What are you doing on Friday 1st May? Morris dancing? Frolicking around the maypole? Or perhaps catching sophisti-pop pioneers China Crisis at the Gosforth Civic Theatre? Legendary Liverpudlian synth-…
News: Steve Cradock at ARC Stockton
On Wednesday 29th April, Steve Cradock – the soulful guitarist behind Ocean Colour Scene and long-time collaborator with Paul Weller – arrives at ARC Stockton with ‘Travellers Tunes&…
Music: “I fell out with the whole situation and didn’t touch music for about four years” Middlesbrough’s Silver Pony Unveil New Single
Middlesbrough songwriter Corey Bowen stepped away from music entirely for a time, but he is back, having quietly built something new away from the spotlight. Under the subtly rebellious alias Silver P…
News: John Jones at Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle
John Jones, renowned as the frontman of Oysterband, is an almost mythical, melodeon-playing folk hero. What began in 1978 as the traditional folk group The Oyster Ceilidh Band evolved into Oysterband,…
Music: “Teesside and East Cleveland have so many interesting folk tales, archetypes, and cultural histories” Teesside Artist Glad Town Ghost Unleashes New Single This Friday
Lee Allcock spoke with Teesside singer-songwriter Glad Town Ghost about his inspirations behind new track ‘Riverbank’, the influence of Teesside on his work, and how parenthood has shaped his creative…
Music: “It was often said when Trump first came in that at least we’d get some good art out of it” Alabama’s Sister Ray Davies Head to Newcastle
Sister Ray Davies may hail from Alabama, a state synonymous with bluegrass and the Americana sound, but last year’s album ‘Holy Island’ was inspired by a small tidal island off the coast of Northumber…
News: Our Editor Re-Launches Writing Service for North East Musicians
Following the recent sale of NE Volume Music Bar in Stockton-on-Tees, a new chapter is underway for our editor, Lee Allcock, who is now turning his focus back to supporting emerging and established ar…
News: Danni Nicholls at The Globe, Newcastle
On Sunday 19th April, Danni Nicholls brings her rich, soulful songwriting to The Globe in Newcastle, promising an evening steeped in country and jazz, fused with lyrical grace. Nicholls writes as thou…
News: Acid Mothers Temple at The Cluny, Newcastle
Buy the ticket and take the ride this month with Japanese masters of psychedelia, Acid Mothers Temple. Formed in the halcyon days of 1995, this soul collective of space-rock mystics have shape-shifted…
News: Idlewild at The Fire Station, Sunderland
Three decades in, Idlewild are still doing what they do best: creating loud, honest, heart-on-sleeve anthems that hit just as hard now as they did in the ’90s. The Scottish alt-rock heroes roll into T…