Paul Liddell is a working
musician/singer/songwriter/recording artist based by the sea in the North East
of England.
Paul is an experienced live performer with an unstoppable
work ethic, clocking up on average 20 gigs a month both solo and with his band
‘Delphians’. Live, his singularly unique voice and unpretentious delivery
combine with the use of live sampling, guitar percussion and layered vocal
harmonies to provide a great platform for his wonderful songs to shine. Paul
has toured in America, whipping up a storm in several little coffee houses
across California. While there he performed on a TV show filmed in Time Warner
studios in Hollywood, and got his song ‘Brighter Lights’ placed on a nationally
distributed and TV advertised folk compilation CD.
Other live highlights include a show-stopping performance on
the main stage at the Beverley Folk Festival, and a memorable show at the
Piperine Free Festival in Milan. Other artists Paul has shared billing with
include Billy Bragg, Turin Brakes, Beth Rowley, Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze),
Karine Polwart, Polly Paulusma, Calvin Harris, Nick Harper, Nerina Pallot, and
Florence And The Machine.
Other notable achievements include making it through to the
final 10 of Q Magazine’s Glastonbury competition, being named as the hardest
working, most gigging songwriter of 2009 by the PRS, and selling over 3000
albums and EPs solely at live performances.
Paul is currently unsigned and unrepresented, building a
cottage industry into something more in a purely independent, DIY fashion.
Paul is a smooth and capable guitarist, and his low-key
vocals tackle social injustice and media corruption with wry compassion. The
vivid splashes of grungy electric riffage that punctuate this album add welcome
force to this sharply etched portrait of life in modern Britain – GUITARIST
MAGAZINE
“Milestones And Motorways” is a real troubadour album, one
that throws life and experiences right back at you, ready to challenge your
thought processes and move on. Politics both personal and global aren’t shied away
from, Liddell is not about to sell himself and his listeners short by
compromising yet still contrasts his aggression with recocilliation – FATEA
MAGAZINE
An artist in the bloom of their creativity – FOLKING.COM
Milestones and Motorways is a very upbeat, acoustic self
journey with a twist of pop. High energy tunes like Kill-O-Gram seem to lead
the way for mellow finger picking and political views. This reminds me a little
of The John Butler Trio. I can’t wait to see Paul Liddell live! 10/10 – FOLK, BLUES
AND BEYOND
Liddell’s guitar playing is extraordinary throughout this
set as he employs percussive, hammer-on, slide, and a wide array of
finger-picking techniques most reminiscent of Lindsay Buckingham — a master of
melding pop melodies and flash. This record has the potential to break Liddell
into the mainstream — that is, if the masses can turn off American Idol,
X-Factor or The Voice and pay attention to a bona-fide, honest artist! – MINOR
7TH
The album is bejewelled with glittering nuggets with the
shiniest being the cutting wit of ‘Game Show Host’ and ‘Kill-O-Gram’, the
lilting ‘Footprints’ (very Seth Lakeman) nagging riff of ‘Trash’, gorgeous
‘Peace of Mind’ and deceptively simple but memorable closer ‘Red Apple’ –
ALLGIGS.CO.UK
Lyrically, the songs come armed with a social and political
conscience (bankers, the media, Catholicism, instant gratification culture,) as
well as exploring self-doubt and the human condition….. capable of sharp
observations and on the lovely Footprints with its ‘walking in circles
footprint wheels’ line, unbridled romanticism. – NETRHYTHMS
With eleven original songs, Paul makes no effort to disguise
his roots on each of the songs, with his distinct North Eastern accent clearly
audible, which brings to those songs a particular identity. With a clear guitar
sound the album opens with the stylish A Means to an End, displaying his fine
command over song structure and arrangement. – NORTHERN SKY MAGAZINE
The days of the singer songwriter will no doubt re-emerge,
and when it does there’s some very talented artists out there. Paul Liddell
counts amongst those and Milestones and Motorways – his third album – is packed
with some excellent playing (A Means To An End opens the set in an explosive
Rodrigo y Gabriela style) – strong song writing, and some fine hooks. And it’s
good to see him not attempting to disguise his North East roots in his singing
style. More power to his elbow. – GET
READY TO ROCK
A surprisingly strong set of songs from a talented
songwriter who proves that the independent, DIY spirit is alive and kicking –
WHISPERIN AND HOLLERIN
Echoes of classic prog rock and folk rock – think ‘Yes’,
‘John Martin’ ‘Fairport Convention’ that sort of sound… Paul Liddell on this
album avoids all of the pitfalls that performers in the genre usually fall
into. A refreshing and highly recommended album and is a worthy record of the
month. – RECORD OF THE MONTH – LIVE BLUES
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