Articles...
Apr 8 2008
DESPITE its popularity in Liverpool, jazz features remarkably little in the city’s cultural celebrations for 2008....
Apr 7 2008
IN MANY ways, this was a voyage of discovery. It was, for many, an exploration of unknown works. It was a trip around sacred, celestial sounds which - in themselves - constituted a voyage into uncharted territory....
Apr 7 2008
EVER since the halcyon days when she performed for the likes of Martin Luther King and John F Kennedy, the inspirational soul singer Mavis Staples has stamped her individual mark on the world of music and entertainment....
Apr 4 2008
AFTER picking the blandest band name they could think of, James toiled away in the pop wilderness for more than a decade honing their distinctive sound before success came....
Mar 28 2008
EMMA Pinch discovers Shayne Ward is planning to be around for a long time...
Mar 28 2008
A YEAR ago, their frontman was flogging mobile phones, now Scouting For Girls are without doubt one of the recording phenomena of the past 12 months....
Mar 27 2008
WHEN Anita Wardell first heard Ella Fitzgerald sing, she knew that she wanted to sing jazz. And that’s what she did....
Mar 27 2008
IT HELPS to have a gimmick in the music world and the band appearing at The Magnet in Hardman Street, Liverpool, tomorrow night have two....
Mar 26 2008
ROCK legends Queen are the latest big name to sign up to perform at the Liverpool Echo Arena....
Mar 21 2008
UB40 tunesmith Ali Campbell has just announced a Liverpool date for his first solo tour. He tells Emma Pinch what was behind the group’s dramatic split....
