Northeast Music Guide

Bigger, Better & Louder: Award-Winning Chase Park Festival Returns With Its Strongest Line-Up Yet Burn Baby Burn! Legendary Irish Rock Outfit Ash will headline the Gateshead event in August The all-inclusive family festival is set to attract thousands of music revellers to the region. Chase Park's line-up will feature its most eclectic line-up of established, emerging and disabled artists to date. Irish rock legends Ash have been confirmed to perform at the fifth annual Chase Park Festival in Gateshead this summer along with some of the nation's finest established and emerging talent. The family-friendly, open-air festival will feature two stages of live music on Saturday 8th August and will also welcome appearances from London's chart-topping indie folk foursome Turin Brakes , Sunderland's Field Music-backed outfit SLUG , Glasgow's post-pop assemble Monogram and Newcastle's soul-singing sensation, Beth Macari . The announcement of the festiva...

Review: RJ Thompson  at the Sage Gateshead 17/10/2014 Richard J Thompson has had some success so far, from getting a support slot with Midge Ure to supporting the likes of Jools Holland (shortly to do so again), Gabrielle Aplin, Duke Special, Sandi Thom, The Proclaimers and Deacon Blue, Mr Thompson seems set to grab the attention of the music industry elite shortly. Tonight was a triple treat as we had a starter of Candi's Dog, a threesome rather like a folk pop, more mature version of Bros with much better songs. I mean, these are really good songs, they have that vaguely familiar feel that makes them part of your mental soundtrack very easily. Harmonies with a touch of the Crowded House/Del Amitri but a bit more here and now. We purchased the EP CD as this is definitely something you want in your car, well I do. Beth Macari we have up to now only seen at a beer festival singing mainly covers. It was pleasing to hear her singing her own material as it suited he...