Ojos De Brujo - Liverpool Philarmonic May 1st 2009

My friend Michelle informed me a few weeks ago the Ojos De Brujo would be playing near Barcelona in june, like the cat curiosity guided my mouse via the interweb and I found that Ojos De Brujo would be performing in Liverpool at the beginning of may......so having survived (unlike the cat) I booked tickets for me and Peter.

Slowly the days passed until at last we ventured forth to that pool of liver to behold the magnificence that is Ojos De Brujo. Unfortunately we arrived a few minutes late and the band had already started, but no matter we were here and that's all that mattered.

New tracks mixed with old, old tracks remixed for a live performance. The audience encouraged to release themselves from the confined of booked seats and to strut, boogie and jiggle about in rhythmical formation infront of the stage. we just sat in wonderment at this spectacle on the balcony, as it afforded us a great view and sound.

Ojos De Brujo performed a short first set, had an interval and returned to bemuse amuse and infuse us some more. They are able to fuse so many different types of music, all with an effortless complexity, and expertise it possitively blows the mind. How many more rhythms can you fit into one song, and still they would add more.

So in all we had a great night. On returning to Blackburn it was decided we sould venture forth into the night and consume beer, and so we did.

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Roger Waters - Liverpool Echo 15/5/08

Kieran surprised me the other day with an offer of a free ticket to go see Roger Waters live in Liverpool. Not one to pass up such an opportunity like that, I obviously said yes.

So on a sunny Thursday evening, off we did go to Liverpool. The waterfront looks really quite impressive now, plenty money spent, buildings clean, and new buildings erected. All of this is almost complete, but not yet.

Venue is a usual inner city multifunction hall, filled to capacity, all anticipating the evenings musical extravaganza.

Huge video projection dominates the rear of the stage and is put to good use throughout both sets. First half consists of old Pink Floyd classics, with a few Roger Waters tunes thrown in, it is his gig after all. Second half is Dark Side Of The Moon in its entirity, followed by more Pink Floyd classics. Everyone sings along at the appropriate time and some fool has his back to the stage all through the evening, and conducted the rest of the audience, why?

Music ends, lights up, throats sore, must drive home. Cheers Kieran, splendid gig.