Newcastle’s award-winning, artist-led fringe performance venue, Alphabetti Theatre, have unveiled their Spring 2026 season, alongside news of a major shift in focus as they gear up for a full relaunch ...

Image by Bill McCullough. In these days of abundance, when so much is vying for our attention, it’s easy for an artist like Bill Callahan to drift ...

North‑East music‑maker Corey Bowen shines a light on five understated treasures from the 1970s as he releases his debut single under the moniker, Silver Pony ...

The Newcastle-based indie, psych, folk and prog outfit tell us about their beautifully trippy Studio Ghibli scenes as they unveil their dreamy new offering Miyazaki’s Clouds ...

Throughout, the production – by turns vibrant, surreal and whimsical – is dense but patient, rewarding close listening. If ...

Northumberland-born, Carlisle-based writer Jon Tait gives us his six of the best as he releases his latest book, Raiders Along The Anglo-Scottish Border ...

Based around loud, edgy guitar lines, MEGAFAUNA sees the band play nicely with how and where to take classic blues rock ideas – mostly by turning the effects up to 10 and fading in and out of pop ...

The North-Shields music-maker tells us about his favourite acoustic ballads as he releases his own heartfelt song, Stay ...

North East collective The Agency… release their cinematic new single We Fell To The Floor in support of Samphires vocalist and visual artist Rosa Thomas, ahead of a community‑driven benefit show at ...

An atmospheric collection of tunes that forms a thoughtful third album from Bibi Club, aka the Québécois duo of Adèle ...

Genre-busting documentary TOPS will be coming to Newcastle on the 27th Feb at 7:30pm, accompanied by the short film Boys In The Backyard directed by local film maker Annette Kennerly ...

Linsey Teggert chats to Nikki Bell, founder of the North East Folklore Society about the inspiration behind the Society, how ...