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Saturday, 14 September 2013

My Ultimate Favourite Band



Fleetwood Mac. Unforgettable lyrics, mind blowing music, and a history that wouldn't seem out of place in a soap opera.

I am lucky enough to be seeing them on October 1st in Manchester. Christine McVie is confirmed to play a couple of shows on this tour, read about it HERE. I am hoping she will be at Manchester. 

I will definitely be posting my thoughts, maybe a review, as soon as I can after the gig. I seriously cannot wait!

Who are your favourite band? And Why? 

Livvy x

Saturday, 7 September 2013

Upcoming Gigs

I am seeing so many different people this winter, I really can't wait:


Kate Rusby - 21st September

Fleetwood Mac - 1st October

Lissie - 27th October

Stereophonics - 14th November

KT Tunstall - 16th November


I'll possibly have a few more coming up too, who knows, but live music, isn't it great? Do you have any shows coming up soon? or who do you want to see live? Let me know! 

Livvy x

Friday, 6 September 2013

THAT Miley Cyrus performance



You'd have to have been living under a rock to have not heard about this performance of "We Can't Stop" and Robin Thicke and Pharell's "Blurred Lines".

There is no doubt that this girl is talented, years of being in the limelight has clearly made her knowledgable of what makes the music, and celebrity industry tick. Many people have been saying she's 'doing a Britney' and she's 'another disney star gone off the rails', but I think she knows just exactly what she's doing, and she is going about it in the most surprising ways possible.

The MTV VMA's are notorious for history making, and shocking performances; Madonna has performed numerous times and her performances always hit the headlines, not to mention the 2003 performance of "Like A Virgin" and "Hollywood" with Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears and Missy Elliott.

We've seen this happen before, young stars emerging into notable women of the pop music industry, from a 'Good Girl' image to one which screams "I'm grown up now". Look at Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears and how respected they are now, and their back catalogue has included many a shocking, raunchy performance.

She collaborates with great writers and producers, she writes catchy music and that's what people are interested in, isn't it...  ?

Miley did make history, sure, it was shocking, people are still talking about it now and after all - 
"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." - Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray.




Livvy x


Tuesday, 20 August 2013

Lissie



Her latest single Further Away (Romance Police) could be mistaken for an early Fleetwood Mac demo. With similar lyrical styles to Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Nicks, she could have been the love child of the two American rock music veterans. Lissie has been on the scene since 2006 with her early songs providing soundtracks to many American TV shows. She is signed to the Sony Music UK's Columbia Records and has collaborated with many UK music stars including Snow Patrol and Robbie Williams.

Radio 2 can't get enough of Lissie, Simon Mayo described her cover of Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven "breathtaking".
I caught the end of her set at Hard Rock Calling this year, as she was finishing with a cover of Kid Cudi's Pursuit of Happiness and I instantly wanted to hear more from her, in October this year she will embark on her first headline UK tour, only playing Manchester, London, Glasgow and Dublin.

 Having released four EP's and an album, Lissie is about to release her second studio album Back To Forever (14th October 2013)



Livvy x

Tuesday, 6 August 2013

KT Tunstall



KT Tunstall has been my hero since her first album "Eye To The Telescope" was released in 2004, this year she released her fifth studio album "Invisible Empire//Crescent Moon" and she has yet again created an utterly magnificent sound. NPR Music had a great interview with her HERE and she describes the inspiration behind the album and her personal struggles over the past couple of years.
The sound of the album is different to the rhythmic empowering folk/rock she produced on the past four albums, it is melo, haunting but still as empowering. Recorded to reel to reel tape machines, and the majority of it recorded live, she creates a new, intimate sound. 
There aren't many words that can describe how inspiring this woman is to me, I could only dream of writing music like her.


Livvy x