This website is designed as a central resource for anyone
interested in acoustic music in and around Liverpool. We also cover Merseyside, Cheshire West, Halton, Warrington, and West Lancs. Whether
you're a musician looking for an open mic event where you can play for
the first time, or just a lover of acoustic music looking for somewhere
to go for a good night out, you'll find all the information you need here. If you run an open mic night, or just attend one as a regular, then why not tell us all about is so we can add it to the diary?
Musical talent runs deep through the veins of the City
of Liverpool, and is reflected in the healthy acoustic music scene. Thanks to pioneers such as Acoustic Engine and Catacoustic,
local acoustic musicians not only have the chance
to perform at Open Mic nights but also to be booked to perform as artists
in their own right. Add into the mix informal open mic nights in pubs up and down the region, plus the bedrock of local folk clubs, and you have a exciting and expanding scene befitting one of the world's great music cities.
Feel free to contact us if you have any reviews of events or CDs, any news from the local
acoustic scene, or any dates for the diary. Let us know if you'd like to contribute in any other way too.
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 Graham Holland, the person behind Liverpool Acoustic, runs the Liverpool Acoustic Live event with Stuart Todd, and has presented the monthly Liverpool Acoustic Spotlight show since May 2008. The Spotlight features the artists due to appear at the next Live and eXtra gigs and is co-presented by Barry Briercliffe.
Graham is Liverpool's longest active music podcaster having produced and presented the It's A Frog's Life Acoustic Podcast since July 2006. This Podcast Peer Award winning show features some of the best podsafe, unsigned and independent acoustic music from across the UK.
An acoustic musician and performer in his own right, Graham ran and co-hosted the Come Strut Your Stuff open floor poetry and acoustic music night at Liverpool's Egg Cafe from 2000 to 2011.
It was at Come Strut Your Stuff that he was regularly asked the question "Where else can I play in Liverpool?" He knew that there were lots of acoustic events happening in and around Liverpool, but that it was difficult to find out information about many of them. So the Liverpool Acoustic website was born.
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Stuart Todd runs and hosts the Liverpool Acoustic Live gigs with Graham and the occasional Liverpool Acoustic eXtra gigs.
Graham and Stuart first met at the Come Strut Your Stuff event many years ago where Graham was immediately impressed by Stuart's songwriting and performing skills.
Stuart was formally in the group Triad before leaving to do solo work. In recent years he has had a successful partnership with local classical guitarist and composer Neil Campbell with whom he formed the duo Campbell Todd. Stuart's most recent venture is the band The Freebies, featuring sound engineer Andy Fernihough on bass, Wayne Dineley on electric guitar and Mark Brocklesby on drums. |
