liverpoolacoustic.co.uk/spotlight

• Started: May 2008
• Type of show: acoustic music
• Frequency: twice per month

The Liverpool Acoustic Spotlight started in May 2008, a month after the Liverpool Acoustic website was launched. Initially I took one local artist for each monthly show and played four of their songs, with biographical information read out between them.

In March 2009 I changed the format to showcase the music from the artists appearing at the Liverpool Acoustic Live events I’d started the month before.

In February 2011 I introduced an extra show each month to tie in with the Liverpool Acoustic eXtra live events that Stuart Todd started with another local musician, Barry Briercliffe. Some of these shows were recorded by Barry. When the regular eXtra events came to an end in September 2011 I continued the second monthly episode and used it to feature songs submitted to me by other musicians on the local scene.