Seven Days In

With this post (number 245 this year) 2017 has become my most prolific year for posting on this blog. Maybe my other blogs have suffer...

There's many ways we can communicate, we can talk face to face, by video call , on the phone, by email, by letter, sign language ,...

I continually berate Novocastrians for not visiting or knowing about some of the amazing things in Newcastle. The Lit and Phil and The ...

No particular reason , apart from it's the weekend. It's colder than usual and this song came into my mind, by a band signed to ...

Geoff Martson's Blues Suitcase Cards Geoff Marston does Tom Waits Every now and then you see something that stops you in your tr...

Amazon.co.uk Widgets The other night ran into Hazel Plater and Carl Taylor authors of a book reminiscing about the Riverside one of New...

Since Friday night's fantastic concert , I m quite amazed and the number of songs from the set that keep running through my head . Diffe...

This saga would be ideal for an episode of Sesame Street , dominated by the letter "S" , Summertyne , Solomon Burke , Sharon Duran...

This was the first rehearsal at the Sage (pictured above in the Thursday Evening Sunshine) , but had to cut this short due to a pre arrange...

Last night was my second rehearsal with the Summer Gospel Choir in preparation for the gig supporting Solomon Burke at the Sage as part of t...

But I come quite cheaply..... Yesterday I signed up for The Gospel Choir , who will be on the same stage as the King of Rock and Soul , Solo...

Last night saw Fairport Convention again , this time at The Sage in Gateshead coutesy of Properganda , supported by the excellent Keith Do...

We've just returned from watching the Albion Christmas Band finish up their 2009 tour at the Sage in Gateshead , and the concert was , a...

It's that time of year when there seems to be a hell of a lot of decent gigs on , and promoters seem to find even better ways of ripping...