Tag Archives: Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

Tinlin, Shade Of The Shadows. Album Review.

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Take the vocal harmony of Scottish Del Amitri when they are at their soulful best, combine elements of America’s Simon and Garfunkel and add the passion that certain songwriters can bring to their audience and the result you have is a superb album by Tinlin titled Shade Of The Shadows.

Tinlin are brothers Rolf and Alex Tinlin, with their vocal harmonies and soft gentle refrains, they make a proposition worth listening to with some wide eyed and overwhelming abandonment. The sound they combine alongside Stephanie Blood on cello on the songs In These Arms and Don’t Want To Sleep Alone, Jack Carrack on percussion and Eleanor Tinlin on cor anglais and oboe make this an album worth seeping yourself into.

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(341 words, 1 image, estimated 1:22 mins reading time)

Brit Floyd, Gig Review. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Originally published by Music News. Com. July 7th 2012.

As the montage of clips from Pink Floyd’s prestigious career reminded the audience inside the Philharmonic Hall of what they were missing from the iconic British band’s lack of time out on the road in recent years, the members of Brit Floyd made their way out onto the stage and proceeded to give the crowd a master class lesson in music appreciation.

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(526 words, estimated 2:06 mins reading time)

Jon Anderson, Gig Review. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.

Originally published by L.S. Media. August 4th 2009.

After a much publicised health scare, in which he nearly lost his life, Jon Anderson has taken the first tentative steps back to touring and recording. The Lancashire born entertainer shows a lot more of his spiritual side these days as he looked less tense and more happy with himself and his long admired vocal ability.

Coming on stage to some of the loudest applause the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool has seen for a one man show, Jon seemed surprised to see so many people there to hear him play. The audience knew that there might be a few awkward moments for Jon as he readily admits to not having been able to sing whilst recuperating but from the off everybody was on his side.

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Jethro Tull, Gig Review. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Photograph by Ian D. Hall

Originally published by L.S. Media. April 1st 2010.

One of most prodigious bands to have made the long trek from the late sixties as jobbing musicians to international superstars made a welcome return to the Liverpool Philharmonic this week and wowed old and new fans alike with a set list full of tracks from an extensive and much loved back catalogue.

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(382 words, 1 image, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

The Robert Cray Band. Gig Review. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Originally published by L.S. Media. July 4th 2010.

With a career spanning over 4 decades, Robert Cray has carved himself a position as one of the best blues guitarist to come from America, his gentle on stage demeanour and apparent genuine love of making an audience happy comes across from the moment he picks up his guitar and plays his first note.

Robert was making only his second visit to Liverpool at the invitation of the Liverpool Summer Pops organisers and there are not many artists who could be a perfect choice to be one of the opening acts for this celebration of live music.

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

The Christians, Gig Review. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 11th 2010.

One of the last times The Christians came to Liverpool was to perform at the Liverpool Academy and even though the band went down well that night, there seemed to be something missing from the overall experience that audiences expect from one of Liverpool’s finest and most respected bands.

Anything that was sadly remiss on that balmy summer’s night in 2009 was put right by having the band in a setting which suited their style and laid back harmonic approach such as the Philharmonic.

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

Level 42, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. Gig Review.

Level 42 in concert. Photograph by Ian D. Hall

Originally published by L.S. Media. October 8th 2010.

For thirty years now Level 42 have been thrilling their fans and delivering a style of music rarely heard in this country and even rarer played with the charm and sophistication that any self respecting music fan would kill to hear.

Back in the 1980’s Level 42 were amongst the top rated bands in the country, with their easy style and pleasing lyrics, they were hailed as media darlings. Mark King certainly broke the mould with his particular way of playing the bass and with Mike Lindup on keyboards and adding his own personal voice on a lot of the group’s tracks; they seemed set to be one of the country’s big musical exports.

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(363 words, 1 image, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)

Echo And The Bunnymen, Gig Review. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Originally published by L.S. Media. October 1st 2011.

Arguably one of the great and iconic Liverpool bands from the 1980’s would surely have to be Echo and the Bunnymen. Although they may have divided opinion on their style and delivery there can be no doubting that to their fans, they were unrivalled and without equal. A fusion of the anger that built up in the city after many years of negativity and powerful imaginative story-telling, wrapped neatly in a bubble of soaring synths and early gothic guitars.

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(415 words, estimated 1:40 mins reading time)

The Anderson/Wakeman Project, Gig Review. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Rick Wakeman at the Philharmonic Hall. Photgraph by Ian D. Hall.

Originally published by L.S. Media. October 20th 2010.

Just over a year ago Jon Anderson came on stage at the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool to the kind of applause that is reserved for visiting dignitaries and Liverpool’s favourite sons and daughters. To see the man on stage after the year he had the year before was nothing short of a miracle and it didn’t matter what he performed that night, even if he had sat down and read the newspaper the fans would have cheered just as hard and for as long.

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The Waterboys, Gig Review. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Photograph by Ian D. Hall

Originally published by L.S. Media. February 2nd 2011.

For some, the divisions between poetry and music are so entrenched that they, no matter what, should never be crossed. However for Mike Scott and The Waterboys and a full house of appreciative fans of W.B Yeats, the genre was not only blurred but redrawn and redefined. Billed as an Appointment with Mr. Yeats, the band pushed the realms of performance art with their reading of the Irish poet’s familiar poems set alongside some of the most stunning music to grace the Philharmonic Hall.

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(347 words, 1 image, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)