Thomas Charlie Pedersen, Daylight’s Saving Hours. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The illusion of the extra gained hour is such that most seem to adhere to the gift of time, being asleep, catching up, so they believe, with the pleasure of not being active in the world, taking no part, an unconscious objector to the flight of Time’s arrow for sixty minutes; such is their disdain for the symbolic gesture of cutting time from the top of the hourly sheet and sewing it back on the bottom that the appeal of Daylight’s Saving Hours would be lost upon them.

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

Doctor Who: Spyfall (Parts One And Two). Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill, Tosin Cole, Sacha Dhawan, Lenny Henry, Stephen Fry, Aurora Marion, Slyvie Briggs, Mark Dexter, Shibna Gulati, Ravin J. Ganatra, Bhavnisha Parmar, Melissa De Vries, Sacharissa Claxton, William Ely, Brian Law, Buom Tihngang, Asif Khan, Andrew Bone, Ronan Summers, Christopher McArthur, Darron Meyer, Dominique Maher, Struan Rodger, Lex Lamprey, James Rockey, Andrew Pipe, Tom Ashley, Kenneth Jay, Blanche Williams.

The spies in disguise, ones to whom perhaps have thrown off the shackles of the previous series and now have free reign to take the long running show into a new direction.

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(603 words, estimated 2:25 mins reading time)

Mike Zito, Live From The Top. (Reissue). Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Once more but with even greater certainty of what propelled Mike Zito to prominence, Live From The Top from 2009 is thankfully being re-released thanks to Gulf Coast Records and it is one that for fans of the St. Louis native that comes with pleasure and fascination stirred together to make up a musical feast that not many would have got to feast upon the first time round.

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

Dracula. Television Review.(2020).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Claes Bang, Dolly Wells, John Heffernan, Joanna Scanlan, Morfydd Clark, Lujza Richter, Lyndsey Marshall, Corinna Wilson, Mark Gatiss, Matthew Beard, Tim Ignall, Jonathan Aris, Chanel Cresswell, Petra Dubayova, Sacha Shawan, Youssef Kerkour, Phil Dunster, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Patrick Walshe McBride, Lydia West, Clive Russell, Catherine Schell, Samuel Blenkin, Anthony Flanagan, Alec Utgoff, Dilyana Bouklieva, Andrew Byron, Lily Dodsworth-Evans, Ria Fend, Katherine Jakeways, Lily Kakkar, Scott Karim, Anthony Kaye, Olivia Klein, Abdulla Majid, John McCrea, Sarah Niles, Sofia Oxenham, Natasha Radski, Joakim Skarli, Veronica Stanwell, Cat White, Millicent Wong.

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(617 words, estimated 2:28 mins reading time)

2020 Gets Underway In Earnest As The January Blues Are Banished At The Epstein Theatre.

Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre is seeing in the new year with an action-packed month of theatre entertainment, live music, tributes and classic comedy, including live acoustic music from Turin Brakes, a celebration of the musical talents of The Carpenters, The Eagles, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly and Elvis and the return of Phoenix Nights‘ paranormal sensation Clinton Baptiste!

On Sunday 19th January, Tread Theatre presents their annual family pantomime Dick Whittington, written by former Hollyoaks actor Helen Noble and directed and choreographed by former West End Star, Graham Tudor.

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(478 words, estimated 1:55 mins reading time)

Brothers Of Metal, Emblas Saga. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

A good saga is one that can broaden the mind, it also requires dedication to bring it the forefront of people’s imagination, not delivered half-heartedly as by a nervous courier to a reluctant leader but with brashness, assertive direction and a keen sense of forceful belief in what is being played out; without this, the saga becomes a cautionary tale, one driven presumption and one that can leave you cold.

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(405 words, estimated 1:37 mins reading time)

Simon Thacker’s Ritmata: Taradh. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

To be nominated for an award is not an every-day occurrence, to produce a haunting unique sound that gives the soul one of those what hit me moments is perhaps even rarer, and yet for Simon Thacker and his impressive musical warriors that are by his side, the drawing of and the stories learned from the spiritual sense of sound and the elemental discovery that surrounds his new exploration in the debut album of Simon Thacker’s Ritmata, the outstanding Taradh.

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(383 words, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

The Goes Wrong Show: The Pilot (Not The Pilot. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Bryony Corrigan, Dave Hearn, Nancy Zamit, Chris Leask, Henry Lewis, Charlie Russell, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields.

Audiences have become too used to the idea of historical inaccuracies being part of a plot line, so much so that we no longer question them with the same level of interrogation as we used to. They are presented as adding texture to the story, vital to portray the themes in a certain light and to perhaps highlight a certain character’s involvement in the tale to a greater effect that was played out in real life.

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

Critically Acclaimed Play, Riot Act, Comes To The Epstein Theatre As Part Of U.K. Tour.

Next month, Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre will be one of a number of venues to host the critically acclaimed play Riot Act. The play, which comes to the city on Wednesday 5th February, coincides with LGBTQ History Month and the anniversary of Stonewall.

The powerful verbatim theatre piece explores the history of the LGBTQ rights movement, and the 10-date tour coincides with LGBTQ History Month. The play, which follows a run at the Duchess Theatre in the West End, will also visit Harrogate, Bradford, Milford Haven, Cheltenham, London, Keswick, Newcastle, Doncaster and Bracknell.

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(310 words, estimated 1:14 mins reading time)

Martyn Joseph, Days Of Decision: A Tribute To Phil Ochs. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

There are many way to look at a cover song, the honourable mention in which the nod of a head is made at the behest of acknowledging inspiration and immortality once held, the chance for the performer to give their album a lift and to perhaps draw in a different audience in which their bank balances might take a kindly boost. What is more rare is the sense of duty, the timeless grace in which a musician who exemplifies the discerning craft and beauty to which another soul has moved along, and in which now must be reiterated because the times, the Days Of Decision, are upon us.

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