Category Archives: Music

Joe Bonamassa At Carnegie Hall- An Acoustic Evening. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

For some it is the pinnacle of a career, the moment they step off stage and realise that they did make the journey to Carnegie Hall, that their talent, honed, sharpened over thousands of hours and perfected upon, this is the moment when it all comes together, in one of the most highly thought of venues on the planet. Along with Vienna Opera House, the Royal Albert Hall and the Sydney Opera House, to perform at the Carnegie Hall on the corner of 55th and Seventh Avenue is the dream that keeps many a creative mind going when the intensity of practise, practise, practise, starts to overwhelm the soul.

Joe Bonamassa At Carnegie Hall- An Acoustic Evening. Album Review. full post

(466 words, 1 image, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)

Jen Gloeckner, Vine. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The sound of the soft and sensual is normally a reserved occupation, it bats its eyelashes, it acts coy, it trips over its words in an attempt to look beautiful and alluring and yet somehow it only comes off as requiring attention for all the wrong reasons. It may dress to impress but it still has the unfortunate moment of finding a piece of straw from a hay barn tucked in its shirt or blouse.

Jen Gloeckner, Vine. Album Review. full post

(412 words, 1 image, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)

The Racket, Faded Days. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

To think of the young, the next generation, finding that life has already reached the pinnacle of their desires because they believe that the world is not ready for them, is one that can leave two different flavours in the mouth. The first being sorrow, that we as those that have gone before have allowed this group of creative people whose hopes and dreams perhaps matched our own in the past to bathe in the shallow end whilst we have neglected the opportunity to stand aside and let them tackle the issues of the day. The second is that with any luck, it has taught them anger, that the positive of such actions will lead them to understand that theirs in not to be Faded Days after all.

The Racket, Faded Days. Single Review. full post

(438 words, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

Yvonne Lyon, Till We Meet Again. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Poignancy is everywhere, one just needs to when to listen and when to open your eyes; the simple word, the unspoken action, all these moments can be felt when we open up our souls and acknowledge that an ending is sometimes only a prelude to finding that person once more, that life will always find a way and that a song, a film, any art or gesture can be poignant and moving, it can cause emotions to clash and be affectionate and tender.

Yvonne Lyon, Till We Meet Again. Single Review. full post

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

Canny Fettle, Still Gannin’ Canny. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

 

The art of being lost in Time only works if you never speak again after your success, otherwise Time has a way of bringing you back, rediscovering you and finding a place in uncertain times for you to shine and be incredible once again. You may believe you can control Time; that you can do one thing, do it so well that for a moment in the wink of your eye you are on top of the world and then you can disappear at your own volition and be forever remembered with sepia toned acknowledgement and praise as the ultimate bee’s knees.

Canny Fettle, Still Gannin’ Canny. Album Review. full post

(437 words, 1 image, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

OMRÅDE, Nåde. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Imagine coming across a band which whilst heavily indebted to the heavier side of Metal sounds as flattering and captivating as a finely tuned orchestra in mid stride; that to find the exterior of the music is as auspicious as the as the compliment inside, can only mean that OMRÅDE have released themselves from their sense of quiet and downtime of two years and come back fighting with the tremendous album Nåde.

OMRÅDE, Nåde. Album Review. full post

(407 words, 1 image, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

Texas, Jump On Board. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Somewhere across an ocean they talk of Texas as the Lone Star State, the place where everything is a little bigger than anywhere else, where money and riches are second nature, where life is somewhere to dream of living. Elsewhere Texas is a state of mind, a symbol of music at its very best, where humility is the watchword, where life is a place in which emotion and dreams are part and parcel of the gift of music. This Texas is arguably a finer place to find yourself residing for a while, it is certainly the position in life in which it is always more beautiful to Jump On Board.

Texas, Jump On Board. Album Review. full post

(450 words, 1 image, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)

Steelesque, Toro Toro. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The Allegheny may be the most famous river that runs through the American heartland city of Pittsburgh, it may the one in which Samuel Diescher’s famous Duquesne Incline takes in the breathtaking scenery and the view of the once famous Three River Stadium, yet like so much else in this town built on coal, ore and iron, beneath the surface there is a vibrancy unnoticed, the visitor, like the three rivers, may pass through it, but rarely do they get to see the beauty or the past that hides in plain sight, that is built not just on the imposing Allegheny or the Ohio but on the might of the Monongahela as well.

Steelesque, Toro Toro. Album Review. full post

(530 words, estimated 2:07 mins reading time)

The Mono LPs, Cherry Red Lips. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The problems with anything that gets the heart pumping and the brain falling in love is that you have to be prepared to wait to bring it to the attention of the world, the slow unveil, tantalising, dramatic, full of tension and appeal; if music was a lover then waiting to implore others on why the relationship works would be torture.

The Mono LPs, Cherry Red Lips. Single Review. full post

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

John Jenkins, I Was Looking For You. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

We are all looking for someone to show us the way, to enrich our lives, perhaps hold our hand when the darkness comes or even that one person who many years after saying goodbye for the final time somehow infuses their thoughts into yours and allows inspiration to strike with the subtly of a flash of lightning as it speeds through the Grand Canyon.

John Jenkins, I Was Looking For You. Single Review. full post

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