JournalLive - Culture - Music

Music is the food of love for pair

JournalLive — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

If music is the food of love then prepare yourself for a Valentine’s Day feast, as BARBARA HODGSON reports

Preview: Eric Faulkner at the Head of Steam, Newcastle

JournalLive — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

THE chap with the guitar is Eric Faulkner and he’ll be performing at the Head of Steam opposite Newcastle Central Station on Friday.

Review: Snow Patrol at Metro Radio Arena

JournalLive — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:29:00 GMT

IT seems fitting that the winter weather that hit the North East should coincide with a visit by multi-platinum indie alt rockers Snow Patrol.

Review: Paddy Keenan at the Tyneside Irish Centre

JournalLive — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

ON BBC TV last week, Paddy Keenan was described as the Jimi Hendrix of the uilleann pipes.

Review: Laura Veirs, The Sage Gateshead

JournalLive — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

WHEN to introduce your children to Nirvana? I hadn’t really contemplated this, but now Laura Veirs has done it for me. I’ll be digging out some 20-year-old CDs to see what my kids reckon.

Curtis Stigers talks of his upcoming UK tour

JournalLive — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:30:00 GMT

IT’S the oldest gaffe in the book, the bellowed “Hello, Manchester” (or Birmingham or Liverpool) to a massed concert audience in Newcastle – or, indeed, anywhere miles away from the place plucked from the ether by the jet-lagged star on stage.

Happy Mondays announce Newcastle date

JournalLive — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

BY the time you read this, it’s unlikely there will be a ticket left for the Happy Mondays gig at the Newcastle O2 Academy on May 3.

Great melting pot – and this time we weren’t underdressed

JournalLive — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Orchestra Baobab at The Sage Gateshead

Fund gives the chance to make orchestral concerts more widely available

JournalLive — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A SUCCESSFUL bid to an innovation fund means more people around the region will be able to enjoy concerts by orchestras including the Northern Sinfonia – although the players will not be there in person.

Preview: Spaghetti Western Orchestra at Sunderland Empire

JournalLive — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

YOU’VE heard of The Magnificent Seven. Well, a new show hot-hoofing it to Sunderland Empire is promising us the no less magnificent five.

Review: Thin Lizzy at Newcastle City Hall

JournalLive — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:01:00 GMT

IT remains to be seen just how many shows the new-look Thin Lizzy will have to play before the perception of this classic rock institution changes.

Lonnie Donegan legacy lives on through son Peter

JournalLive — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

LONNIE Donegan died nearly a decade ago – mid-tour, of a heart attack – but the King of Skiffle’s legacy lives on.

Preview: The Soldiers at Newcastle City Hall

JournalLive — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

JOIN the Army and see the world was the phrase they once used to swell the ranks via recruiting offices up and down the country.

More venues and musicians get in on Stockton Calling festival act

JournalLive — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:00:00 GMT

AS plans for Stockton Calling gather pace, more venues are keen to get in on the act and tickets for the town's all-day music festival are already on sale.

Thin Lizzy confounding critics with latest line up

JournalLive — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

IT was 26 years ago this month that Phil Lynott passed away. For many of the Irishman’s biggest fans, Thin Lizzy died along with their charismatic leader on January 4, 1986.

Music historian Chris Phipps on The Old Grey Whistle Test

JournalLive — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:30:00 GMT

THERE was a time in the mid 70s when no self-respecting music fan could afford to miss one of the most influential and relevant music shows ever conceived.

Preview: ELO tribute band The ELO Experience at Sunderland Empire

JournalLive — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

AS WE plunge headlong into the New Year, the good old days are remembered with the help of a super-group tribute night.

Why Rebecca Ferguson is now ready to become a star

JournalLive — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

REBECCA Ferguson looks like a singer, but one that would have graced the stage of a smoky jazz club in the 1950s, rather than a TV talent show.

The Sage Gateshead to play host to fine folk music families

JournalLive — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

HALF a century of family tradition is to be played out at The Sage Gateshead on March 2 in One Night in Gateshead which features some of the finest folk music families in the North East.

Gigs of the year 2011

JournalLive — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

THE past 12 months have shown it’s never too late to rock and roll. We revisit some of our most memorable senior moments