I wrote about this street in Liverpool and about memory and myth for the 12th edition of Science & Magic, full of splendid writing as ever. You can read the magazine here: www.violetterecords.com/science-and-... (Photo taken from the window of what used to be O’Halligan’s Parlour)

Bus Pass Desperados “I had to go down to London for a scan. My chum, Wayne Avrili met me off the train and we went on a little adventure. I had a lovely time so I wrote this song about it. McKenzie Crook's charming poem/book about Nick Drake prompted the trip.” Barry Jones youtu.be/UMwMmTN9KPQ?...

Tonight's musical medication on Mersey Radio 8-11pm with Feat. Artist: Liz Owen + Feat. Album: Slender Years by Dan Wilson @mellowtoneclub.bsky.social @liverpoolbands.bsky.social @nothingville.bsky.social @av8records.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social @henrypriestman.bsky.social

Join me for more musical delights on Mersey Radio 8-11pm with new music from Dan Caine, The Wood, Leere, Mike Ryan and more! @liverpoolbands.bsky.social @av8records.bsky.social @nothingville.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social @mellowtoneclub.bsky.social @henrypriestman.bsky.social

Here's the early heads up for tonight's show on Mersey Radio Feat. Artist: Zero Glimmers + Feat. Album: PING by Steve Avo Lindsey @mellowtoneclub.bsky.social @nothingville.bsky.social @av8records.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social @liverpoolbands.bsky.social @henrypriestman.bsky.social

Enormously proud to be the new UK home of Beryl Bainbridge. In March 2026, we kick things off in earnest by publishing AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE, with an intro by Yiyun Li, and THE BOTTLE FACTORY OUTING, with an intro by A. K. Blakemore. Ruthlessly smart, darkly comic, her novels are sharp-edged gems

If you care about grassroots music in the City this is an important read. From the heights of Merseybeat and post-punk, the city’s long, dark decline into musical irrelevance www.livpost.co.uk/the-zanzibar...

As it’s World Mental Health day here’s the Kevin Coyne song Talking To No One (is strange but talking to someone is stranger). As the song says you need someone you feel safe to talk with. youtu.be/_uxQvzsCUVQ?...

A musical odyssey from the banks of River Mersey on Mersey Radio 8-11pm Feat. Artist: Andrew James Pringle + Feat. Album: Louchecore by The Lunar Pull @liverpoolbands.bsky.social @mellowtoneclub.bsky.social @nothingville.bsky.social @av8records.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social

Lovely to be a contributor alongside lots of wonderful people to this 50th anniversary tribute to Eno’s Oblique Strategies. If you're interested in getting hold of a box of Ambagious Tactics email the address below for price and payment details: [email protected]

RIP Liverpool poet Brian Patten, aged 79. I still have an original copy of the Penguin Mersey Sound paperback, which I bought as a teenager. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

[Repost from @amazingradio.com] The Tom Robinson Show starts this Sat from 9pm on Amazing. Marking 50 years since his first LP release in 1975, and 40 since his presenting debut on the BBC World Service, we're delighted to welcome Tom Robinson to the Amazing platform amazingradio.com/shows/the-to...

INDIKA 2025 FULL LINEUP We are delighted to announce our full lineup for INDIKA 2025, featuring the very best of music, dance, yoga, storytelling, shared reading, food and fun for all the family. Coming to Liverpool 17th - 31st October… More Information & All Tickets: milap.co.uk/experience/i...

Tonights playlist - join me on Mersey Radio 8-11pm @lightningseeds.bsky.social @ianmcculloch.info @thecoral.bsky.social @willsergeant.com @moonband2025.bsky.social @liverpoolbands.bsky.social @professoryaffle.bsky.social @jimiunomusic.bsky.social

@marcrileydj.bsky.social great to hear Kevin Coyne on last night’s show. So tempted to share Mona Where’s Me Trousers about child abuse another harrowing song but Kevin could often just be playful. This has music by his son Robert Coyne youtu.be/HarEvae1Di8?...

Here's the early heads up for the Bank Holiday Monday Show on Mersey Radio 8-11pm... another cornucopia of musical delights from the banks of the River Mersey. @mellowtoneclub.bsky.social @nothingville.bsky.social @av8records.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social @liverpoolbands.bsky.social

Tonight - another cornucopia of Mersey musical delights on Mersey Radio 8-11pm with Feat. Artist: Marc Vormawah + Feat. Album: This Blue Earth by @theshipbuilders.bsky.social JUST TELL ALEXA to 'START MERSEY RADIO' @nothingville.bsky.social @av8records.bsky.social @liverpoolbands.bsky.social

@tomrobinson.com thank you for tonight at the Parish. Sad that so many of your songs are even more relevant today.

OUT NOW Seascape by Eugene McGuinness "absolutely beautiful' @johnkennedydj.bsky.social , @radiox.co.uk "Evocative, illustrative and instantly likeable" @atthebarrier.bsky.social Stream here: ditto.fm/seascape-eug...

Tonight - more Mersey musical medication on Mersey Radio 8-11pm with Feat. Artists: @leinsangster.bsky.social + Feat. Album: The Green Lilac Park by @moonband2025.bsky.social JUST TELL ALEXA to 'START MERSEY RADIO' @liverpoolbands.bsky.social @av8records.bsky.social @nothingville.bsky.social

It's so wonderful to reflect on our relationship with The Tung Auditorium and see all of your comments from our previous concerts. Thank you. We are really looking forward to having some of the INDIKA 2025 programme at The Tung! Tickets are available to purchase here: thetungauditorium.com/events

Congratulations to Jeff Young, winner of this year’s TLS Ackerley Prize for his highly original and exhilaratingly written memoir ‘Wild Twin’, published by @littletollerbooks.bsky.social‬

I've just ordered @pennykiley.bsky.social's book and I'm excited! Do have a look. #Music #ActuallyAutistic #Liverpool birlinn.co.uk/product/atyp...

It's time for some more Mersey musical medication on Mersey Radio 8-11pm with Feat. Artist: Mike Ryan + Feat. Album: Let The Music (Take Control) by @the-farm.bsky.social @nothingville.bsky.social @av8records.bsky.social @mellowtoneclub.bsky.social @liverpoolbands.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social

NEWS | NEW RELEASE Eugene McGuinness - 'Seascape' It's been a while... We bring news of a new release, from the returning maestro Eugene McGuinness. The sun-kissed 'Seascape' will be available to stream from Thursday 24th July. PRESAVE Seascape here: ditto.fm/seascape-eug...

Exciting news for our friends @thetungauditorium.bsky.social - 3️⃣more years of FREE Lunchtime concerts thanks to Yoko Ono's Spirit Foundation. Make sure to check out the Tung's full programme of free and ticketed concerts, covering a range of music genres: thetungauditorium.com/events

🚨🚨 Tickets are SELLING FAST 🚨🚨 for In My Liverpool Home at the Music Room this Saturday 21st June. ‘Son of a Spinner’ Danny Jones will be joined by talented musicians Emma Scarr, Paul Cook, local legend ‘Count’ John McCormick and special guest Hughie Jones. liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/con...

TONITE Time to give your ears a treat with another cornucopia of Mersey musical delights on @merseyradio from 8-11pm @henrypriestman.bsky.social @nothingville.bsky.social @av8records.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social @mellowtoneclub.bsky.social @liverpoolbands.bsky.social @merryhellband.bsky.social

EARLY SHOUT! Here's the playlist for tonight's show on Mersey Radio with Feat. Album: Fragile Creatures by @hannahroseplatt.bsky.social @liverpoolbands.bsky.social @mellowtoneclub.bsky.social @nothingville.bsky.social @av8records.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social @henrypriestman.bsky.social

@cerysmatthews.bsky.social would love to hear these on the Sunday show. They only play the songs of Jacques Brel on tour in June. youtu.be/OKIiGmJI4f0?...

Another chance to catch last Monday's show on Mersey Radio today (Sunday) 4-7pm JUST TELL ALEXA to 'START MERSEY RADIO' or listen online at merseyradio.co.uk/player @henrypriestman.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social @av8records.bsky.social @liverpoolbands.bsky.social @merryhellband.bsky.social

The early heads up for tonight's show on Mersey Radio Feat. Artist: @aprilmoonband.bsky.social + Feat Album: A Frame Of Mind by Kalandra + 3hrs of Mersey musical gems @liverpoolbands.bsky.social @av8records.bsky.social @nothingville.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social @mellowtoneclub.bsky.social

From 9x9 Records: "Huge news for fans of Kitchencore ~ Pete Bentham & The Dinner Ladies have announced their upcoming album 'Art, Religion & Chocolate Biscuits' will be released on August 1st...

Our 2016 release "Twenty-Two Strings" is now available on CD from our bandcamp store along with shirts, vinyl and more music! exeasterislandhead.bandcamp.com/album/twenty...

@willhodgkinson.bsky.social just a quick correction on your post in the Sunday Times Culture section. Stevie Wonder is actually doing a number of dates in UK not just Hyde Park. Not sure what he will make of Lytham St. Anne’s though.

Incredibly short sighted for a city that puts very little effort into late night transport provision. This hits hospitality staff, it hits smaller venues, it hits people who can’t get public transport (that barely exists - BID funds the night bus route) www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Here's the heads up for tonights show on Mersey Radio with Feat. Artist: Peter Coyle Fractal + Feat. Album: You're Despicable by The Swan Chorus @liverpoolbands.bsky.social @mellowtoneclub.bsky.social @nothingville.bsky.social @av8records.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social @henrypriestman.bsky.social

Featured on Zaph Mann's show - The Beat Goes On - inmemoryofjohnpeel.com/2025/04/26/t... Brief Taste by The Bordellos (with Dee Claw) "Half Man Half Kitten" on Cruel Nature Records @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social 2025 cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/half-m... @liverpoolbands.bsky.social

21.04.25 - Here's the heads up for tonight's show on Mersey Radio - another non-stop cornucopia of musical delights @wallytbm.bsky.social @mellowtoneclub.bsky.social @av8records.bsky.social @nothingville.bsky.social @liverpoolbands.bsky.social @henrypriestman.bsky.social @the-farm.bsky.social

UK indie artists: here’s a shot at playing Kendal Calling this summer www.amplead.com/apply-to-pla...

7TH - LONDON, RESONANCE FM SESSION - recorded and broadcast on the day [time tbc] www.resonancefm.com 8TH - STROUD, THE PRINCE ALBERT www.tickettailor.com/events/thepr... 9TH - HASTINGS, THE PIPER link.dice.fm/Deadbelgianp...

Ten dates and a radio session for JUNE 2025 - we'll have a new album for sale as well, the nine track "Age of The Idiot". 5TH - SOWERBY BRIDGE, PUZZLE HALL INN Free Entry! www.puzzlehall.org.uk/whats-on/ 6TH - BRIGHTON AND HOVE, BRUNSWICK good-show.co.uk/events/1838

It's that time again... tonight on Mersey Radio 8-11pm more musical gems from the banks of the River Mersey - here's the heads up! @henrypriestman.bsky.social @liverpoolbands.bsky.social @mellowtoneclub.bsky.social @nothingville.bsky.social @av8records.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social

Turn on, tune in, rock out! Tonight's musical gems on Mersey Radio from 8pm with Feat. Artist: Seafoam Green + Feat. Album: Holy Ghosts by Only Child @liverpoolbands.bsky.social @nothingville.bsky.social @av8records.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social @mellowtoneclub.bsky.social

'The title –' Scouse Republic' – nods towards Liverpool exceptionalism of the “scouse not English” type.' @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social reviews 'Scouse Republic: An Alternative History of Liverpool' by David Swift. @livuniheseltine.bsky.social #Liverpool www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

Featured on Zaph Mann’s show - The Beat Goes On - inmemoryofjohnpeel.com/2025/03/15/t... The Gospel According to Julian Cope by The Bordellos+Dee Claw "Half Man Half Kitten" on @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social 2025 cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/half-m... @liverpoolbands.bsky.social