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 [...]
This charming CD from Dala entitled ‘Best Day’ is the fifth album from Canadian duo that has been performing together since 2002. Gifted singers and songwriters Sheila Carabine and Amanda Walther’s new album is a quantum leap forward in their song writing talents and performance. Garlanded with three Canadian Folk music award nominations for songs [...]
You can perhaps be excused for not knowing about country singer Jill Johnson if you haven’t visited Sweden over the last few years. She has however been steeped in country music since the tender age of four and in 1998 she performed at Melodifestivalen and won through to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest. [...]
Hailing from North Carolina the Ladybirds play a handsome mix of country blues, folk, bluegrass and jazz and are master musicians and players to their fingertips. This is an album of classy covers and one self penned delight, the title track ‘Broken Wing’. There is an interesting mix of unusual instruments with banjo utilized to [...]
If you’re into honky tonk music then no doubt you will be aware of one of the most successfull new breed exponents of the styling. In 1990 Texas bred Mark Chesnutt was signed to the MCA record label and although at the time his was affectionately known as ‘the human jukebox’ (due to the fact [...]
Mention names like Django Reinhardt, Ry Cooder, Doc Watson, and Jimmy Hendrix and you are certainly thinking ‘guitarist’. These along with many others were influences of a young French Algerian who took up the guitar at the age of eleven. Taken a step further,mention DADGAD to a guitarist and they would relate to what is [...]
Three times Emmy award winning American singer/songwriter is on blistering form on this new CD. Called the best American songwriter by Time magazine in 2002 this album presents ample evidence to support that assertion. Daughter of poet Miller Williams who read at President Clinton’s inauguration she writes poignant lyrics of love, sadness, loss and hope. [...]
‘Scrooge’ (the musical) is a terrific theatrical experience and a very jolly night out! Taken from “A Christmas Carol” and based on the Albert Finney film of the same name this block buster West End production will satisfy music lovers and theatre goers in equal measure. The legendary Tommy Steele (can he really be 73?) [...]