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Cal Ruddy, Gig Review. Johnsons’ Pavilion, Bootle.

Cal Ruddy in Bootle, July 2016. Photograph By Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Amongst the bright young things of Liverpool’s all encompassing music box is the spirited and genuinely skilful Cal Ruddy, a man to whom a song holds only mystery, the suspense of glory and to whom obscurity is just a word destined for those who will not try, who give in before they have even started. The song is in the D.N.A. of Cal Ruddy, he presents it to the audience as if holding aloft a laurel made of silk and gold, the pleasure of the sensuous mixed with the desire for beauty and it is one to relish being amongst.

Cal Ruddy, Gig Review. Johnsons’ Pavilion, Bootle. full post

(380 words, 1 image, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

Red Winter, Gig Review. Johnsons’ Pavilion, Bootle.

Red Winter in Bootle, July 2016. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Life will always throw a curve ball, you don’t need to find yourself at any American Baseball park to understand that, you just need to know that at times what the day may have held in store, can turn out to be infinitely more interesting and filled with more passion than a 21^st century television version of Wuthering Heights or Lady Chatterley’s Lover.

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(423 words, 1 image, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

Billy Kelly, Gig Review. Johnsons’ Pavilion, Bootle.

Billy Kelly performing in Bootle, July 2016. Photograph By Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

There is genius at work in the world, there is courage and there is simplicity wrapped up in so much talent that sometimes as you sit back and take the view of artistry in, it can leave you feeling a little scared, not worried, not anxious but scared that one day it might not be around to be held by.

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(490 words, 1 image, estimated 1:58 mins reading time)

Mia Wakefield, Gig Review. Johnsons’ Pavilion, Bootle.

Mia Wakefield performing in Bootle, July 2016. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The art of putting on a festival, especially for the first time is one that is shrouded in mystery, known to so few it seems and yet when you come across one that knows instinctively how to keep a crowd entertained during a changeover of rock acts, then it is one to praise and make sure it doesn’t run away in the distance, like too many others in these days of arts cuts and some people using the genre as if it should be a free commodity.

Mia Wakefield, Gig Review. Johnsons’ Pavilion, Bootle. full post

(484 words, 1 image, estimated 1:56 mins reading time)

Dusky Grey, Gig Review. Johnsons’ Pavilion, Bootle.

Dusky Grey in Bootle, August 2016. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Up the road, just past the city centre of Liverpool and beyond the gates of expectation, the Liverpool International Music Festival, a noble cause, a social event in the ever increasing diary was gearing up for another year; established and full of flavour, it is a highlight for the music fan.

Dusky Grey, Gig Review. Johnsons’ Pavilion, Bootle. full post

(429 words, 1 image, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)