Liverpool Acoustic

Preview: Liverpool Acoustic Live – Friday 22nd April 2016


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North Dakotan songsmith Josh Harty brings his UK and Ireland tour to Liverpool next Friday
On Friday 22nd April 2016 Liverpool Acoustic welcome back to the View Two Gallery acclaimed American singer-songwriter Josh Harty as part of his UK and Ireland tour. Harty is appearing at the Mathew Street venue following the release of his new album Holding On, described as ‘an album of soul touching songs… a profound mix of complete storytelling and accomplished musicianship ‘ [Folkwords] and ‘a consistently solid slice of American folk-country’ [The Daily Telegraph].
Josh is supported on the night by popular, award-winning Americana band The Good Intentions and local 18 year old singer Sam Cooke.
Event: Liverpool Acoustic Live, with Josh Harty, The Good Intentions, Sam Cooke
Date: Friday 22nd April 2016
Times: Doors 7.45pm, music 8.15pm
Venue: View Two Gallery, 23 Mathew Street, L2 6RE
Tickets: £5 advance (+50p booking fee) & £6 on the door
Buy tickets at wegottickets.com/liverpoolacoustic
The facebook event can be found here
Details of all Liverpool Acoustic music events can be found at
liverpoolacoustic.co.uk/events
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If you’re an acoustic musician from the Greater Merseyside area, or from further afield but play on the Liverpool scene, then feel free to send us your music for future shows. We can’t promise we’ll be able to play everything that’s sent to us, but we will listen to every track. Find out all about the show, how to submit your music, and the Terms of Use, at liverpoolacoustic.co.uk/spotlight/about
1. Josh Harty – English Rain
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Taken from the new album Holding On available from Josh’s website
2. The Good Intentions  – I Lay Me Down
thegoodintentions.co.uk
Taken from forthcoming new album being released Autumn 2016
3. Sam Cooke – Familiar Air (demo)
facebook.com/samcookeuk
BONUS TRACKS
4. Only Child – Accidental Englishman
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Taken from the forthcoming new album The Whale Found Its Way To The Shore
The album is being launched on Friday 6th May at the Music Room (Liverpool Phil) with support from Dominic Dunn and Vanessa Murray. Full details plus ticket link can be found at liverpoolacoustic.co.uk/events
5. Gary Edward Jones – Bang Bang
garyedwardjones.com
The single is being launched on Thursday 28th April 2016 at Constellations, with support from Eleanor Nelly and a DJ set from Da Moon Project.
6. Sam Cartwright Johnson – About A Friend
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7. Josh Harty – Ballad For A Friend
joshharty.com
Taken from the new album Holding On available from Josh’s website
 
Theme: King of the Faeries by Andrew Ellis from his CD Midnight On The Water
 
ARTIST INFORMATION
 
JOSH HARTY
joshharty.com
Josh Harty is a messenger. A North Dakota songsmith.  A third generation musician, son of a small town police chief and preacher, he often muses that growing up he figured he’d end up going to jail or going to hell.Between the ages of five and eleven he sang gospel and country with his father at just about every Lutheran Church, Eagles Club and Senior Center in the Midwest. By age twelve Harty had made two records (cassettes) with his dad; achieving sales of 10,000 copies.His second solo project, 2008’s A Long List of Lies debuted at number eight on the Euro Americana chart. Produced, recorded and mastered in Madison, Wisconsin’s legendary Smart Studios, the album captures Harty’s clean guitar attack and a finger style that glistens with a razor’s edge.
In 2011 Harty released Nowhere, which was recorded at Base Camp Studios in Bozeman, Montana by acclaimed performer, producer and engineer Chris Cunningham (Storyhill).
2014 saw the [...]
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