Music and Culture related posts

A list of the most recent music and culture related articles - if you looking for my Liverpool music art and promotional photography portfolio follow the link

Liverpool photographer details memories of shooting a band's album cover here on Merseyside.

Shooting The Wombats album cover for A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation

In 2006 I was contacted by a design agency here on Merseyside to help them photograph their forthcoming debut album cover. Exciting times !

Categories: Photography, Music
Tags: music, album, promo, cover

Published on Tue Oct 10, 2023

Liverpool photographer raids the archives for a selection of images of front man Maxi Jazz from Faithless

RIP Maxi Jazz

Raiding the archives for a selection of images of front man Maxi Jazz from Faithless, who sadly passed away at the end of 2022

Categories: Photography, Music
Tags: music, file, Glastonbury, festivals, live, faithless, maxijazz, gigs

Published on Tue Jan 3, 2023

Liverpool photographer looks at Balloons, Chargers, Hippy Crack, Nos, Noz, Whippits, Nang usage in the UK in 2022

Laughing gas cannisters at music festivals - litter, waste and environmental damage

Some images from Glastonbury and beyond. With some thoughts about health impacts and environmental factors

Categories: Photography, Music, Personal
Tags: environment, festivals, waste

Published on Mon Sep 12, 2022

Liverpool music photographer David J Colbran covers the Africa Oye Festival for specialist photography agency.

Africa Oye 2022 - world music photography in Liverpool

As I always say, Africa Oye is my favourite festival and probably the nearest, being about 15 minutes walk from my home. Slightly delayed, is the 30th anniversary of the festival a few weeks ago.

Categories: Photography, Music
Tags: AfricaOye, world, music, live, gigs

Published on Mon Jul 4, 2022

David J Colbran gives a summary of recent photography work at the beginning of 2022 and signals a return to business as normal for photographic commissions.

Liverpool photographer has a busy start to the year

A quick summary of recent photography work at the beginning of 2022, which hopefully signals a return to business as normal for photographic commissions on Merseyside.

Categories: Photography, Liverpool, Events, People, Music, Personal
Tags: art, project, personal, business, commercial

Published on Wed Mar 2, 2022

Positive Vibration is a reggae festival situated in Liverpool's Baltic Triangle - music photography by David J Colbran

Positive Vibration reggae festival in Liverpool

Positive Vibration is an award-winning reggae festival here in Liverpool and I was covering it for my agency ArenaPAL

Categories: Photography, Liverpool, Music
Tags: music, live, festivals

Published on Wed Sep 15, 2021

Liverpool photographer reviews photography in 2020

Photographers Review of 2020

2020 has been a year we will never forget but I have renewed hope that the future will be stronger than ever for me and my business.

Categories: Photography, Liverpool, Press, Events, People, Architecture, Music, Personal
Tags: review, 2020

Published on Wed Jan 13, 2021

File pictures of the late lead singer Frederick

RIP Frederick "Toots" Hibbert - Liverpool 2011

Sad to hear Jamaican reggae pioneer Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert has died at the age of 77. The legendary musician fronted the reggae and ska band Toots & the Maytals from the early 1960s.

Categories: Photography, Music
Tags: music, file

Published on Thu Oct 8, 2020

A summary and review of various photography commissions in Liverpool and beyond in 2019 by Merseyside based photographer David J Colbran

Liverpool photographer end of year review 2019

My summary and review of various photography commissions in Liverpool and beyond in 2019 - business portraits, conferences, events, exhibitions - another super busy year.

Categories: Photography, Liverpool, Press, Events, People, Architecture, Music, Personal
Tags: review, 2019,

Published on Fri Dec 20, 2019

Liverpool music photographer covers event in Sefton Park highlighting some of best current world music artists

Africa Oye 2019 - world music photography in Liverpool

Africa Oye is the UK's largest free African music festival and it just keeps getting better and better. It is an Oye Family now - a solid crew of management and trustees and an audience that knows how to party !

Categories: Photography, Liverpool, Music
Tags: AfricaOye, world, music

Published on Mon Jul 1, 2019

World music expert David J Colbran showcases some of his favourite photographs from recent years and his partnership with ArenaPAL

World music photographer for ArenaPAL

My world music photography has been promoted by specialist photo library ArenaPAL since 2006 - so great to see that they have a sparkly new website and that I'm one of their featured suppliers

Categories: Photography, Music
Tags: world, music, AfricaOye, Glastonbury, festivals

Published on Fri Jun 21, 2019

Live music photography on a hotel rooftop in the centre of Liverpool - highlights from north-west based music photographer David J Colbran

The Real People, The Cheap Thrills: Shankly Hotel, Liverpool

An amazing gig that I was lucky enough to be asked to photograph - old friends The Real People and new kids on the block The Cheap Thrills - legendary night.

Categories: Photography, Music
Tags: gigs, live, music,

Published on Sat May 18, 2019

File pictures of the late lead singer of UK rave electronic band The Prodigy Keith Flint performing live at Glastonbury music festival in 2009. Available to licence.

RIP: Keith Flint - file picture Glastonbury 2009

Sad news to hear that Keith Flint, lead singer with The Prodigy is dead - I took a series of live images of the band for an agency at the Glastonbury festival back in 2009.

Categories: Photography, Music
Tags: Glastonbury, music, live, gigs, festivals

Published on Fri May 3, 2019

File pictures of Oliver Mtukudzi available - taken in 2009 in Liverpool by world music photographer David J Colbran

RIP: Oliver Mtukudzi file picture 2009

Sad to hear that legendary jazz musician Oliver Mtukudzi has died - some images from the African Soul Rebels UK tour with Baaba Maal in 2009.

Categories: Photography, Music
Tags: world, music, live, gigs

Published on Thu Jan 24, 2019

Liverpool based music photographer covers Africa Oye -  the largest celebration of live African music in the UK.

Africa Oye 2018 - world music photography

Back again at my favourite festival - great music and a brilliant weekend weather wise. It really is a highlight in Liverpool's musical calendar - superb programming and really well organised.

Categories: Photography, Liverpool, Music
Tags: AfricaOye, world, music, live, festivals

Published on Mon Jul 2, 2018

Images by Liverpool photographer David J Colbran from the UK's biggest free festival in Sefton Park

Africa Oye 2017 - world music festival in Liverpool

The UK's largest free celebration of African music and culture takes place annually in Liverpool. Beginning in 1992 as a series of small gigs in the city centre, the event has gone from strength to strength, moving to its present Sefton Park home in 2002 to cope with demand

Categories: Photography, Liverpool, Music
Tags: AfricaOye, world, music, live, gigs

Published on Mon Jul 10, 2017