December 2007 Archives
This year there are lots of bands bubbling away under the surface in Liverpool ready to take the world by storm.
WHAT a year it’s been in the Merseyside music scene…
From the announcement that the ECHO Arena is to host the MTV Europe Music Awards to Amy Winehouse’s will-she-won’t-she shows, Liverpool was rarely far from the headlines in 2007...
It’s been a big year in music, with some great - and not so great - albums. Here’s my guide to some of the best, and worst, of 2007.
It's got to be the coolest office Christmas party ever, with sets from the biggest and brightest names on Liverpool's music scene.
In the last of our series of festive songs championed by Merseyside musicians, we have The Lapis talking about Little Donkey...
Mobile Act Unsigned captured the imagination of the nation's music fans. Following the show's final, yesterday, Alex James talks about his rock'n'roll years, his favourite Mobile Act bands and, of course, cheese…
In the next of our festive season of great Christmas songs championed by Merseyside musicians we have Paul from The Deadsexys talking about Wizzard's I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day...
In the next in our series of great Christmas songs championed by Merseyside musicians we have Thomas Joseph of acoustic duo Thomas Joseph and Murphy on my favourite Christmas song - Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty McColl...
For the last year Pete Wylie has been celebrating Liverpool’s music scene with Classic, a monthly night of great songs at Zanzibar. Next week sees the last of the monthly season, so I caught up with Pete to find out more about the music that’s inspiring this last gig in the series...
In the next of our series of great Christmas songs recommended by Merseyside bands we have Darnell on Shakin Steven's Merry Christmas Everyone...
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