It won’t surprise anyone who knows me — or where I came from, genes-wise — to hear that more often than not, the direction of these columns is pretty much decided as the deadline looms. Sometimes they’re shaped by a song on the radio; or prompted by a post I’ve seen on social media. Other …
I’ve got to be honest, I decided to pull together a big list of North East music festivals a couple of weeks back. When I was enjoying a coffee on a park bench. That precious seven-minute window of sunshine on my face (which I think gets me up to a total of 11 minutes so …
In 1995, as Alan Hull focused on putting the finishing touches to critically acclaimed solo album Statues and Liberties, he could hardly have imagined it would be his final set of politically charged folk songs. Tragically, the Lindisfarne frontman passed away before the record was released and co-producer Dave Hull-Denholm has always wanted to revisit …
Sam Fender’s face was a picture. His eyes were sparkling and his mouth had cracked into a huge smile. He was listening for the first time to Alan Hull’s original demo of Winter Song, a track he’d grown up with and had recently recorded. This was the look of instant recognition as one songwriter hears …
There’s excitement in the air at Live Theatre. A chunky run of staged readings of Seconds Away! — a new play with songs, created by Jimmy Nail and Ian La Frenais — kicked off last night (Feb 6), offering sell-out crowds at the Newcastle theatre a first taste of a project, which has been five …
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