John Grant returns with his new album, The Art of The Lie, an idea first conceived in the Autumn of 2022 after an introduction to producer and composer Ivor Guest at Grace Jones’ Meltdown Festival.
The result is his most opulent, cinematic, luxurious album yet. A record juxtaposed by beauty and cruelty, it underpins a particularly emotional new chapter in the novelistic solo life of John Grant.
Pop icon Adam Ant announces dates for his UK tour – ANTMUSIC 2024.
Performing his classic chart-topping hits and personal favourites, Adam Ant will be appearing live across the UK throughout October and November 2024.
Ben Ottewell is the gravel-voiced frontman of seminal genre-hopping group Gomez, founded in Southport in 1995.
Ben returns to the Music Room following a triumphant performance in May 2023, when he played Gomez’s debut 1998 Mercury Prize-winning album Bring It On in full and as a solo act for the first time.
This performance will see Ben play tracks from Bring It On alongside other Gomez classics as well as tracks from his acclaimed 3 solo albums.
After 25 years in music, building an unimpeachable reputation as a truly independent artist and entrepreneur, Julian Taylor now owns his legacy.
It’s rare in this era to see an artist build slowly and reach a new level of widespread acclaim decades into their career. But Julian’s ethos, work ethic, and artistry has always had a timeless quality to it.
Toronto-based singer-songwriter Julian Taylor has been part of the musical fabric and landscape in Canada for over two decades. Taylor enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2020, when his second solo acoustic album, The Ridge, earned million plays on Spotify, praise from press worldwide, and airplay from America to Australia to the UK.
Le Vent du Nord is a leading force in Quebec’s folk movement. The group’s vast repertoire draws from both traditional sources and original compositions, all enhanced by a broad range of global influences.
Le Vent du Nord has enjoyed meteoric success, performing across the globe, and racking up several prestigious awards. The group exhibits great finesse and flexibility, working on a wide range of projects, collaborating with a diverse selection of artists and creating joyful and dynamic live performances.
Bernard Butler is a Brit and Grammy Award winning musician.
He has created era-defining albums and anthems, and produced seminal releases by The Libertines, Tricky, Black Kids, Kate Nash, James Morrison, Texas, Mark Eitzel, Paloma Faith and Duffy – spawning her Grammy and Brit Award winning debut Rockferry. He has played guitar for Pet Shop Boys, Bryan Ferry, Roy Orbison, Bert Jansch, The Libertines, Neneh Cherry, Robert Plant and Ben Watt.
Butler is Patron to the Bert Jansch Foundation and Generator NE and lectures in songwriting for the Abbey Road Institute. A collaboration with Jessie Buckley, For All Our Days That Tear The Heart, was shortlisted for the 2022 Mercury Prize. Currently he has completed albums by Sam Lee and The Clockworks, and has a new solo album for 2024 release.
Claire Henry and musicians from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra invite you to enjoy all the fun of the fair with this sunny, summery concert!
It’s always a warm welcome in the Music Room, and the whole audience will be getting involved in the music and games!
Tickets for under 9 months are free but tickets must be booked with an adult ticket.
Pegasus Opera, in partnership with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra present Windrush, The Journey.
For more than 30 years, Pegasus Opera Company has fearlessly paved the way for diverse talent in opera. Today, they’re paying tribute to Windrush, showcasing a rich tapestry of music and storytelling, and celebrating Black classical composers: past, present and future.
Through the outstanding music of Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Richard Thompson and Des Oliver – three composers who represent different eras of Black history – we’ll honour the legacy of the Windrush generation with an exciting fusion of classical music, steel pan, jazz and blues.
Future Yard are thrilled to bring Liturgy to Birkenhead on Tuesday 20th August, the project of Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix, whose yearning, energetic “transcendental black metal” exists in the space between metal, experimental, classical music and sacred ritual.
Celebrated for their fusion of sincere emotion, compositional complexity, stylistic daring and intense live energy, the band is simultaneously a medium and platform for drama and theology. Their 6th album, 93696, was released last year.
Liturgy was founded in the context of Brooklyn DIY as a solo project by Hunt-Hendrix in 2005 while she was studying philosophy and classical composition at Columbia. In 2009 Hunt-Hendrix stimulated fervent conversation in the music world with her text “Transcendental Black Metal”, and after expanding to a quartet they made waves globally with their 2011 sophomore album Aesthethica for fusing black metal with math rock and infusing the form with a counterintuitively loving, emotional energy.
Their ambitious 2015 album The Ark Work was controversial for its incorporation of IDM and trap production into their musical language. In fall 2019 they solidified this sound world with their highly acclaimed fourth studio album H.A.Q.Q., which is tied to an ongoing philosophical YouTube lecture series. Their fifth studio album, an opera entitled Origin of the Alimonies, was released in November 2020, recorded with an eight-piece chamber ensemble and performed at Roadburn festival in 2021 as the live score to an eponymous film created by Hunt-Hendrix. After a solo sculpture exhibition in 2022, the album 93696 was released in 2023 followed by an extensive world tour.
Join Bluecoat this April for an evening of special live music and dance performances from Ka Baird, Rosie Terry Toogood & Dialect and Ancient Plastix.
Doors and bar open from 7pm
Music starts from 8pm