When our drummer Luke first heard the early layout of Around this Sun he was immediately drawn to the work of Catfish and the ...

Nadine Hurley recently dropped their self‑titled debut EP, with a limited cassette run via Katpis Tapes. One of the most ...

It’s not everyday a band gets to celebrate its fifteenth anniversary, and in typical Tea Pad style, Rob Heron and his band ...

Newcastle Piano Festival returns to Jesmond on 20–22 March (as well as the 9th May), bringing top pianists and ...

Fusako Yoshikawa brings her meticulous Japanese woodblock prints back to Northern Print from 18th March to 8th May ...

We caught up with the group to find out more… Tell us a little about the Axum Folk Ensemble. How did you get together? The ...

On the back of the release of their new single, Timewasters, North-East rock 'n' rollers PØRTERS give us five of their ...

An exhibition celebrating the bold, brilliant and boundary‑breaking women who shaped Sunderland has opened at Sunderland ...

The Teesside R&B artist gives us an exclusive listen to her debut single, Obsessed, which sees her team up with rapper Sturge R&B artist Tariro is set to drop her debut single Obsessed, which sees her ...

It’s yet to be a year since Newcastle’s The Pale White released their second album, The Big Sad, and proved themselves as ...

Psychedelia, kraut rock cosmic, garage rock with even a whirring Leslie speaker for 60s organ and also dub, folk, pop; it is ...

Half a century ago a bunch of suburban school mates from Solihull banded together to form one of the most DIY and lo-fi of ...