Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
In some countries, the possession of a fast camel can lead to untold riches, being lauded in certain circles and the feeling of overwhelming power at the hands of an animal who can outlive a human when lost in the desert. In Glasgow, The Fast Camels are becoming just as lauded, just as hardy and should be just as celebrated as their desert counterparts.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The amount of depth that is afforded to Emma Stevens, the wisdom in the music that gives a lift to the mood, even when the lyrics betray other sentiments that may in other hands bring the frame of mind down, makes Enchanted a beautiful beast of an album in which to appreciate the delicate bouquet of relished beaming roses.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Alison Tolman, Bob Odenkirk, Keith Carradine, Kate Walsh, Joshua Clegg, Joey King, Shawn Doyle, Brian Markinson, Kelly Holden Basher, Tom Musgrave, Julie Ann Emery, Rachel Blanchard, Kevin O’ Grady, Atticus Mitchell, Liam Green, Brian Jensen, Dave Trimble, Andrew McKenzie, Karen Johnson-Diamond, Lori Ravensborg, Michelle Thrush, Spencer Drever, Sam Duke, Darrell Orydzuk, Ben Wong, Lydia Lau, Susan Park, Carolyn Bridget Kennedy, Ryan Suffesick.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Cast: David Threlfall, Amanda Redman, Helen McCrory, Gregor Fisher, Jason Manford, Andy Rush, Charlotte Beaumont, John Biggins, James Carcaterra, Hayley Collett, Lucy Conley, Pamela Betsy Cooper, David Doyle, Bob Golding, Hamish Hamilton, Andrew Harrison, Kevin Hudson, Albie Marber, Jordan Metcalfe, Marene Miller, Jacinta Mulcahy, Michael Müller, Paul Ritter, Chris Ryman, David Sterne, Tilly Vosburgh, Phil Yarrow, Chris Cowlin.
For many, the night Tommy Cooper died at Her Majesty’s Theatre infront of a live television audience will always be remembered. The man who could make people laugh just by standing infront of them, had passed on at the end his act 30 years ago and for many the sound of laughter was never the same again.
Tiresias witnesses another time
Ahead of the end of the days
In which Echo was a boy,
And in which Narcissus was a woman.
Who am I?
Who am I?
One cries out loud,
Whilst the other merely repeats and cries.
Tiresias weeps at the unfairness
Of his vision,
The conundrum of what befell
Them both, unsolved to sightless eyes.
Though unsighted, Tiresias is moved
By the plight of the Echo boy
And the Narcissus woman.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Where would existence be without the likes of Marcus Malone popping up on a regular basis through the back drop of life’s sometimes audible eternal howl? It certainly wouldn’t be as interesting nor as musically rich or plush nor as precious in the way that Blues can be.
Marcus Malone lives the Blues, he plays with its concept and gives it an edge in which few dare to follow and is reminiscent of the luxuriant tones that was gifted the young David Coverdale, in short without Marcus Malone appearing somewhere on your playlist of the day, then the 24 hours that separates one midnight to the next may as well be a blur of undisguised bemusement.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Cast: Shaun Evans, Roger Allam, James Bradshaw, Anton Lesser, James Wilby, Gordon Kennedy, Abigail Thaw, Oliver Lansley, Jack Laskey, Sean Rigby, Vince Leigh, Shvorne Marks, Caroline O’ Neill, Lasco Atkins, Jack Bannon, Sarah Beck Mather, Oliver Coleman, Mark Flitton, Abby Ford, Max Gold, Andrew Gower, Martin Hancock, Emma Hiddleston, Simon Kunz, Paul Ridley, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Connor Sitton, George Turvey, Sarah Vickers, Nick Waring, Sarah Woodward.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10
There used to be a saying that you were either a Beatles fan or a Rolling Stones devotee, the same could be said of the big two comic book publishers in America, D.C. Comics and Marvel. Like the argument between The Stones and the four Liverpool musicians, there will also be a crossover who say for example find the compelling stories of Batman or Wonder Woman just as exciting as the moral guideline set out by Captain America or the incredible life of Peter Parker’s Spider-Man, just as there are those who love The Beatles but also see the appeal of Paint It Black or Sympathy for the Devil. However sympathy for D.C. Comics marine hero Aquaman has never really captured comic book fans in any kind of dramatic way.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 91/2/10
It took a smile, the easiest of human reflexes and the most disarming to understand that this was going to be a set in which love would not just be felt but would in turn become admiration and fully encompassed respect. For Emma Stevens, the smile she wore for almost the entire set inside Zanzibar was not one of falseness, not just placed there in which to entrance an audience, but one of the most honest beams you ever likely to see on stage by a musician as they perform a set of music that just stole the heart.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
It may be the Easter break for many students up and down the country but that doesn’t mean that they either unwind over the spoils of Cadbury wars and gargantuan eggs, nor for the benefit of their own sanity or health hitting every single book for 24 hours a day ready for the impending exams that naturally hove into view once the last wrapper has been dispatched to its fiery hell.