Tag Archives: Liverpool

Ingrid Frøsland, Gig Review. Strings And Things, Studio 2, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Ingrid Frøsland was in unique company as she stood on the stage at Studio 2 on Parr Street. Not only did she meet head on the hopes and expectations of the abundant crowd who had come to see her perform but she slotted herself perfectly into a night of female led revolution as part of March’s Strings and Things. She carried the Norwegian flag high alongside Mari Hajem and Nora Konstanse, an image which would not look out of place if the Norwegians had been allowed to lead the storming of the Bastille.

Ingrid Frøsland, Gig Review. Strings And Things, Studio 2, Liverpool. full post

(420 words, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)

Mari Hajem, Gig Review. Strings And Things, Studio 2, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

In an evening of music supplied by Stillhet’s Strings and Things, an evening in which the order of the day was showing female talent that resides in the heart of the city of Liverpool, the Nordic beating heart of atmospheric Noir-like pop tones with shades of the Progressive cleverly interwoven throughout every sinew, may not have been the first thought in many people’s minds of what to expect on the first day of the month in which the freezing cold is meant to be banished back to its Antarctica cave.

Mari Hajem, Gig Review. Strings And Things, Studio 2, Liverpool. full post

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

Helena Johnson, Gig Review. Strings And Things, Studio 2, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Say what you will about the modern age, moan about it being over commercial, intrusive, noisy to the point of petulant or even just plain out of step with how you remember it from your childhood but as a marketing tool to get you sit up and take notice of life outside your front door, the modern age is unsurpassable.

Helena Johnson, Gig Review. Strings And Things, Studio 2, Liverpool. full post

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

Blind Monk Trio, Gig Review. International Jazz Festival, Capstone Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Jazz still has this wild, perhaps unfounded large target placed upon its broad, rather muscular shoulders, that it is all about the improvisation, or worse the same detractors will then start shouting the odds on how it perhaps placed firmly into the stale arena. This is partly in thanks to the limited knowledge of those who wander in off the streets without at least reading up, even slightly, on the extensive and abundant subject.

Blind Monk Trio, Gig Review. International Jazz Festival, Capstone Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(440 words, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

White Canvas, Gig Review. International Jazz Festival, Capstone Theatre, Liverpool. (2015).

White Canvas at the Capstone Theatre (2015), Liverpool. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

White Canvas at the Capstone Theatre (2015), Liverpool. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

From the planting of a single tiny acorn, White Canvas has flowered, grown and developed a sound that in two short years is so good it practically wears a halo and has no need for repentance for anything it does.

Two years after making their debut as part of the Liverpool International Jazz Festival at the Capstone Theatre, White Canvas returned to the stage inside the acoustically captivating building.  What transpired, what was placed before the audience was music of an intrepid, fearless and enjoyable nature, resolute in undertaking, serious enough to appeal to the purist and yet with the subtle side wink of the cheeky added to give it body and grace.

White Canvas, Gig Review. International Jazz Festival, Capstone Theatre, Liverpool. (2015). full post

(374 words, 1 image, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)

Simon Thacker’s Svara Kanti, Gig Review. International Jazz Festival, Capstone Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Liverpool’s International Jazz Festival held at the Capstone Theatre continues to go from strength to strength and its ability to be greater than the sum of its parts is something in which Liverpool’s music community should take immense pride in; especially when it is fuses the music on offer within its walls to include a hybrid of sound so full of quality that its overflows the senses for the first time listener and holds close to its amalgamated heart those that have followed it for a while.

Simon Thacker’s Svara Kanti, Gig Review. International Jazz Festival, Capstone Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

Nicola Farnon Trio, Gig Review. Liverpool International Jazz Festival. Capstone Theatre, Liverpool.

Nicola Farnon, International Jazz Festival, Liverpool. 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Nicola Farnon, International Jazz Festival, Liverpool. 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

If art is being performed with an abundance of passion then gravitate towards it with as much passion in return, for sparks and genuine appreciation will certainly run back and forth for the entire time the performer is on stage.

Nicola Farnon Trio, Gig Review. Liverpool International Jazz Festival. Capstone Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(401 words, 1 image, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

Catch Me Daddy, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Sameena Jabeen Ahmed, Connor McCarron, Gary Lewis, Barry Nunney, Adrian Hussain, Anwar Hussain, Ali Ahmad, Shoby Kaman, Wazim Zakir, Nichola Burley, Kate Dickie.

 

Modern Britain is thankfully so diverse, that many cultures can thrive and be seen as adding so much to the way of life in the country; expanding it, creating something new and exciting, so much so that it’s no wonder there is a rebellion at the heart of cinema against the so called and establishment actors being given all the plumb roles. In 21st Century Britain, they are an elite force that does not reflect the country as a whole.

Catch Me Daddy, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T, Liverpool. full post

(532 words, estimated 2:08 mins reading time)

Until They Kick Us Out, (YEP), Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Nadia Anim Mohammed Noor, Aaron Barker, Rachel Berry, Natalie Bedowska, Jacob Lee, James Bibby, Tiegan Byrne, William Catterall, Isobel Catterall, John Collins, Nick Crosbie, Daniel Fitzgerald, Lucy Harris, Heidi Henders, Poppy Hughes, Sean Hyland, Aaron Kehoe, Charlotte Larkin, Nina Levy, Scott Lewis, George Lomax-Ford, Niamh McCarthy, Hannah McGowan, Kathryn McGurk, Keeley Ray, Elliot Reeves-Giblin, Kaila Sharples, Janes O’Neil, Mark Powell, Jamie Pye, Nathan Russell, Harry Sargent, Curtis Wilson.

Until They Kick Us Out, (YEP), Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(676 words, estimated 2:42 mins reading time)

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T., Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Judi Dench, Dev Patel, Richard Gere, Penelope Wilton, Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup, David Strathairn, Tasmin Greig, Tina Desai, Lillete Dubey, Diane Hardcastle, Shazad Latif, Zachary Coffin, Christy Meyer, Seema Azmi, Danny Mahoney, Denzil Smith, Eddie Bagayawa, Rajesh Tailang, Avijit Dutt, Gary Tantony.

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T., Liverpool. full post

(521 words, estimated 2:05 mins reading time)