The North East Magazine
Legendary American singer songwriter Emmylou Harris is always welcome to these shores and in particular to our very own The Sage Gateshead. Emmylou who has worked with Bob Dylan (the Desire album) and Gram Parsons on the magnificent “Love Hurts” has in recent years become a songwriter and song interpreter of great acclaim with Daniel [...]
Produced and directed by Jim Brown this time Time Life DVD entitled ‘American Troubadour” is available at all good CD/DVD stores. “American Pie”, “Vincent”, “And I Love You So” are three songs that will live forever. Their author and singular performer Don McLean the American singer songwriter is the subject of this slow burning but [...]
The SummerTyne Americana Festival held each year at The Sage Gateshead takes place this year from July 19th to 21st. Over the years it has become the prestigious event for musical appreciators with an across the board mix of musical genres with a nucleus of country flavourings. This year the indoor events kick off with [...]
Gateshead International Festival of Theatre 2013 takes place at various locations from Thursday (May 2nd) through to Sunday 5th May. The GIFT initative was established to provide a platform for work not normally featured in the region and for new theatre makers in the North East. Now in it’s third year the festival features [...]
Going as strong as ever in its 176th year, Newcastle Theatre Royal has announced a dazzling line-up of new shows for Summer / Autumn 2013. The new programme features some great new shows and old favourites, but always the best combination of dance, drama, musicals, comedy and opera of any venue in the North. Critically acclaimed [...]
Tim McGraw’s Two Lanes Of Freedom was released a couple of weeks ago to coincide with his first visit to the UK. Although he had never performed here before he did enjoy a number one record called ‘Over and Over’ with Nelly in 2005 and has had successful nationwide airplays with the song ‘Me and [...]
The Mavericks ‘In Time’ release is a brand new offering from the band after an absence of nine years. Founded in 1989 they developed a unique sound which took on a Tex Mex cuban style, complimenting great rhythms accompanied by a vibrant horn section and between 1991 and 2003 they recorded six studio albums in [...]
There’s news on this weeks American Connection Music Show regarding the forthcoming SummerTyne Americana Festival at the Sage Gateshead in July and I’ll be playing a track from one of the headline acts just announced. There’s a reminder as to how you can win tickets to see EmmyLou Harris and Rodney Crowell along with seven [...]