Author: Sounds From Nowhere
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Sofar Sounds: June 24th
Last night Sofar Sounds met in the hidden gem of a venue, The Rococo Cafe on Liverpool Lord Street; to perform their wonderful mash of music genres. Jessica Jayne Sharpe & James Ainsworth hit the Rococo Cafe to find out the fuss of Sofar Sessions. The great thing about Sofar Sounds is that the fact that they…
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Bernie Worrell of Parliament-Funkadelic has Died
Bernie Worrell, keyboardist for legendary funk outfit Parliament-Funkadelic has passed away at the age of 72 after losing his battle with stage-four lung cancer. Bernie began playing with The Funkadelics, the backing band for The Parliaments in the early 1970s before both bands collided to create Parliament-Funkadelic led by George Clinton. Nicknamed “The Wizard of…
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Televised: The Music of Aquaris
Sounds From Nowhere‘s Jack Cinnamond debuts a new editorial series. In the United States, the 1960s police drama Aquarius returned with a cracker two-hour ad-free second season premiere last week, in the UK the last season aired on Sky Atlantic last year to critical mixed acclaim. I’m not here to review the show, or even…
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REVIEW: Steve Hackett: The Total Experience Live in Liverpool
In October 2015, one of progressive rock’s greatest musicians Steve Hackett brought his Total Experience tour to the surroundings of the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool. Bringing his experience and a wonderfully mixed setlist balancing many of Hackett‘s own songs with those of his former band Genesis, Hackett made the night his own as he usually…
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Dan Croll Signs with Communion Music
Liverpool indie rock and past LIPA standout Dan Croll announced today after months of limbo that his sophomore album will be released on his original label Communion Music. Croll, who rose to fame with his debut EP release From Nowhere (Turn First, 2013) announced his second album last June and did a series of well received shows last…
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Liverpool Calling 2016 Cancelled
After an announcement today on the event’s official Facebook page, Liverpool Calling have cancelled this year’s event without a disclosed reason. The Liverpool Calling team stated they “looked at rescheduling, downsizing and other solutions but unfortunately we have been unable to find a way to keep the event alive” which has forced the cancellation. They…
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Brian Jonestown Massacre at The Liverpool 02 Academy
“I’ve loved Liverpool since before I came to Liverpool” – Anton Newcombe. The Brian Jonestown Massacre bring complex psych rock and controversy with a three hour epic show. Bringing their special brand of psych rock to the Academy, frontman Anton Newcombe also brought his musings and opinions too. Going to see Brian Jonestown Massacre is like…
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Warpaint to Open Liverpool Music Week 2016
L.A four piece indie pop band Warpaint have been announced as the opening headline act for this year’s Liverpool Music Week. Liverpool Music Week will move away from Camp & Furnace and into the Dome at Grand Central Hall from October 26th to November 5th. Warpaint, who played Liverpool Music Week during their first UK…
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The Mothership is Coming: The Legend of George Clinton
With George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic heading into the Liverpool 02 Academy on July 29th, SFN‘s Editor-in-Chief and Funk columnist Jack Cinnamond decided to give us information on the “Godfather of Funk” himself, George Clinton. George Clinton, James Brown and Sly Stone. Those three men, three behemoths of music forced Funk to the forefront of music in the late ’60s and…
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On The Upbeat: Warren Wolf’s “Convergence” Review
Upon the it’s release, our Jazz columnist Lee Cinnamond decided to give his thoughts on Warren Wolf‘s latest album, Convergence (Mack Avenue, 2016). Convergence is multi-instrumentalist Warren Wolf’s third album under Mack Avenue. The album is filled with the finest accompaniment of Jazz veterans guitarist John Scofield, drummer Jeff “Tain” Watts, bassist and producer Christian McBride…
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