Category Archives: Music

Sex Pistols: The Original Records. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

There are more books written about books, and there are more stars in the heavens that we can physically ever count, but you can also be assured that only it seems Britain’s Sex Pistols can have more albums released than the band actually managed to record in their short lived, but ever-lasting, career.

Def Leppard: Diamond Star Halos. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Diamonds aren’t just a girl’s best friend, for those that appreciate the quality and commitment of a jewel created out of untold pressure, a rock of crystal pleasures and gems that sparkle and reflect the light caught in its star like quality, then arguably, decisively, Sheffield’s Def Leppard are on display as being a precious stone in a crown that is selective on the head on which it is worn.

Joanne Shaw Taylor: Blues From The Heart Live. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The Blues matter!

The turn of the century and the explosion of names that wanted to revive the genre from its spiralling slumber and almost decay arguably saved in many respects the pursuit of music as a form of knowledge rather than just as entertainment that was in danger of being dumbed down, of being eaten alive by those who would seek to undermine the art in favour of a quick return on their investment; such an emotional declaration shouldn’t have to be said, but it is Blues from the heart that makes the genre passionately defended, and one to which one of its modern Queens stands tall as she delivers it with honour, and live for all to experience.

Yvonne Lyon, Gareth Davies-Jones, and David Lyon: Trace The Line. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Allow your fingers to Trace The Line of exploration, let your senses be overwhelmed by the sentiment of others, and accept that the line could lead you to a place of paradise and personal redemption; for by following the line, no matter the curve, no matter the bearing, we are at our best when we allow fortune to have laid out a plotted course in which we can follow, which we can enjoy.

Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer: Auf Wiedersehen, Me Duck. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Intimacy is not just a physical attribute, it is of the mind as well, the connection shared between two people, perhaps more if the feeling is so intense it requires extra spirit and perspective, is such that the drama and love created inspires art that frames a period of Time, it captures the meaning of a place, of a particular motion and movement, and the impact of the final presentation is something than if produced with honour, becomes overwhelmingly familiar, it becomes tender, an affection that stands out with pleasure.

George Brandon: Plenty More Songs In The Sea. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The ocean is an expanse that we cannot truly comprehend, the river often too small a notion to suggest it is uncrossable, but the sea, the gap between the lands that are so close that on a clear day you could believe you could sail there yourself, those are the waters that fill the imagination; for in the prospect of something new, we find that art can be different, that the voice that carries it is somehow more inclined to mirror our own, and if we were to dive into that body of water we might find that even though our own song has faded, there are Plenty More Songs In The Sea to bring to the surface.

Anna Tam: Hatching Hares. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

By moonlight hares were thought to dance, but those that hatch are to be observed as being caught in the alure of love as they become entranced by the sound of Anna Tam and the multi instrumental voice as she brings stories to life, and allows creatures of her imagination to roam free.

Carol Fieldhouse: Continuum. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Such is the price of being human that we see our lives in a series of ages, momentous occasions are rooted and used as a pinpoint to describe our time on Earth as if it were a competition to see who can rack up the most experiences in a short space of time, a game show where the prize is a full montage of moments that span certain ages and responses, all peaks, maybe the troughs, but no flat line of reflection, no stable course in which consideration is due; and it is to our peril that we seek to impose this standard on all without a thought on what it do to those who like their variety to be one that encompasses all such emotions.

Various Artists: The Rough Guide To Jewish Music. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

It is to our detriment and shame that we forget all too quickly that we don’t have to fully understand something to find it beautiful and set against a world verging once more on intolerance and prejudice, from all corners, neighbour against neighbour, clan against clan, we fight above the noise and havoc, whilst never quite realising that the world is more harmonious than we believe, it just takes a moment to listen.

The Betterdays: Hush Your Mouth (The Betterdays Anthology). Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Quieten down and listen, Hush Your Mouth and take notice of more than just the usual names to which you believe fill your musical world…the universe of aural pleasure and revelation is constantly shifting, renewing, renovating, and even in the period that you grow up in, your generation, there are bands and musicians that you will come across but somehow, inexplicably, not see how great they are, how in tune with the period, the yesterdays, the tomorrows – The Betterdays in which you found yourself singing along with life and Time, those bands were.