Future Yard are delighted to welcome the legendary group The Boo Radleys, as part of the celebrations for the 30th anniversary of their huge album release, Giant Steps.
The Wirral group burst on to the Britpop scene in the early 90s, and it was with their third album that they really established their ambitious brew of shoegazing pop. 2023 is a big year for the group as they not only celebrate the 30th anniversary of their Creation Records-released masterpiece, but they add another chapter to the story in the shape of eighth studio album Eight, released in June – and a re-issue of Giant Steps, coming in September.
Back in 2007, Welsh harp virtuoso Catrin Finch met with Colombian joropo band Cimarrón and embarked on an exhilarating tour of Wales. Celebrating the 16th year of their collaboration, Catrin and Cimarrón now meet again to tour the UK.
Catrin Finch is one of the world’s greatest harp players – an extraordinary talent and musical adventurer whose career includes both solo performances with the world’s top orchestras and, more recently, sensational award-winning collaborations with global musicians including Edmar Castaneda (Colombia), Toumani Diabate (Mali), Seckou Keita (Senegal) and Ireland’s Aoife Ní Bhriain.
Norman Blake, Bernard Butler and James Grant are three of the most renowned and respected musicians in Britain.
Norman, the centrifugal force in Teenage Fanclub, Bernard, most renowned for his work with Suede and McAlmont and Butler, and James, his solo work and Love and Money.
They perform a selection of each other’s songs, and it’s an arrant joy – each musician fronting one of their own songs in turn, with simpatico input from their co-players.
There’s a natural camaraderie and beautifully crafted tunes, filled with melody, harmony and impeccable guitarchops.
Step back in time to the age of great American jazz with this tribute to the iconic 1938 Jazz Festival at Carnegie Hall.
With music from all the great Jazz artists of the 20’s and 30’s from Duke Ellington and Cole Porter, to Lady Day and Louis Armstrong – this is a treat for seasoned Jazz aficionados and easy listeners alike.
Presented as part of the Carnegie Hall Concert series; celebrating The Old Library’s Historic link to one of New York City’s cultural powerhouses .
As one of the thousands of Andrew Carnegie Libraries across the UK, Europe and The United States they are excited to be piloting this exciting programme of work that looks at the cultural significance of the iconic concerts that have filled the hall – whilst also allowing those artists and their specialisms to inform their wider body of work – from concerts and events to community music workshops.
This pilot concert is presented with support of the National Lottery Heritage Fund. All proceeds go to Lister Steps Charity -allowing them to continue their programme of free or subsidised activity in their community hub, The Old Library.
Pearl River to Mersey River is an evening of instrumental music and folk singing from China, showing musical development from the Warring State Period (475-221BC) to present day.
China has been influenced throughout history by cultures, trade and language from both inside and outside of the country.
Through the evening, performers will showcase the diversity of Chinese music and its composition structure compared to that of Western music, and how Chinese sounds have been adapted into modern day contemporary music.
Watch Rhiannon Randle performing Sepia here
Under the moniker She Drew The Gun, songwriter Louisa Roach began playing solo gigs around Liverpool. She quickly caught the attention of The Coral’s James Skelly and began working with him at Skeleton Key Records, recruiting band members along the way.
At first glance, Roach’s fuzzy psych-pop may suggest that the Wirral-born songwriter is another ‘Cosmic Scouser’, but then you’re drawn into the spirit of rebellion, with songs that rally against injustice and celebrate outsiderdom.
Roach’s LPs have received critical acclaim, with one included in BBC Radio 6 Music’s top 10 albums of 2018. In 2019, the band completed a sold-out UK tour and played a string of UK festivals including main stage performances at Glastonbury and Blue Dot among others.
Having played virtual gigs throughout the pandemic, She Drew The Gun now return with a run of intimate unplugged shows, stripping it back and playing around with songs and poems from across three albums and more.
Join Liverpool Philharmonic for this exclusive opportunity to experience the thrill of a live recording session with Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Treat yourself, or the music lover in your life.
Domingo and the Orchestra will be completing an album of Italian operatic favourites – some of the most seductive, tuneful and passionate music ever written. This is music close to Domingo’s heart.
During the day you will hear:
Mascagni Intermezzi from Cavalleria Rusticana and L’amico Fritz
Puccini Intermezzo from Act III of Manon Lescaut
Puccini “La Tragenda” Prelude from Act II of Le Villi
Ponchielli “Dance of the Hours” from La Gioconda
The album will be released as a CD later in the year, but don’t be surprised to hear tracks on Classic FM before that!
This unique experience will start at 10.30am and will include lunch with their artistic team, as well as an opportunity to meet Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan, their recording producer Andrew Cornall and recording manager Christopher Tann in the editing suite. The event will end at around 3.30pm.
For this rare behind-the-scenes experience, we are asking for a £500 donation, which will support their life-changing music education project, In Harmony Liverpool.
There are only eight tickets available for this On the Record event, which will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Book now to avoid disappointment.
If you’d like to find out more, please contact the Fundraising Team at fundraising@liverpoolphil.com or call 0151 210 2921.
Following the completion of the Metropolitan Cathedral’s Grand Organ Restoration, the Cathedral Music Department is delighted to be able to invite you to sing at their celebratory ‘Come and Sing’ Vivaldi Gloria on Saturday 25th March 2023 at 7pm.
They are thrilled that the Cathedral has joined forces with Liverpool Hope University to host the Universities Group Festival as part of our ‘Come and Sing’ cohort.
This will mean 5 university choirs will join the local community to sing what will be a spectacular concert. To join their ‘Come and Sing’ choir, a small fee of £5 will be payable when you buy a ticket online (students free on production of a valid student ID card).
The concert will be sung in the main space of the Cathedral, and there will be a rehearsal in the Cathedral on the day. All music will be provided, and the dress code for singers is all black.
How to sign up
If you would like to join their ‘Come and Sing’ choir, please purchase a ticket by following this link: www.ticketsource.co.uk/metcathedral.
If you have trouble using the link above, please email j.watson@metcathedral.org.uk (Choral Director, Metropolitan Cathedral) to register your attendance.
They do hope you will be able to join them at the Cathedral in the choir for this special concert. Singing in the Metropolitan Cathedral is a thrill, and they know you will have a fantastic time singing with them.
Just as Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven were settling the backbone of Western European musical canon, across the Atlantic, slave songs and Negro spirituals were being created and sung in the American Colonies which would eventually become the newly formed United States.
From spirituals also came ragtime, barbershop, jazz, gospel, blues, rock, and even techno and many forms of electronic music. The universality of this music and all its evolutions of power and beauty has spread globally and changed us all forever.
The newly curated programme by Reginald Mobley in partnership with French pianist, Baptiste Trotignon explores songs by Black composers (such as HT Burleigh, Florence Price, J Rosamond Johnson) on the texts of great poets (Langston Hughes and Paul Laurence Dunbar).
Cleveland Watkiss is one of the most celebrated British Jazz vocalists of his generation. He won the Ivor Novello award for innovation in 2021, the Boisdale Music Award as Best Jazz Artist of the Year 2022 and has been awarded an MBE for his services to music.
Cleveland will be celebrating Jamaica’s long history of pioneering musical sounds. He and his band will bring to life some of the greatest songs written by Jamaican legends from mento, ska and reggae to dub and roots.
With classic tracks from legendary artists including Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown and Delroy Wilson, The Great Jamaican Songbook tells poignant stories about the times and the culture, with a deep and infectious rhythm.
The band are a who’s who of celebrated UK jazz, pop, reggae and funk legends, each with their own strong reputation both within these scenes and way beyond.
