Liverpool Music Artists
Features, news, reviews and interviews with Liverpool musicians
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Sketching in the Palm House Sunday 29 March
Led by award winning artist Josie Jenkins, this three hour workshop will give you the opportunity to learn or recap basic techniques to help you draw from observation, try different materials and express what you see through drawing, all in the inspiring surroundings of the Sefton Park Palm House. Tickets £25 from http://sketchinginthepalmhouse.eventbrite.com Sketching in the Palm House Sunday 29 March 10.00am – 1.00pm
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Threshold V: The Full Line-Up For Next Week's Spectacular 3-Day Festival
Stage By Stage Breakdown Here £20 Weekend Passes Available Here
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Band Feature; Cavalry
Based in Liverpool, the ‘Alt-Folk’ band Cavalry had a whirlwind year in 2014. With support from BBC radio 1’s Huw Stephens who labelled them as ‘a BBC introducing discovery’, plays on BBC radio 1 and BBC radio 6 whilst also acquiring a large fan base with over 900 likes on facebook; it’s slightly puzzling as to why the guys have remained so quiet come 2015. Regularly gigging around Liverpool, the band has played venues such…
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Threshold Laid Bare: Theatre & Performance At Threshold V
The fifth annual Threshold Festival of Music and Arts takes place on 27th-29th March 2015 in venues across the Baltic Triangle district of Liverpool. A strong music and visual arts line-up as always make up the majority of programming at the event, but theatre and performance arts play an increasingly important role for the festival. As a grass-roots, multi-arts event, Threshold aims to platform the very best of what’s happening in the city and a…
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Artisans in the Palm House Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 March
The artisans are back in the Palm House… Join the most diverse range of artists/makers under the fabulous glass roof. There will truly be something for everyone, with emphasis on quality & value. A treasure trove of products that are not found on the High Street, wonderful world foods prepared by chefs and refreshments including freshly brewed coffees, specialist teas, locally brewed beers & ciders. To see up to date information go to: www.facebook.com/ArtisansInThePalmHouse Artisans in the…
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FACT Exhibition; Group Therapy – Mental Distress In A Digital Age
Originating from FACT’s extensive work within mental health, the exhibition will explore how far our personal wellbeing is related to the values of the society we live in and the impact of new technologies. The exhibition will feature a variety of works by artists, designers and researchers that illustrate the diverse ways we use technology to manage and mediate our emotions in the 21st Century. Highlights include: Madlove, a major new commission by the vacuum cleaner,…
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200 Leading Women From Across Merseyside Gather To Reveal Their ‘Super Hero Self-Portraits’
A Liverpool artist is preparing to welcome top city businesswomen, councillors, MPs, CEO’s and survivors of difficult life experiences, during the private view of a unique and powerful art health project, Stand up for Sistahood. To celebrate the social initiative that helps top business women de-stress and brings healing to vulnerable women in the city through the use of ‘expressive art’ – founder of Big Love Sista Clare Campbell is inviting participants and the public…
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Liverpool Acoustic Festival Friday 20th & Saturday 21st March
Academy-award winner and star of 2006 critically-acclaimed film Once, Marketa Irglova is set to headline and close this year’s Liverpool Acoustic Festival. Along with acclaimed Irish duo The Lost Brothers, Liverpool guitar virtuoso Neil Campbell and a whole host of artists and events, LAF returns in March 2015 showcasing the very best in Liverpool, national and international acoustic music. Building on 2014’s successful event, this year’s festival is jam-packed with public workshops, guitar and songwriting…
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Liverpool DJs Announced To Support Brazilian Legends 'Azymuth'
Azymuth, the legendary Brazilian jazz, funk, & samba trio come to Liverpool for a special live show to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their classic album, Azimuth. Combining funk, soul and jazz with samba, Azymuth are the legendary Brazilian three-piece orchestra who were responsible for creating a new sound and genre of their own – ‘Samba Doido (Crazy Samba)’. José Roberto Bertrami, Ivan Conti and Alex Malheiros made up the trio originally – legendary musicians…
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Paul Wilkes 'River Running With Me' EP Review
The new EP by the accomplished singer-songwriter Paul Wilkes features three soft and beautiful tracks, ideal for days when you just want to sit back with some soothing music on. Paul’s voice is clear and soulful, ideal for these fabulously well produced pieces. With suitably subtle yet luminous backing featuring guitar, strings or piano, all the songs work perfectly to showcase the lyrics. The tracks have a personal feel, essential in this type of music,…
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'Liverpool Calling' Music Festival Announce First Wave of Acts For 2015
The beautiful and iconic Bombed Out Church remains as Liverpool Calling’s proud hosts, alongside some of the City’s greatest music venues including The Magnet, Sound Food & Drink, and Maguire’s Pizza Bar. Sheffield indie legends Reverend & The Makers will headline the Bombed Out Church to perform a set like no other. Folk acoustic singer Beans on Toast brings his comedic anthems to the Bombed Out Church. They also have the finest local bands on…
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David Gaffney’s Latest Release ‘Pocket-Sized’ Is The Perfect Track To Take You Into Spring
Producing the kind of music you’d hear played in a cafe on a rainy day, David Gaffney’s smooth voice has that quality about it that instantly makes you relax. Having received airplay on Dave Monk’s slot on BBC Merseyside already, fans can begin to get excited for further releases. With the pitter patter of spring showers to come, what better time for him to release his upcoming EP ‘Our Canons Of Green’. First single ‘Pocket-Sized’,…
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Alan McGee Presents Creation Sessions At District Featuring; Black Delta Movement, Mz Moxy & Shakedown Stockholm Review
I had been looking forward to this event for quite a while. Given the involvement of Alan McGee, a personal hero, I expected the acts to be of a high quality. Arriving at the club on a decidedly chilly night I was rewarded by a glimpse of the man himself, a sure sign that things were on track for a great evening. I had arrived a little early as I was unsure of the band…
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Band Feature; Visitors
Local Liverpool band ‘Visitors’ are definitely one to watch out for this coming year. They’ve had an exciting start already with an appearance on BBC Radio Merseyside January 10th, a recording with Red Sofa Sessions and an upcoming show on February 27th supporting Go Fiasco. With their last EP ‘Truth’ being released over 7 months ago, fans eagerly await the release of some new material. Defining themselves as ‘Garage doom rock’, listening to the first track of the…
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Sound City Announce Third & Final Headliner; The Vaccines
Liverpool Sound City have announced the third and final headliner for this year’s festival, indie rockers, The Vaccines. They join previously announced headliners Belle & Sebastian and The Flaming Lips who will play at the newly located Docklands site. Also announced today were Roni Size Reprazent, The Thurston Moore Band, Gaz Coombes F*cked Up, Evian Christ,Unknown Mortal Orchestra The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, Dum Dum Girls, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Stealing Sheep, Dutch Uncles,…
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Threshold V Third Wave of Acts Announced For March 2015
It’s two months to go until Threshold launches its fifth annual festival in The Baltic Triangle of Liverpool. The festival will take over 7 venues in the district on 27th-29th March, with some of Liverpool’s and the UK’s finest grass-roots music and arts. The programme is taking shape, people loved last year’s flowing festival feel and we aim to match and even better that atmosphere in March.” – Chris Herstad Carney, Threshold Producer With an already strong…
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New Track 'If You Could See' From She Drew The Gun Co-Produced By The Coral's James Skelly
Tales of otherworldly wisdom set within ‘glacial lullaby-blues’. Words that carry the weight of the world and melody that creeps far beneath the skin makes for a stop-you-in-your-tracks debut on James Skelly’s Skeleton Key Records. Emergent former-bedsit songbird and musical pied piper, She Drew the Gun spreads her wings and flies high on debut single, If You Could See, released on Monday 23 February on Skeleton Key Records. Liverpool songwriter, Louisa Roach stands at the…
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The Critter Shed Announce First Birthday Party 25th January At Zanzibar
The Liverpool-based screen printing collective The Critter Shed have announced their first Birthday launch party we will be held on 25th Jan at The Zanzibar. This event is to celebrate one year since starting The Critter Shed as well bringing party attendees the latest pack, Creatures of the Night, and introducing their new venture into comics. The Critter Shed Press recently announced they are collaborating with some of the best past artists they have worked…
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Screen Print Collective ‘The Critter Shed’ Announce New Venture Into Publishing Their Own Comics & ‘Zines.
Since their launch back in late 2013 The Critter Shed have produced packs that have celebrated the weird and wonderful world of creatures. Some of the best independent artists from the UK and the rest of the world have contributed to make a unique collection of original artwork that anyone would love and appreciate. Today they announced their exciting new venture as a creative collective, as they will be producing their our own comics and…
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Scarlet’s Pop-Infused Indie Adds A Punch of Attitude To Dreamy Songs
Five-piece, Scarlet, have that rare quality of a band that successfully blends both male and female vocalists. When you first look at the band they may be easy to dismiss due to the failures of other similar bands but both vocalists work together to combine all of the punchiness of pop with the dreamy quality of indie music. The video for single ‘Harder To Be’ shows off the band’s energy and youth. Perfectly proving how…
