The Moorside, Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Sheridan Smith, Siobhan Finneran, Gemma Whelan, Sian Brooke, John Dagleish, Dean Andrews, Steve Oram, Gail Kemp, William Hunt, Cody Ryan, Sally Carr, Faye McKeever, Tom Hanson, Erin Shanagher, Darren Connolly, Cathy Breeze, David Zezulka, Charlotte Mills, David Peel, Kirsty Armstrong, Macy Shackleton, Martin Savage, Steve Garti, Rebecca Manley, Paul Opacic.

It was a crime that horrified Britain, a moment in the nation’s psyche that leaves a scar, not because of loss of life but one in which loss of self respect and hope became the headline news.

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(541 words, estimated 2:10 mins reading time)

Alison Krauss, Windy City. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

There is no such thing as a short gust of music when it comes the phenomenally talented Alison Krauss, it is the bracing effect she has on your soul when she sings that is the true point of her gift and ability. There is a storm in those lungs waiting to break down barriers, smash away conceived ideas of how music is supposed to influence and guide you. It is a resonating sound of grandeur and positivity that the multi-award winning vocalist captures so well in her carefully selected selection of classic songs that make up the entrancing Windy City.

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

Imelda May, Life. Love. Flesh. Blood. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

It is only when you look into the eyes of a woman and see the girl that she used to be, do you notice how much Time has either enhanced her or taken its toll on the heart. There is no in between, the girl that was never stays in the same place, she is subject to more rigors and tests than many will ever realise and it is in her eyes that Life. Love. Flesh. Blood have all taken their fair bite or kissed her gently.

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(469 words, estimated 1:53 mins reading time)

Steve Logan, Wanted Alive. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Wanted Alive, to be found offering a small part of a healthy, giving and loving soul to those in need of help, who require assistance and those whose own life has taken a downturn because the music has left them, to be found and needed with all your hear, to be Wanted Alive is to feel human, important to someone and assured to put a hefty smile upon your face.

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(409 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

On Hold

On hold,

such a time to be had

falling for a tune

you would normally hate

but somehow feel close to

by the time the representative

from the company

decides it is time to talk down to you,

on hold…

on hold…

imagine if the everyday was the same

as calling, losing patience

with patience, the man on the end of the phone,

just hanging, shoplifting music

buzzing in the open air, still and jaunty,

designed to keep you upbeat, intended

to cause thoughts of mass destruction;

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(148 words, estimated 36 secs reading time)

Paul Carrack, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. (2017).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Liverpool will always welcome back those who make the point, who express the truth of their love for the city; it can only ever hoped that such sentiment is always given and not neglected like other cities that turn their back on you. It is a sentiment that it is articulated with musical brilliance by Paul Carrack, a genuine man, a special musician, and one who understands just how much the city relishes in seeing its heroes on the stage.

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

Thunder, Rip It Up. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Rip It Up, tear the contracts of our lives apart, into a thousand pieces which in a light breeze dance like butterflies and fall like memories, Rip It Up, start again from scratch and in the blink of an eye you would find yourself in the midst of a revolution between the ears for the mind would argue what came before will always smash the modern apart.

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

Brothers Of Mine, The Answer. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Search long enough and you will find many answers, many truths in which the soul can hold onto and whisper to itself in the shadows that life has a way of persevering, that it can and must be ready for the moment when all that went before was just a prelude, a subtle introduction to the next stage of life. It is a tantalising prospect that we can grow enough and wise enough to see it flourish whilst we still breath freely and with youthful vigour.

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(359 words, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)

Loving, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T., Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Will Dalton, Terri Abney, Alano Miller, Chris Greene, Christopher Mann, Mike Shiflett, Lance lemon, Marton Csokas, Bill Camp, David Jensen, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Nick Kroll, Jon Bass, Michael Shannon.

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(450 words, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)