Mutant Vinyl, Daffodils In Angell Town. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It is the dichotomy to which nature and fantasy are willing to cross over into each other’s paths with greater ease than those who seek to divide the world through pain and glory, the truth is not just necessary, at times it is unpalatable, the poet may dress the world in garments to which the light reflects and shows off its tender side but it can also address the naked and the weary with symbolism and direct punches to the soul. To frame this in such a way that the imagery of Daffodils In Angell Town is only the word of truth and not to be distorted is to illuminate the message at hand.

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(364 words, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)

Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show, Theatre Review. Empire Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Duncan James, Joanne Clifton, Ben Adams, Laura Harrison, Beverly Callard, Kristian Lavercombe, Miracle Chance, Callum Evans, Ross Chisari, Rees Budin, Shelby Farmer, Katie Monks, Jake Small.

It is the high point of excess and frivolity, the moment when counter culture rubbed shoulders with the inexhaustible and the merriment of cartoonish sing a long, producing without a doubt one of the finest pieces of musical theatre to see the light of day.

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(461 words, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)

Rory Gallagher, Blues. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

To acknowledge that influence is all around us, that there may be nothing new under the sun to which we express, is to show how beautifully unique our sense of appreciation can be. It takes the impact of others to guide us in our pursuit to create the unexpected, not just in our actions, but in the power afforded to us by absolute dedication; those that attain this live on long after the hours have been forgotten, after the battles have been examined, what remains is arguably the purest of endeavours, the ability to change what life may dictate you should be.

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(527 words, 1 image, estimated 2:06 mins reading time)

Antonello Giliberto, The Strategy Of Chaos. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

What some might perceive as confusion, perhaps even believing that turmoil and despair must surely follow in its wake, chaos is arguably a blunt weapon in which the upheaval caused is in the end an effect of peace, a raging headache that gives way to calm, the rough and white horse topped seas that lead to the adventurer seeking shelter in an unheard of land, an island in which they were drawn to by The Strategy Of Chaos.

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(396 words, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)

Dean Friedman, Gig Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool. (2019).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The question always hangs in the air on how Lydia understands, perhaps she is tune with the moment in which Dean Friedman plays to the receptive and knowing audiences in which ever city he finds himself performing, playing to crowds who do more than understand the appeal of geniality and genius in equal measure, they recognise and identify with the common touch held in the hands of the musician, and the soul of the poet.

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

Albert Castiglia, Masterpiece. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

You can be forgiven for thinking that the future means insulting the past, it is a way of habit across the board in today’s society, perhaps one that has found the throw away culture a little too meaningful, one that perhaps sees previous moments of exceptionalism as nothing more than a jaded reminder of all that is wrong, all that is stereotypical.

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

Jonathan Markwood’s Hoo-Hah Conspiracy, Psychoacusis. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Time well spent in the pursuit of happiness, or indeed creativity, is time that can live forever. It is the mark of humanity that we wish to see something of our mind live on once, the capacity to understand all that we may utter into the wind could catch on, that our anger at the insanity of those deemed responsible enough to have a nation’s best interests at heart is caught up in the sound of our voices growing louder, beating against the chest of other’s psychosis and ramblings, acute and serious, perceptive to our own tune and the right we have to stare with wonder that these people are even allowed to tie their own shoe laces, let alone be in charge.

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(461 words, 1 image, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)

Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. (2019).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Rumours of Fleetwood Mac’s Emily Gervers at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. April 2019. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Time has not yet been called on the story of Fleetwood Mac, there is always one more chapter being written, one more footnote being slotted in, one extra paragraph to be prepared, for a group that is rightly hailed as one of the all-time greats of Rock, they also know how to keep the fans guessing on what drama will come to light next; it is in that which keeps the whole performance as electrifying and as dynamic as watching a meteor shower blaze across the night sky.

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(563 words, 1 image, estimated 2:15 mins reading time)

VRi, Tŷ Ein Tadau. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

If we are fortunate, privileged beyond almost anything the world can throw at us or endow with is mystery and reveal, then to stand as adults and still be able to see love in the eyes of the one we call Dad is to know somewhere we have inherited that man’s reason, trust and hope. To many abandon this, striking out on their own, never realising that by walking away, so too does the soul of the one who helped raise us to be of equal footing in Our Father’s House.  

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

Big Daddy Wilson, Deep In My Soul. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

You could be forgiven for thinking that the world turns on the presence of time and the grasping hands of those for whom money is all consuming; and whilst as we steam roller into possible extinction, while we seem to ignore lessons learned and put our fingers in our ears to drown out the sound of truth and reality, what we should finally realise is that the planet, each one us, runs on love, basic but beautiful, love.

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