Duncan Ewart, Hurt Yourself And Entertain Me. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The world of social media has opened the eyes of many to the possibilities that surround them, there is so much good to be found that the benefits are there to be shared, a sense of the collective that makes the world a smaller, united place -when it goes right. Unfortunately, with every possible light in the world, there must come darkness, and too often, not just in the ethereal but in the living of the moment, we are almost implored to flagellate ourselves for someone else’s amusement.

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(414 words, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)

Saltwater Injection, You Don’t Know Nothing About. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

There seems little in the 21st century that is not revealed, the mysteries and questions are forever exposed along the way, the soundtrack of the decade one of continual release and snatches of what might have been. Even with the once daunting prospect of being banned from audience consumption holding sway over contracts and court action firmly against the artist’s throat, tying their hands behind their back and scowling into the future as if mugged by a television bishop fiddling with his cross whilst offering platitudes and careworn phrases of self-concern. It seems thankfully we can say with a wry smile and danger in our voices to those who censor our words, You don’t know nothing about it.

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

Rosalie Cunningham. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Any music fan craves for the moment when they hear something for the first time that will make the hairs on the back of the neck stand up and the feeling of being transported beyond their self-imposed comfortable surroundings and that takes them to a continent of sound that is full of drama, style, substance and mystery, a place where growth is a two way street, where the performer is transformed and has put themselves into a position where they embody theatre.

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(400 words, 1 image, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

The Royal Hounds, Low Class Songs For High Class People. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

They say that class is purely a British occupational thought, riddled in today’s society as if it is the only country on Earth that makes distinctions between someone’s standings and their accent and manners. However, society is mired in the preoccupation, maybe not in terms of societal structure, but certainly in the way we immediately determine who we think is a good fit in our own sense of purpose and will give us status to grow, to push our energy onto the next level.

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(459 words, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)

Nigel Richard, Not Before Time. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Time can be viewed as either a beast waiting to tear us apart with its sharpened claws and saliva drenched teeth, or it can be a willing accomplice, a guide, a teacher, showing us the moment when a passion and a skill needs to be shown to world and when our emotions are ready to handle the outpouring we deliver. Overriding both of those views those is the inescapable truth that Time is a thief, it never allows us the chance to see what it has stolen from us, holding out instead a symbol of the lost years spent in pursuing the art to which we love.

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(415 words, estimated 1:40 mins reading time)

Killing Eve: Series Two. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, Fiona Shaw, Kim Bodnia, Owen McDonnell, Sean Delaney, Edward Bluemel, Henry Lloyd-Hughes Nina Sosanya, Adrian Scarborough, Jung Sun den Hollander, Emma Pierson, Adeel Akhtar, Shannon Tarbet, Zoe Wanamaker, Nickolas Grace, Julian Barratt, Nigel Betts, Barbara Flynn.

A new television serial might be a hit with viewers from the start, the initial rush of congratulations could well be deserved, but there is always a nagging doubt that it is born of quick sensationalism, rather than the embrace of complexity, a character who titillates rather than nourishes, and whilst in a modern world there is no problem with the idea of shock tactics to win over an audience, it can leave others feeling cold, numb to the pressure to enjoy.

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(514 words, estimated 2:03 mins reading time)

Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Henry Presents The Last Waltz. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery but impressionable skill and honour in its delivery is by far the resonating bell of authenticity and heartfelt thanks. Almost anyone could capture the sense of a piece of art, the odd few songs that make up an evening’s diversion from a set of original tracks performed, and yet it in the heat of the moment how many are willing to put a whole show aside and show true character in reproducing one of the seminal moments captured in Rock history and dealing with the moment as one of accolade in its own right.

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(435 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

Dog On A Stick, Dead Driver. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

There is beauty in the smallest place, even the murky puddle that forms under railway bridges or in that dip in the road where you have to cross over as you navigate your way to work, everything holds a story, all holds a sense of currency or bargaining chip to which can be seized upon as an asset, a shield against the feeling of the loneliness that often comes from being found in those conditions in the first place.

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(425 words, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

Georges Simenon: The Carter Of La Providence. Book Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * *

There is always a question that hangs over the artist’s head, the answer slipping in and out of conscious as they grapple with their vision and attempt to breathe life into it; a question that might scare them, can possibly be years in the making, how do I capture the intensity and drama of my first success as I sit here and contemplate my second offering to the public.

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(515 words, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)

Summer Of Rockets. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Toby Stephens, Keeley Hawes, Lily Sacofsky, Linus Roache, Gary Beadle, Toby Woolf, Lucy Cohu, Mark Bonnar, Claire Bloom, Suanne Braun, Timothy Spall, Rose Ayling-Ellis, Leo Staar, Greg Austin, Peter Firth, Molly Casey, Safiyya Ingar, Ronald Pickup, Matthew James Thomas, Jordan Coulson, Fode Simbo, Tony Maudsey, Adrian Edmondson, James Faulkner, Richard Cordery, Cai Brigden,

It takes a special kind of writer to be able to bring to focus the everyday item which we take for granted and then make it part of a story which employs all the finest elements of the dark forces that govern our lives and installs the direction in which a Government and its people are taking.

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(581 words, estimated 2:19 mins reading time)