The North East Magazine
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 [...]
I hope you had a really great Christmas and wish you a very Happy New Year. As we start into a new decade I thought I’d take a look back over a few things relating to country in 2010. The Sage at Gateshead provided us with some great acts during the year as did the [...]
After the musical brilliance of the Summertyne Americana Festival held recently at The Sage Gateshead more news has been announced that will bring cheers to many country appreciators. Already having had many guests from the States appearing not only at the Fest but throughout the year so far with appearances from Glen Campbell, Gretchen Peters, [...]
It is always very difficult being the opening act. In the majority of cases everyone comes to a show to see ‘the headliner’ and to many the opening act is incidental. I have to confess to never having heard of Elizabeth Cook until I attended a Suzy Bogguss concert a few year ago when she [...]
Each week the show just seems to get busier. In fact this week I’ll probably run over time with all the tracks I’ve got to squeeze in. Our ‘On This Day’ feature mentions Ringo Starr, Disneyland, Sebastian Coe, Ozzy Osbourne, Walter Raleigh and our Royal family. The Album of the Week comes from a lady [...]
For the last few year one of the biggest eclectic musical events has been staged at the Sage Gateshead. Apart from the wonderful offerings of music across the whole year it seems for the combination of outdoor and indoor events the Summertyne Americana Festival fills a void around Tyneside. From July 22nd through to the [...]