Låpsley has finally found a balance. ‘I’m now in this beautiful middle space’, she says. ‘But you need to experience the extremes to learn where that is.’
After an explosive rise to fame as a teenager, when she first uploaded her minimal, mournful self-produced electronica to SoundCloud, Merseyside raised Holly Fletcher’s debut album Long Way Home was released to critical acclaim on XL in 2016. Singles Hurt Me and Falling Short confirmed her as one of the most exciting new songwriting talents, whilst DJ Koze’s disco edit of Operator produced an instant dancefloor classic.
Extensive touring followed as Holly honed her craft as a writer and performer, her first proper gig was at Glastonbury, she’s since gone on to play Coachella, All Points East and countless other festivals.
The show is part of Knowsley Music Festival 2023, tickets are also still available for their Michael Head and The Red Elastic Band show on 10 November, see here for tickets.
Get ready to be transported to a world of rhythm and soul with the one and only Craig Charles.
With his smooth grooves and funky beats, Craig has been taking the music scene by storm, earning a reputation as one of the most exciting DJs in the business.
From the stages of Glastonbury to the airwaves of BBC 6 Music, Craig has been entertaining crowds with his infectious energy and unbeatable beats for over 30 years.
Turn up the volume, hit the dancefloor, and get ready for a night you’ll never forget with Craig Charles.
This is an 18+ event.
This October, the Hope Metropolitan Orchestra in Liverpool will perform a concert of music illustrating the diversity of old rural communities.
Imagine a village surrounded by deep countryside. At the centre is a church. Beyond are a couple of unmade roads, a tavern and a scattering of houses. Most people rise early to work on the land.
These are the pictures described in music by the Czech composer Dvořák and the Hungarians, Bartók and Kodály. There is a strong folk element, particularly of the lively dances which were such an important part of the workers’ leisure time. Vocal pieces follow traditional melodies whose origins date back centuries.
Dvořák takes a benign view of village life. Bartók and Kodály are much more realistic. While acknowledging the strengths of country customs, they point also to back-breaking work done in all weathers.
Many villages had a fiddle player and this concert highlights pieces for the violin, notably in the world premiere of More Imaginary Folksongs by Stephen Pratt, written for the orchestra’s leader, Leo Byrne.
Don’t miss what’s set to be an enchanting evening of live orchestral music as the Hope Metropolitan Orchestra invite you to “step back in time to a fast-vanishing world”.
‘Village Scenes’ will take place at The Great Hall on Liverpool Hope University’s Creative Campus on Saturday 28th October 2023 from 7.30pm. Tickets are available now via The Capstone Theatre Website.
Liverpool band The Cheap Thrills play a special show at CONTENT.
The Cheap Thrills are a great indie rock band from Liverpool. Formed in 2010, the band signed to Eighties Vinyl Records in 2017 and have released 7″ EP, Glare, in January 2017, and 12″ mini album Vue Du Monde, in November 2019 in both the United Kingdom and the United States.
Singer-songwriter Maisie Peters is playing a special show at CONTENT.
She began her professional career independently releasing two singles. In 2018 she signed with Atlantic Records, releasing two EPs and the second series soundtrack to the British comedy series Trying.
Domino recording artist Bill Ryder-Jones is playing a new Liverpool show at CONTENT.
Bill is an English singer-songwriter, musician, music producer and composer from West Kirby, Merseyside. He co-founded the band The Coral, together with James Skelly, Lee Southall, Paul Duffy, and Ian Skelly, playing as their lead guitarist from 1996 until 2008.
The new era of The Vaccines is here! The band play a special show to promote their new album at CONTENT.
Their new album Pick-up Full of Pink Carnations will be released January 12th 2024. The first single, Heartbreak Kid was released October 2023. They recently completed a successful U.S. tour with The Kooks and are now embarking on a full European set of dates.
Stereolab return to Liverpool with a special show at CONTENT.
With their hypnotic rhythms and mesmerizing vocals, Stereolab became one of indie’s most distinctive and influential bands when they emerged in the early ’90s.
Led by Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier, the group celebrated strands of pop music — bossa nova, lounge-pop, movie soundtracks — that were traditionally banished from rock’s lineage.
Based on her work with the National Folklore Collection and her recent MA in Irish Folklore, internationally acclaimed Irish folk singer and actor Lisa Lambe brings us her new project, NightVisiting.
Lisa collaborates with renowned traditional musicians alongside local contributors to create a unique performance bespoke to each venue she visits celebrating the old songs, stories and tunes from around the hearth.
NightVisiting reconnects the audience to the social role that nighttime house visits once played in our oral traditions and folklore, and in the preservation of our songs and stories from tender love songs to the bawdy, to songs of loss and longing.
Supported by the Institute of Irish Studies as part of the Liverpool Irish Festival.
The Institute of Irish Studies would like to acknowledge support received from Culture Ireland towards this performance.
After their hugely acclaimed performance of Madama Butterfly, Orchestra dell’Arte are returning to St George’s Hall on Monday 16 October with a new evening concert series in the Concert Room.
Forget the rush home from work but relax and have a leisurely drink and a sandwich then stroll down to St George’s where the Orchestra dell’Arte will transport you to another dimension with their new series of Soirées Musicales.
Relax in comfortable surroundings whilst conductor Edward Peak tells you about the music and hidden stories of musical life. Make new friends, bring your colleagues along and chat with the orchestra members.
Starting at 7.30pm we begin, rather appropriately, with the sparkling suite of Rossini’s music known as Soirées Musicales, from which the series title is derived.
Tenor Nick Hardy (Pinkerton in Butterfly) is joining us straight from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and will lull us into a fully relaxed state with some of the best-known Neapolitan songs – think Pavarotti and Addio.
Sir Arthur Sullivan’s only symphony, known as The Irish, will be the second part of this concert. It is bubbling over with Sullivan’s trademark warmth and melody along with subtle hints of his family’s Irish origins.
Come to this event and prepare to be relaxed, amazed and thrilled. An evening not to be missed.
Tickets are £17.50 from www.eventbrite.co.uk (search Orchestra dell’Arte).
More information: www.dellarte.co.uk
