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US Freak-Folk Outfit Scuttlebuggs To Play The Jacaranda With Support From Pleasure Island & Austerity Dogs
Scuttlebuggs will headline The Jacaranda on Wednesday 17 August. Scuttlebuggs is an indie rock/freak-folk band originally based out of Chicago and now living on the open road. Their original songs are focused on lyrical content, unique melodies and harmony and have been likened to Neil Young, Yo La Tengo and Big Thief. They’ve toured extensively around the US and Japan and are traveling their new tunes to Europe in August of 2022. Check them out via…
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Beans On Toast Announces Birkenhead 2023 Tour Date At Future Yard
Outlaw folk musician Beans on Toast will be “Back Out On The Road” next Spring and he’ll bring his show to Birkenhead’s Future Yard on 1 March 2023. Following the runaway success of his extended UK tour earlier this year, the cult hero is already plotting his return with a “mahoosive ramble” in the works for 2023. One man and his guitar with songs to sing and stories to tell, UK fans will be able…
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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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Young Piano Star Joins 88-Year-Old Veteran Pianist At Tickle the Ivories
A talented, aspiring pianist entertained crowds at Liverpool ONE’s Tickle the Ivories alongside one of the annual festival’s regulars, ‘Billy the Hat’. Eight-year-old Joanna Moore, from Toxteth, joined 88-year-old Billy, from Wavertree, on the keys, showcasing their phenomenal skills together. Joanna, who begins a scholarship at Manchester’s prestigious Chetham’s School of Music in September, performed a series of classical favourites, including Debussy’s Children’s Corner and Sonata in D major by Haydn, before Billy took…
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‘Godfather of English Folk’ Martin Carthy To Play Rare Liverpool Show
Folk legend Martin Carthy, dubbed the ‘Godfather of English Folk’, comes to the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall’s Music Room on Tuesday 20 September. Support on the night is from accomplished musician and songwriter Danny Bradley, winner of the Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge Judges’ Award for 2021. For more than 50 years, Martin Carthy has been one of folk music’s greatest and best loved innovators. His skill, stage presence and natural charm have won him many admirers, not only from…
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Festivals
bluedot Festival 2022: Review
Following a two-year hiatus, bluedot festival was back with a bang this weekend. The award-winning music, science and culture festival is hosted at Jodrell Bank Observatory, the home of the awe-inspiring Lovell Telescope – one of the biggest telescopes in the world and an icon of global astronomy. 20,000 festival goers descending to UNESCO World Heritage Site for an incredible four days of music and cosmic culture. Crowds enjoyed headline performances from Björk and The Halle Orchestra, Mogwai,…
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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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Paolo Nutini To Play Liverpool M&S Bank Arena This Winter
After securing the UK No 1 album spot on Friday, 9 July and following on from a knock-out performance to 50,000 awe-struck fans at TRNSMT on Glasgow Green, Paolo Nutini has announced another date to his epic UK tour later this year at Liverpool M&S Bank Arena on Saturday 10 December. Paolo Nutininew album Last Night In The Bittersweet is a 70-minute epic that spans the distance from classic rock to post-punk to hypnotic Krautrock, in the…
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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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Festivals
Free Festival In Princes Park Will Celebrate Mandela Family’s Visit To Liverpool
A free festival will take place in Liverpool later this month to celebrate the visit of Nelson Mandela’s family to the city as a new memorial to the revolutionary leader in Princes Park nears completion. The event is part of a week-long celebration being organised by Toxteth-based charity Mandela8 which commissioned the official memorial. The afternoon festival – taking place on Saturday 23 July from 12:30pm until 5:30pm – has been curated by Africa Oyé who recently celebrated their 30th anniversary…
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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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Africa Oyé And LIMF Team Up For Anniversary Show At The Philharmonic
Following an incredible festival this June which saw thousands descend on Sefton Park, Africa Oyé are keeping the summer party going in style with a special concert in association with LIMF at the Philharmonic Hall this month. Outside of the festival, Havana Meets Kingston is a flagship event of Oyé’s year-round 30th anniversary celebrations. This unique and captivating collaboration brings together a dream line-up from Jamaica and Cuba, exploring the musical output of these two Caribbean islands. The project – returning…
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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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Festivals
Africa Oyé 2022: What To Expect From This Year’s Local Talent
Much awaited after its two-year hiatus, Africa Oyé returns to Sefton Park on 18 and 19 June. This year sees the festival celebrate its 30th anniversary, obtaining status as one of Liverpool’s most beloved annual events. Its international lineup of artists is also complemented by a whole host of local talent, with its ‘Introduces’ initiative and community programme. Read all about this year’s Africa Oyé festival, from the headliners to the Active Zone and much…
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Baltic Weekender 2022: Review
A highlight of the four-day bank holiday weekend, it’s safe to say that Baltic Weekender has been reinstated as one of the ‘go-to’ multi-genre festivals in Liverpool. The once industrialised area of the Baltic Triangle is now a hub for the alternative. With its venues being the former warehouses that surround Jamaica Street, it the perfect setting for this weekend’s occasion. The Baltic Weekender team put on another weekend of varied acts across the venues…
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Things to do in Liverpool
Royal Albert Dock Celebrates The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee With The Royal Weekender
Liverpool’s iconic Royal Albert Dock is celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with The Royal Weekender, inviting visitors to soak up the sounds of the dock with performances across three sound stages from the best local talent, making it a right royal medley of music, food and drink. Taking place on the 4 & 5 June, The Royal Weekender will see the dock’s quayside spring to life, with its historic Colonnades adorned with Jubilee style flags…
