Here’s a new acoustic tune. I couldn’t be arsed to make a video for it so I put together a slideshow of some pics that seem to suit the tune. See if you can name any of the famous people. If you’re a Liverpool resident, maybe you spot yourself!
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Hear my latest album…
“The key to a good album is to be both eclectic and cohesive, and paradoxical as it sounds, that’s exactly what Tom George achieves on ‘Postcards” – liverpoolacoustic.co.uk I recorded this album with in Liverpool with the expert help of Jeff Jepson at the controls. If I had to sum it up I would sayContinue reading “Hear my latest album…”
The Polyphonic Spree – Live Review – 5/6/2014
I was on route from a meditation class. Sitting with my dharma chums before a golden buddha, I was on the verge of getting somewhere, but I had to cut short the session and catch a more immediate form of transcendence – the Liverpool return of The Polyphonic Spree. If you are a musician, there’sContinue reading “The Polyphonic Spree – Live Review – 5/6/2014”
Dance With My Shadow…
Fans of Tom Waits, Chet Baker etc. might like this clip – it’s one of my more jazzy numbers, filmed at Studio 2 in Liverpool. I wrote the song originally for a female vocal but I think it suits me pretty well; flute maestro George Roberts blows some serious stuff over the top…
Sharks by Tom George
This is a song that I wrote when a friend asked me to appear at his ‘dream-pop’ themed event. I hadn’t heard of the genre before, but started strumming at my guitar, and this is what came out – kind of dreamy, kind of melancholic. “The sharks are in the park, your heart is onContinue reading “Sharks by Tom George”
Paint, Protest and Putin: Liverpool’s New Radical Art
With revolution erupting in Ukraine, and Putin’s thugs whipping members of Pussy Riot at the Sochi games, an art show themed on protest could not have had a more fitting backdrop. Seventy people squeezed into Arena Gallery’s bijou central Liverpool space for the private view of “Objections”, the latest show by Not Just Collective, an artContinue reading “Paint, Protest and Putin: Liverpool’s New Radical Art”
Shop ‘n’ Roll – Liverpool’s Alternative Retail Culture
Winter Market at The Kazimier club, Liverpool featuring music from Raw Bones, Swingin’ Bricks and Tom George…
The call of the river
Originally posted on That's How The Light Gets In:
Canada geese in flight. Photo by Philippe Henry The day began, walking with the dog in the park, with a skein of geese flying overhead, a honking arrowhead of birds heading straight for the river. I don’t think there is any another sound that so…
UK indie pop news !! ‘Drifter’ video from Tom George
This track has been available at http://www.tomgeorge.bandcamp.com for a while and people have compared it to acts as diverse as Blind Lemon and Squeeze…I’ve just finished the video to it, shot around Liverpool with help from my photographer mate Brian Ardrey. It also features cameo appearances from some of the Liverpool bohemians – many ofContinue reading “UK indie pop news !! ‘Drifter’ video from Tom George”
Nerve Magazine – Interview with local singer, songwriter and writer Tom George
Nerve Magazine – Interview with local singer, songwriter and writer Tom George.
Tom George 