Northeast Music Guide

http://www.daintees.co.uk/video In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the release of Boat to Bolivia – yes 30 years - 2016 has already seen Martin playing in peoples living rooms on the sold out ‘Dansette Tour’. Well November and December sees perhaps the biggest and best Daintees tour for years. Fifteen dates across the country, and culminating in a headline spot at The Great British Folk Festival, playing the Boat To Bolivia album in its entirety, along with a few other classic Daintees tunes to boot. This is simply one tour not to be missed. Tickets are already on sale, and can be found at the links below: www.daintees.co.uk http://www.gigsandtours.com/ Interview On the eve of the tour, I had a chat with Martin about the making of Boat To Bolivia. Q: Can you remember the moment when you first knew you were going to be recording your debut album? What did it feel like? A: Yes but it was way back in 1980, I would head from Washington Tyne & Wear to Hall Farm...

Rubric :The Game Pre-order from Amazon, Itunes pre-order coming soon. Launch gig at The Ivy House, Worcester Terrace, Sunderland on the 1st November, support from The John Doe Experiment, and Alex Saxon & Jack Foster. This is going to be a great gig, I was in rehearsals with Rubric recently and they blew me away with their musical skills, clever but very cool. Rubric is an original blues/jazz fusion band formed in the North of England in 2011. They describe themselves as a "musical democracy" consisting of Chris Binding on vocals and guitar, Andrew Bell on guitar, Rob Caroll on bass and Helen Whitford on drums. The entire band have had a hand in creating the songs on The Game. Influences from prog rock, metal, jazz, blues and classical all play a part in The Game. The band's members collaborate to create music that is technical but not self-indulgent and with a fun generic slant. The title track is an ode to the infinite game between the sexes, ...

Bugle Boy – The Life Story of Glenn Miller Darlington Civic Theatre 1/8/13 Den Stevenson has written the book for this Glenn Miller musical as a result of working along side Glenn’s youngest brother Herb Miller and booking for the Herb Miller Orchestra. It results in an accurate portrayal of a musical legend whose music is still played on a regular basis nearly 70 years after his death. The curtain is raised with the 16 piece band playing “Moonlight Serenade”. This band are one of the highlights of the show and hearing live musicians playing the familiar tunes helps engage the audience throughout the production.   We then see a radio interview between Larry Bronx (Daniel Page), who had a successful radio show with 20 million listeners and helped project the Miller name across the states, and Miller’s wife Helen (Yildiz Hussein). This first scene sets out the dual intentions of the musical: to celebrate both the musical genius and the love story that ena...