Exciting News – Roots Manuva is playing an all-too-rare these days, show, next Friday 3rd November 2017. Roots Manuva aka Rodney Smith is dubbed the voice of urban Britain – a poet who generally eschew’s typical rap fare of gangsters, drug dealers and prostitutes in favour of subject matter closer to home “I sit here […]
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The first time I saw Chic, which was at Glastonbury 2013, I initially thought they were good, but wondered why they were playing so many covers. Then it clicked, Nile Rodgers collaborated on Get Lucky by Daft Punk, Let’s Dance by David Bowie, he produced Like a Virgin for Madonna… and I realised that he […]
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As I mentioned in my preview, I made a New Years Resolution to see 3 out-of-town bands that I’ve been meaning to see for ages, the last of which was the Filthy Tongues. After nearly 6 hours on coaches and nearly missing it, narrowly averted by a quick sprint from Lime St to Liverpool One, […]
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Liverpool is a great place to be based if you like your music – with an abundance of quality local and touring bands playing every week, and if a national touring band doesn’t play Liverpool they will usually play Manchester which is still relatively accessible. However, there are some bands I want to see from […]
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Words and Pictures: John W. King I very nearly didn’t make it to this gig. I’d had a stressful day at work, looking out the window the heavy rain was a reminder that Summer is over for another year, I was feeling lethargic and very tempted to stay in with a pizza and netflix. But […]
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Goat Girl – One of the acts performing at this year’s Liverpool Music Week (Photo by John W. King) Bestival and Festival No 6 this weekend pretty much marked the end of the summer outdoor music festival season for 2017. But there’s no need to wait until next year for your next festival fix as […]
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Soul music fans will be interested to know that Soul Songstress Mica Millar is to launch her single “Not the First” at Buyers Club, Liverpool on 13th September 2017, supported by electronic-soul outfit, Little Grace and acoustic-soul singer songwriter Neil Noa. She’s a BBC Introducing Artist of the Week and has previously performed at Liverpool […]
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Musicians against Homelessness is an event aimed at both raising awareness, and providing cash to homeless charities, it’s patron is none other than Alan McGee. It was a 2 day event, the Saturday which I couldn’t attend due to family commitments was mainly up and coming local acts, whilst the Sunday which I’ll be reviewing had […]
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Words and Pictures: John King Friday 1st September 2017 @ District, Liverpool Horace Andy played an outstanding 90 minute set of his greatest hits to a packed District, and the crowd were loving it! There was never a dull moment all night as he performed crowd-pleaser after crowd-pleaser, and his voice still sounds amazing, which […]
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The weekend of 2nd/3rd September sees Alan McGee’s “Musicians Against Homelessness” Weekender return to Hangar 34 in Greenland St, Baltic Triangle. The star-studied lineup includes the likes of Mark Morriss from The Bluetones, Nigel Clark from Dodgy, Nasher from Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and Tommy Scott of Space joined by Paul Hemmings from The Las […]
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