Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Cast: Keiran Cunningham, Alan Devally, Paul Duckworth, Anne O’ Riordan.
To find peace, one must be content, one must realise that life is not about taking potshots at their neighbour, not to be quick to condemn or to take revenge, one must be true to one’s own actions, one must allow a certain kind of love to flourish in the heart for even the most despicable of actions, lest they revel in their own loneliness.
She told me she was O.K.
and all I could do was believe her.
I could see the gentle alarm in her eyes
as she moved in
to give me a hug, she told me she was alright,
that this was a small thing, a simple job
for the Doctor to take of, that my worries
for her were, obviously,
quite natural but nevertheless
one born out of close bonds
and soldering on,
such is her way, such is the love
that I have for her
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The problems with anything that gets the heart pumping and the brain falling in love is that you have to be prepared to wait to bring it to the attention of the world, the slow unveil, tantalising, dramatic, full of tension and appeal; if music was a lover then waiting to implore others on why the relationship works would be torture.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
We are all looking for someone to show us the way, to enrich our lives, perhaps hold our hand when the darkness comes or even that one person who many years after saying goodbye for the final time somehow infuses their thoughts into yours and allows inspiration to strike with the subtly of a flash of lightning as it speeds through the Grand Canyon.
I long for the leather underneath my backside again,
the long distance,
who cares where,
who knew when I would be back,
from moped speed
to the caress of a slight touch of velvet
underneath her painted shell like
heaving bottomless metal breast,
I miss the cool, the sweat,
the breeze cutting through my scarf,
my mouth covered in hijab of
Manchester City Blue
and the looks, disgruntled venom
of those behind steering wheels
and my two fingers sliding up
to meet their gaze…
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *
The last time Caro Emerald came to Liverpool in 2015 she was magnificent, two years on from that fateful night, she, and the finely attuned band, were simply stunning. A night of 21st Century Jazz with so much swing attached, so much creativity grabbing every ounce of emotion on the stage that for those fortunate enough to be in the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on what was to turn, weather wise, into the worst type of spring deluge possible at the end of the show, at least were comforted by the absolute brilliance on show during the night.
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There will be those who proclaim music as a right, a sentence of fury to be carried across their whole lives and yet will never look beyond what they know, to whom the comfortable has become as important as the way they are seen to act in public, how their image betrays them when they wear a T-shirt of a band they have perhaps never seen, (not really an issue with the way stands on economic meltdown) but who also could not name a single song they have written. It is the look and appearance over the genius of the work provided and no matter what you think of the group or the inspiration behind the thoughts, the irreplaceable Glen Danzig, then to not hear them play is to deny your music palate to expand.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10
Cast: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pål Sverre Hagen, Jakob Ulrik Lohmann, Amanda Collin, Johanne Louise Schmidt, Jakob Oftebro, Signe Anastassia Mannov, Søren Pilmark, Michael Brostrup, Morten Kirkskov, Olivia Terpet Gammelgaard, Jasper Møller Friis, Louis Sylvester Larsen, Lotte Andersen, Benjamin Kitter, Maria Rossing.
Faith is to be admired, even if you don’t follow a religion, a certain devotion to the conviction in a higher spirit, for to see someone take heart from the road they entrust to their faith is to feel at times blessed, assured that through their eyes the picture before you is arguably bigger, more focused; if it makes them happy and content to keep going through life’s most strenuous ordeals then who are you to knock them down.
I remember with absolute clarity
the moment you were born,
pacing outside like a father
from an old Pathe newsreel
or Ealing Comedy,
my life in black and white
as I chewed on nails,
too old fashioned to be
in the delivery suite,
was not the man’s place really.
I saw you very quickly, a blur,
a near painful remainder
that life can be cruel, fleeting, obstinate,
downright mean and spiteful,
as you were rushed past me
not breathing, blue,
you were leaving me destroyed.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *
The gentleness of the man holds him in high esteem with his audience, the nature of his craft, the talent for song writing and capturing the moment frame by frame takes him to a place where the crowd simply adore him; it is impossible when you watch Chris De Burgh perform live on stage to see anything but a sea of faces light up with expectation, no matter the day they have had, as soon as he takes to the stage and then grow with love and self esteem as the concert goes on.