Nerve Magazine – Interview with local singer, songwriter and writer Tom George

Nerve Magazine – Interview with local singer, songwriter and writer Tom George.

Dinosaur Jnr Live Review!!

Originally published in Seba Rashii Culture Zine Dinosaur Jnr East Village Arts Club, Liverpool 03/9/13 Tonight’s support band, the 6-strong Kult Country, is adept at whipping up Arcade Fire-isms to peaks of rhythmic intensity, with a female violinist moonlighting as a percussionist on a couple of songs. The final number, complete with crunchy, barking vocal effectsContinue reading “Dinosaur Jnr Live Review!!”

My Tour of Beauty…(ten years ago)

Ten years ago this summer, I embarked upon a musical journey through Western Europe, equipped with little more than six strings and a sense of misadventure. It was a memorable trip, and three years later I wrote up the escapade for an issue of The Korovian, the in-house journal of Liverpool music venue Korova (nowContinue reading “My Tour of Beauty…(ten years ago)”

Help me choose a cover for Manchester radio tomorrow!

eEEE…it’s been a while since I’ve written anything on here. My first ‘welcome back’ news is to inform you I’ll be visiting wonderful Manchester on Monday 29th Aug for a live session and chat with Dave Harris at Manchesterradioonline.com. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q2YpwQhm3E&feature=c4-overview&list=UUgE5LUsHPcGbugfX6_0JOxA I’ll almost certainly be playing ‘Sharks’, my current single as well as a smattering ofContinue reading “Help me choose a cover for Manchester radio tomorrow!”

Love on the Streets…

Last month me and my part-time minion Jodie Schofield went out onto the streets of Liverpool to do film a video for my song ‘Like a Wave’. After half an hour of me playing in the street, a cop and a municipal whelk turned up and asked me for my name and address, as partContinue reading “Love on the Streets…”

Last Nite and Me (mini-review)…

Last night I did a music and poetry set at Mello Mello in Liverpool. I played a new  song ‘Welcome to the World’ which went pretty well, considering I was reading the newly-written lyrics from sheets of paper which I gaffer-taped to the monitor onstage. I also did some poems from my new collection includingContinue reading “Last Nite and Me (mini-review)…”