Category: Live

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…

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…

Confirmed earlier today (and yesterday) that Psycho Comedy and Sankofa have been added to their huge one day event, which is being held as a launch party for Strange Collective‘s first EP release. Other acts previously announced include Strange Collective themselves, Ohmns, Bathymetry, RONGORONGO, Beach Skulls and many more and will take place at the…

Liverpool’s brightly shining garage rockers Strange Collective have announced a special EP launch party for July 2nd taking place at the newly opened Invisible Wind Factory. Along with the band itself headling the all-day event across two stages, they will be joined by a host of guests which currently includes Beach Skulls, Lying Bastards, RONGORONGO,…

Reading & Leeds have officially added some new artists to their already staggering line-up for August’s duel city festival. Joining the line-up are Grime superstar of the digital age Big Narstie who joins the BBC Radio 1Extra Stage, San Francisco alt-rock legends Third Eye Blind will return to the UK for the first time since…

X&Y Festival announced today on their social media accounts that headline act The Japanese House have been pulled from their slot due to “recording commitments”. X&Y have promised more acts to be announced for the first event which is scheduled to take place at Sefton Park Palm House on 9th June, which also currently includes…

As the Sounds From Nowhere team ascended on the Everyman Theatre for a nice evening of jazz hosted by the Liverpool Jazz Club, our very own jazz columnist Lee Cinnamond decided to cut his written-teeth early and do his review of the night.  Duke Ellington once sang “It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that…

The Stone Roses have announced their supporting acts for their upcoming UK tour dates this year and their choices are varied in styles, which will please goers. The legendary British band are scheduled to play the Manchester Etihad Stadium on the 15th, 17th, 18th and 19th of June in what will be highlights of 2016’s UK…

That’s right, that headline is truthful, no clickbait here. 147 days ago, the legendary and iconic venue The Kazimier closed it’s doors. Yes, it’s been that long, or that short of time and we’re still not over it. The Kazimier was special, felt like the glue that held the powerful Liverpool scene together while hosting guests (with…

London based indie rock band Palma Violets have been cancelled their main stage slot at tomorrow’s Sound City festival due to “unforeseen circumstances” and 80s electro pioneer Greg Wilson has been named as their replacement. Palma Violets were set to take stage at 6:15pm on the Atlantic Stage just two acts before headliners Catfish and…