Music Editorial

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  Soweto Kinch Live Q&A

  Empty Shop Durham are bringing you the third in their life-after-covid sessions: Gigs, Live Touring & Creating During the Pandemic with award winning saxophonist and MC, Sowet...

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  Durham Brass Online

  Durham BRASS will liven up your living room as it moves online for 2020. The festival, which was scheduled to take place between 10 and 19 July, had to be cancelled earlier th...

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  Beth Macari

  I’ll tell you what we don’t like about Beth Macari. Absolutely nothing. Nowt. Zap all. She is, for all intents and purposes, the complete package.

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  Local: PICNIC

  Sunderland’s PICNIC (who are totally rocking that caps-on look) are as bracing as a dip in the sea at Roker and their infectious new single is brimming with verve.

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  Local: Tom Joshua

  Tom Joshua is a singer songwriter worth getting very excited about and he’s sure to be one of the star turns at this year’s Stockton Calling festival.

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  Big ticket energy

  The Lamplight Festival in Sunderland this August is one of the live highlights of the summer and tickets are on sale NOW. Consider this your official heads-up.

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  No Time For Reason

  This is No Time For Reason. Quite literally. This Newcastle four-piece look capable enough, do they not?

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  Feed Your Wolves

  Here’s a man who knows the value of a mid-distance stare with a guitar slung casually over his shoulder. He is Andy Davidson who, for all intents and purposes, IS Feed Your Wo...

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  Local scene: Brooke Bentham

  This South Shields lass grabbed our attention way back in the mists of 2017 but we’ve had to wait until 2020 for her debut album to land. Has it been worth it? Read on for the...

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  Local Scene: PLAZA

  Who doesn’t love a band that spell their name in caps? (Answer: no one.) And now Hartlepool’s finest have put all their lovely melodies in caps, too.

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  Madeleine Smyth

  Oh wow! I love this pic of Madeleine Smyth nearly as much as I love her music. (And let me tell you, I really, really, really fucking love this pic…)

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  Trunky Juno

  As you can see, Trunky Juno has got sole. More than one. I wouldn’t call him a soul singer, though…

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  Local scene: Hector Gannet

  Hector Gannet is a man! And a band! Confused? You wouldn’t be if you’d only just read on…

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