Liverpool Music Scene
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Liverpool’s Most Popular Jazz Night Continues To Grow
Hope Street Jazz which takes place at Hope Street venue Frederiks has now added Sunday to its weekly event roster sitting alongside Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights – making it the biggest Jazz night in the city. Frederiks has always enjoyed a reputation as a destination for performance, with music lovers drawn to the venue not only for the artists on the bill, but its intimate, ambient surroundings – making it the natural home for…
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The Karios ‘Time Keeper’ Review
Liverpool’s latest up and coming rock band The Karios have released a new single called Time Keeper. After emerging from a hiatus in February 2022, selling out Hebbie Jebbies with their comeback headline. Since then, they have gone from strength to strength, recently going on tour of the UK and releasing their new single in the meantime. Time Keeper starts with a captivating guitar riff, then met by pounding drums and bass which kicks the…
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Only Child Tenth Anniversary Celebration Coming To LEAF Bold Street
Mellowtone are bringing Only Child’s Tenth Anniversary Celebration to LEAF on Bold Street, with special guests The Folk Doctors and Dorothy Bird. Mellowtone presents Alan O’Hare’s eclectic folk ensemble Only Child as they celebrate their tenth anniversary with a special gig featuring a string quartet and the launch of their first ever vinyl album Looking Forward To Looking Back. Featuring ten songs remastered for 2022 by Pete Maher (U2), including Scouse, Accidental Englishman, William Ralph…
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Red Rum Club Poke Fun At Critics – And Themselves – In ‘Vanilla’ Music Video
Liverpool-based sextet Red Rum Club are back with their latest single, Vanilla. Released on 15 September under Run on Records, this follows the back-to-back releases of their 2021 album How To Steal The World, 2020’s The Hollow of Humdrum and 2019’s Matador, as well as several live session singles from earlier this year. The band have been on a roll and certainly don’t seem to be stopping anytime soon. Vanilla’s release comes after the band’s…
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Ask Elliot Return With New Single ‘Bending Over Backwards’
Carrying on from the success of their debut EP, Way Too Cool For Me, Ask Elliot are returning with a brand new single Bending Over Backwards. Following similar characteristics of other bands such as Spinn and Wallows, their breezy guitar riffs alongside the thumping bass and drums help the band create a fresh indie sound. At the forefront, Ream Radomes leads the young four-piece band and tries to use realism in his lyrics, depicting habits…
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Mellowtone Downstairs At The Everyman Returns 8 September
Mellowtone are back at the Everyman on Thursday 8 September, with Dan Wilson & The Counterfactuals, Granfalloon, Dorcas Seb and the Beaten Tracks DJs. Dan Wilson & The Counterfactuals Dan Wilson is a singer/songwriter and musician with The Cubical/Los Separatistas and a solo artist with Dan Wilson & The Counterfactuals. He is known for his unique lyrical and vocal style and is also a writer of poetry and short stories. This is music that creaked of…
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Waiting Till Marriage Set To Release Latest Single ‘Oh My Love’
Oh My Love is the upcoming single from Liverpool-based band Waiting Till Marriage (consisting of vocalist Adam Johnson, guitarist Brandon Tew, Liam Brady on bass and Ieuan Kearney on drums), to be released on 2 September. This comes following the band’s emergence in June 2021, and four single releases to date (their latest – Three Times – being released under Liverpool-based label Jacaranda Records). Operating within an indie pop / rock realm, the band have…
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Fiona Lennon Releases Nostalgia Tinged New Single ‘Coming of Age’
Liverpool’s Fiona Lennon has released her brilliant third single Coming of Age. Born and bred in the city, Lennon has been busy establishing herself as one of the most exciting emerging artists on the local scene right now. Her influences include Fleetwood Mac, the Beatles and Alicia Key and she aims to incorporate elements of Folk, Rock, Pop and Soul in her songs and her sound. Over the last year, her popularity has grown immensely…
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Sunzoom To Play Album Launch Gig At Jimmy’s This Month
Sunzoom will be playing their self-titled debut album in full at Jimmy’s Liverpool on Saturday 27 August, with support from Reid Anderson. Discovered by Andy Crofts (Paul Weller/The Moons) in 2021, Sunzoom recorded an entire album during lockdown through a single microphone in the kitchen of his house. The album was completed at Ark recording studios with Michael Head producer Steve Powell. The culmination is the debut album released May 2022. Every Friday during lockdown,…
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Motel Sundown ‘If You Were Listening’: Album Review
If You Were Listening is the debut album from Liverpool-based trio Motel Sundown (consisting of singer-songwriters Karen Turley, Naomi Campbell and Rob Johnson). Released on 15 July under Sunday Market Records, the album’s release follows a string of single releases through 2019 to 2020. The album is a fusion of the band members’ diverse influences, ranging from Americana, Country, Blues and Folk-rock, and artists including Tom Petty, Emmylou Harris, Sheryl Crow and James Taylor. The…
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Michael Head Announces UK & Ireland Tour Following The Runaway Success of ‘Dear Scott’
Having picked up the first top ten album of his storied 40-year career as a solo artist and figurehead of The Pale Fountains, The Strands and Shack, Michael Head and The Red Elastic Band announce celebratory, year-closing tour dates through the UK & Ireland to go on general sale on Fri 29 July at 10am. The run of seven appearances concludes with a night of inevitable high emotion in his home city, taking in Liverpool’s…
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The Heavy North Set For September UK Tour Following Release of Critically-Acclaimed Debut Album
Liverpool six-piece The Heavy North are preparing for their long-awaited UK tour this September following the release of their 10-track debut album earlier this year. The Heavy North’s debut LP Electric Soul Machine was self-released on Record Store Day back in April and has since been well received by fans, followers and the UK music press – including most recently Classic Rock Magazine (“8/10” July ), BBC Introducing and Radio X – as well as…
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Katy Alex’s EP ‘Glow’ Is A Slice of Pop Perfection
The latest EP from Katy Alex has arrived! Faced with an intense build to the release, she has rose up in the face of adversity and created a brilliant 4 track EP – in her own words creating “Boss, bouncy pop bangers!”. Speaking about the title track, Alex said “I remember travelling home from a holiday that was supposed to be a celebration for my birthday and first official solo release feeling totally helpless, I just…
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In Conversation – Sweet Beans
Liverpool based band Sweet Beans are like a fever dream. Their music is an infectious blend of Dark Funk, Riot Jazz and Groove Punk. The band consists of Adam Letman on Alto and Tenor Sax, Henry Atkinson on Drums, Josh Blackwell on Guitar and Miceál Sammon on Trombone and Bass. Combining eccentric guitar riffs with a thumping kick drum and perfectly harmonised horns, Sweet Beans have exploded onto the local music scene over the last…
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New Music Night ‘Keep The Music Going’ Launches August 17 With Headliner Robert Vincent
17 August sees the launch of a brand new music night for Liverpool. Keep The Music Going takes place at Pierre Griffes on Allerton Road and features the very best songwriters and musicians the region has to offer. Headlining the first event is award-winning songwriter Robert Vincent, winner of both UK Artist of the Year and UK Album of the Year for his album In This Town You’re Owned at the 2021 UK Americana Awards. Supporting Robert for this inaugural…
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Activities in Liverpool
Jazz Saturdays at Ma Boyle’s
Summer time is here and Jazz Saturdays at Ma Boyle’s Alehouse and Eatery are really heating up. Across July and into August, 7 new shows have been announced at the intimate and historic venue tucked away down Tower Gardens off Water Street. Working with Pazzjazz, the partnership continues to bring a kaleidoscopic range of jazz sounds to the city, infused with and inspired by the magic of New Orleans and Brazilian beats to the simmering…
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Sound City Satellite New Initiative In Collaboration With Merseyside Music Education Hub Alliance
Sound City Satellite takes the award winning Sound City model to each area of the Liverpool City Region to deliver a focussed conference, live programme of activity and training for young people aged 14-16, as part of the Merseyside Music Education Hub Alliance(MMEHA). From June 2022, Sound City and Merseyside Music education hubs alliance will run via six events across the Liverpool Boroughs including Wirral, Sefton, Halton, St Helens, Knowsley and Liverpool. Through these events…
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Katy Alex’s Latest Single ‘Sad Songs’ Cements Her Addictive Synth-Pop Sound
Sad Songs is the latest single from Liverpool’s Katy Alex and will form part of her upcoming debut EP, Glow, which is set to be released on 13 July. Sad Songs follows Katy’s critically acclaimed previous single, Glow, and is another collaboration with her familiar producer Alex Quinn. Katy Alex is a Liverpool based artist, recently moving past the worthy milestone of 250,000 Spotify listeners while remaining with an independent label, Immersive Records. Alex has…
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KEEF Release New Track ‘She’s Like An Escalator’
Northwest based indie-rock band KEEF have been driving their sound into the world over the past year with a consistent stream of single releases. Their music, layered somewhere between psychedelic and alternative rock hints towards their working-class upbringing with lyrics touching on isolation from the real world, relationships and the commonly shared discontentment found in day-to-day life. New single She’s Like An Escalator follows the same trajectory, opening with a consistent and frantic rhythm section…
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Martin Stilwell Releases Debut EP ‘Bathed In Light’
Martin Stilwell’s debut EP comes off the back of an 8 year hiatus. Previously having been the front man for Liverpool bands Alterkicks and Dead Cities, he has taken the decision to go solo with Bathed in Light. Not a newbie to the music scene, Stilwell is a singer songwriter who has been making music for over 20 years and has performed all over the UK, including shows at Glastonbury and T in the Park. …
