Love Love, Love Love. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

The Beatles once mused that all you need is love, an anthem perhaps of a lost generation to whom the words echoed and made much more sense after losing so much in the senselessness of a war that ripped what it means to be human, apart.

Perhaps in an age where a different evil lurks, one not just intent on destroying a world, but one that tears at the fabric of society and pits neighbour against neighbour, friend against friend and Government against its people, jealousy, the ever vigilant emotion that feeds and sucks a person dry till even the shell is digested and no trace of the former personality is left; perhaps what is needed is Love Love.

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(489 words, estimated 1:57 mins reading time)

The Day I Told The Sailor To Leave.

There was almost no better day

than that in which I told the old sailor,

some called traitor

to the flag, some called much worse,

and that’s not for me to remark upon,

to get the fuck out of my pub,

his brand of high seas, glassy eyed leering debate

was not wanted in amongst the beer

and the stains in which he passed his greasy

fingers between the glasses ready to be cleaned,

washed and scrubbed as he waited with

a vile lop sided grin for me to shake

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(272 words, estimated 1:05 mins reading time)

In Defence Of Paper When A Book.

….bloats when left in the pour

hols sand between when it sticks

to cover and pages, stains; coffee

and wine. and sugared tea.

and your finger printing other things

smears not on kindles, dog-eared to

remind you of where to fold, for time.

do it then, read by lamp

turn off things that give off self light

 

Andreas Dahl 2015

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Charlie Landsborough Returns To The Liverpool Philharmonic Hall This November.

Charlie Landsborough takes to the road again this autumn on a series of major U.K. dates. Accompanied by his own four piece strong band. It will be the first chance to see him on home turf this year and the last night of the tour promises to be a tour de force as he comes to the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on November 8th.

Audiences might be forgiven for thinking they know what Charlie Landsborough is all about. Hugely popular in Ireland, purveyor of fine songs and the odd winsome C&W ballad…but there’s more, much more.

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(353 words, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)

Mersey Wylie, Gig Review. Strings And Things, Studio 2, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9.5/10

Some people are just destined to be on the stage and become the natural performer that fortune and Kismet nod their approvals for, for the future belongs to them.

In Mersey Wylie, a woman whose very name holds fascination and the sense of History that the city of Liverpool enjoys to the very maximum, kismet has more than met its match. For the sheer presence of the woman as she sings has undergone so much revolution and wonderful development from the first moments she stood on the stage at Zanzibar just a mere 16 months ago. Already brimming with the cool and the collected, she now radiates gravitas and so much fun that Quality Street would do well to take notes on what fun actually is; fun it seems is to watch Mersey Wylie enjoy herself as she sings songs that captivate and take your heart prisoner.

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(546 words, estimated 2:11 mins reading time)

The D-Tales, Gig Review. Strings And Things, Studio2, Liverpool.

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There is almost a sense of pity that should be extended outwards to anyone that doesn’t find the prospect of Rock, in whichever shape or form, an exciting prospect in which to delve head first into and wallow in its electric vibe and luminous structured beast like glow for however long the offer is on for.

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

Jo Mary, Gig Review. Strings And Things, Studio 2, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

They might be a new name on the Liverpool band board but don’t let that fool you, for in their own dramatic fashion, Jo Mary already have a groove and perseverance that many who have been going for years would find hard to equal.

It is in the measure of both Stillhet’s prowess to find such emerging talent and place them head first into the depths of creativity via their enormously enjoyable Strings and Things evenings and in Jo Mary themselves that the unexpected ease in which they ploughed through a selection of covers but done with impossible sounding inventiveness, and a taste of what is hopefully to come in the future with a track of their own making, the dynamic and vibrant Glass Eyed and Shameless.

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

Charlie McKeon, Gig Review. Strings And Things. Studio 2, Liverpool.

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There is a certain gentleness, a confident kind of whimsical appreciation to be found in watching Charlie McKeon as he settles into what could have been a solemn affair slot at Strings and Things’ August session. It is a gentleness though that carries great weight, a simmering tension that underlines the depth of feeling that can be witnessed between one person and their chosen musical instrument and the songs that somehow beat and throb with the heart filled with unusual courage. It is a sign of wonder and aural beauty that has to be heard to be understood and loved.

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

The Day The Mountain Heard.

It may as well have been a mountain

that yawned and gaped down

at the human insect, the bravado of its species

missing from its frame

and the slight quivering in its teenage body

as the crevice seemed to melt before his eyes.

 

The rock face, one hundred

dramatic feet high,

even a thousand surely at a pinch

heard the gentle tapping and prayer like

call whispering in the bright

Welsh light, God, don’t look down,

said with same impassioned plea

of the atheist who sits tied

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(250 words, estimated 1:00 mins reading time)

Ghost, Meliora. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

What would the world be like without a glimpse, the near voyeuristic delve, into the heart of darkness? Life cannot be simple, it must never err into the whiteness and permanent undisguised completeness that is offered by the pure and the noble, for nature in all its fury would surely see to it that something even worse, even more terrifying would come along and make us stare forever at the pit that would open up before us all.

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