Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
When Joe Bonamassa makes an entrance, the polite thing to do is to acknowledge the depth of arrival. However who wants polite when arguably the greatest and most prolific Blues guitarist of the last 40 years is in town, the only thing you should really do is applaud wildly and thank which ever deity you entrust your soul to, which ever spectrum of existence is closest to your overall reasoning, that there is a place in the universe for Joe Bonamassa.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10
Music is nothing without enthusiasm, the blaze of ongoing passion and the fervour of belief that what you are producing is something that will nestle at the heart of many a listener and grab their attention and excite them to a point where apathy is thrown to ravenous wolves and the deadly soulless.
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There is almost nothing better than the discreet musical discussions of the feminist argument in which to get your point across of self- sufficiency and self- respect which leads to admiration and a particular type of esteem eluded those that rant and rave at the slightest thing and merest sleight. Not just a feminist argument but a reconciliation between self-value and veneration in other’s eyes that you can walk away from a situation that is doing you harm.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The sound of a soft lament escapes from the mouthpiece of a trumpet, the stark image of a fallen comrade, friend or hero fills the room and the devastation of loss is something tangible; it grasps at the air and enthuses a type of faith, faith that despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, everything will turn out just fine.
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It seems impossible these days to think of Kerry Ellis as anything but an established performer of great quality. A vocalist whose voice can send shivers the spine and whose work, especially in recent times with Queen’s Brian May, has been nothing but jaw-droppingly good. On the back of all that it is of no surprise that Kerry Ellis has returned once more to the world of theatre for an album of show tunes and highly thought of songs for her fourth album and strikingly eponymously titled
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There are moments that stick in the mind more clearly than others, the instant when you witness something so extraordinary, when you hear something so surprisingly exceptional that not only do the hairs on the back stand up on the back of the neck, they wave remarkably in the strong gust of future expectation and are strong enough to withstand the wear and tear of a flag being run up and down them for a dozen years.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
If the word division has been on people’s lips of late, it could be seen as understandable. Everywhere you care to look, no matter what side you feel you are either urged to take or come too of your own research and accord, division is everywhere. It is in every fabric of society and seems so deeply engrained that even if a nation or family votes in a majority in favour of something, the arguments it has caused are going to live long in the memory.
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Never let it be said that in all parts of the Scottish and Irish main lands and their resident islands that there is not spirit of independence running through its mighty veins and boldly pumping heart. Even if the question upon everybody’s lips is of a different type of individuality, of a changed outlook and striking out on your own like an 20-something year old finally declaring its intention to move into its own apartment, the spirit and culture was always there and remain so everywhere you are willing to take a peek into.
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Everybody has a first crush, perhaps even lots of them, that moment in which the stars seem to explode and swirl with the force of a painting by Vincent Van Gogh. When the pain and desire of wanting to be with somebody so much is like receiving a blow to the head and in which months, even days later you admonish yourself for feeling the prize berk and abject fool that you feel you have become. Poetry gets written, often as painful as the first fleeting glimpse in which you saw your crush glance your way and in which smitten may as well be tattooed upon your forehead forever.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Time has arguably finally seen sense and allowed Deacon Blue the standing that was taken away after runaway success in the 1980s and 90s. For if the last release that the band bought out, the very cool The Hipsters, was a sign of intent, then A New Home is something in which to be proud of, not just for the listener soaking up the graphic-like story-telling and soon to be popular songs that will be broadcast and played live for their loyal audiences, but for the band also, for A New Home is something in where fresh and exciting adventures begin and exploration is pre-requisite.