see and respond to us.

Anne Leith & Les Oman, Poets. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The poet only insists on capturing the thought and the scene before them, any music that is laid down afterwards is not in their hands at the time when the image presents itself, when the feeling of absolute opens up before them and the setting in which they exist hears nothing but solitude and wonder.

Eddi Reader, Starlight. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The art of the short story is one that is often undervalued by a society that acts almost as if it is loitering with intent by the writer to hammer out more information from them, the questions rapid, almost unceasingly, there is no care to understand that the words on the page contain all they need to see the story through, no extras, no different alley in which to watch a character act in a different manner. All that is required is the act of attention for a short period, to register the difference between the reflection of the moon which bathes the world in nightly reassurance, and that of the Starlight that reminds us there is more out there to be persuaded by.

Betty Moon, Hellucination. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

We have visions of where we want to be in live, the delusionary spell of wanting to live out our fantasy in places we can only at times ever dream of seeing, it is the same in how we wish the world to be, at one, harmonious, in keeping with nature and free from the phantasms that crow and screech in ill- tempered voices when all Hell breaks loose.

Yngwie Malmsteen, Blue Lightning. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

To state the obvious is to be unsure of how you should react when confronted with the easily recognised, whether you should continue to rightfully applaud the artist for their consistency, or to step back and throw the social grenade of the unwelcome comment that there is no need for that particular illustrator of musical ambition and prowess to be standing in the cradle of another’s making.

Snowy White And The White Flames, The Situation. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

There will always be those that surround your life and look puzzled at The Situation that you have found yourself in, they cannot comprehend that life has more than just a few bumps in the road. They don’t see the crest of the sharpened wave, the depth of will it often takes to fathom out where the next step should be taken, nor do they ever give life a sideways glance and worry what will come out of nowhere, the body slam which will take you out of yourself, or which will propel you into the middle of a moment to which you can never repeat the high of.

Wicked Splinters, Our Eyes Will See. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

When we finally allow our mind to observe what has always been staring us straight in the face it either comes as a complete shock or the awe that is captured is one in which the rest of our lives is made more assured, more open to the truth and less susceptible to the arrogance of lies that get underneath the skin like dead wood; Our Eyes Will See always want they want to see, it takes understanding to change the view and the perspective that has always rigidly been adhered too.

George Benson, Walking To New Orleans. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

You might get to The Big Easy quicker if you took the train from Pittsburgh and took a long leisurely cross country route seeing the sights along the way, nestling in the appetite of music that made the country reflect on its love, its loss and its swing; you could do that journey and be grateful but sometimes Walking To New Orleans from wherever you happen to be at the time is more enjoyable, educational and understanding if seen from the view point of the grace of striding with purpose towards your ultimate goal.

The Ryk Mead Band, Me & The Blues. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

We must be allowed the right to demand the perpetual freedom of self-expression. Such an emotion of humanity should not be considered a luxury, available to only those with the sentiment of deep lined pockets or the backing that their own particular flight of fancy is to be indulged in; and yet for whatever reason we as a species insist on tight rules, unyielding regulations and laws that keep the art of self-expression as one that is praised but not given freely to all.