Northeast Music Guide

JONATHAN TOUBIN'S  NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN / SOUL CLAP & DANCE OFF UK TOUR BEGINS THIS WEEK FEAT. DADDY LONG LEGS - LIVE! Playing to more people in more markets than any other, THE NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN SOUL CLAP & DANCE-OFF is the 21st Century’s most popular and prolific soul party and hits the UK for a run of shows throughout June. Full dates as follows: Fri 1        Lewes (Brighton)- The Con Club Sat 2    Euston-Red Rooster Festival Sun 3    Southend-The Railway Hotel Wed 6    Glasgow-Broadcast    Thrs 7    Newcastle-TheCluny    Fri 8        Leeds-The Brudenell Social Club Sat 9    London-The 100 Club Tickets available here: http://bit.ly/SoulClapDanceOff THE NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN SOUL CLAP & DANCE-OFF A night of dancing to Jonathan Toubin’s original 60s raw soul 45s interrupted by a short but elaborate dance contest in the m...

BARRENCE WHITFIELD AND THE SAVAGES ANNOUNCE UK TOUR DATES  FOR MAY TICKETS FOR NEWCASTLE CLUNY (from our affiliate See Tickets  at no extra cost) From a far out moon beyond the rings of Saturn to a dingy studio in Cincinnati, BARRENCE WHITFIELD AND THE SAVAGES' new platter embraces a cosmic and groovy unification. It’s a wild, electric phantasmagoria of blues, rock, garage, and soul; it blasts off into diverse orbits only to come back together into a singular Savage cosmology. Soul Flowers of Titan is about people shooting guns, separating, coming home (someday), falling in love, running around, leaving this earth, going crazy, drinking coffee, and thinking about Sun Ra. Titan is the largest moon of Saturn, a planet which astrologically symbolizes pain and struggle. Cincinnati, where the album was recorded (at Ultra Suede Studio), is home to many classic and unknown independent labels, like King and Federal, that fostered a frayed and raucous sound in th...

The Sage Celebrates its 10th Birthday with a Knockout Performance from Beverley Knight Unless you been hiding under a rock, this week is the 10 th Birthday of The Sage  and what a way to celebrate a birthday, by inviting the funk-soul sister Beverley Knight to sing. Ms Knight burst onto the stage with much loved numbers Made It Back   and Greatest Day then into a few number from the So ul UK album, which was the last time she had performed at The Sage.  One of the biggest interactions with the crowd was when Apparently Nothing was performed as 90% of the crowd had their mobiles out shining their ‘little lights’. Hit after hit came from slow songs to funky sounds. Then to honour the 10 th birthday of The Sage, hundreds of school children, came onto the stage to perform. These children were also in their 10 th year!  What a brilliant addition to the set.  They sang their hearts out and signed a lot of the words to Shoulda Woulda Coulda , Ba...

Horse, In a Library! Perfect. My other half and I stumbled into the rather dramatic surroundings of the library at the Mining Institute, three songs into Horse’s set. The parking in Newcastle city centre is extra scarce right now due to the alterations at Central Station, taxis are parked everywhere. Enough of our logistical problems what about this gig? First of all, I’m a little annoyed. Horse has been making amazing music since 1989. It took me until this week to hear any of it. I got in touch with Horse to get a couple of tunes for the Jowheretogo Show on NE1fm, to give a gig a little plug, as I do. I heard the songs and knew that this was something special. I feel I’ve missed out on some amazing tunes. Jools Holland is a fan and Q Magazine have been raving about Horse. This may be the year of finding Horse where you don’t expect. The music of Horse is soulful pop. A blues – soaked picture of a woman’s life, struggles, relationships, hopes, dreams and loves. In ...