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Crew Gal: Shaking Up the Live Events Scene
By Pauline Stewart Founded by Susan French, affectionately known as Frenchie, CREW GAL emerged from a vivid vision sparked by none other than Prince’s Purple...
Helena-Lily: Young talent with big dreams
Helena-Lily is only 11, nearly 12, but she has already spent a quarter of her life singing and performing. Her passion for music started...
ALL ABOARD SOUTH TYNESIDE COASTAL HEROES TOUR
By Mark Tavender No way was I going to turn down an opportunity to go on a trip on The Tyne Idols Bus. I first...
Raising the Threshold: HMRC Band Challenges the Status Quo with Music That Hits Hard
At last, HMRC are taking a stand against injustice. But it's not what you think. There's a vibrant live music scene in North Shields and the surrounding area; we’re...
The Wasting Time Podcast hosted by Nick Brownlee-Sayers and Chris Doughty
POP PUNK AND A PODCAST IN PITTSBURGH This magazine is all about championing local creativity and creative content. And sometimes that local creativity can go...
Sabrina Kennedy: North Shields’ Rising Music Star
North Shields never ceases to amaze me. I’ve known for some time that this town is home to many wonderful creative artists, whether they are musicians, singers, painters or potters - but I am beginning to wonder just how many. You really don’t have to look far and the chances are you have met someone living in North Shields who’s written a song or penned a poem or painted a picture. In fact, it was a chance meeting that led me to discover the musical talents of Sabrina Kennedy. I was having a coffee at the ultra-cool Hyem coffee shop in Church Way when Sabrina and Johnny Cash walked in. I had never met either before. Casual conversation followed and I noticed Sabrina’s American accent - naturally, I asked where she was from (Boston, Massachusetts) and we got chatting.
HELS PATTISON: MAKING GREAT MUSIC: IT’S JUST WHAT SHE DOES
There is such a rich seam of musical talent along our stretch of the coast that it is impossible to get to see or...
THE LOW LIGHTS TAVERN – A TALE OF PIES AND POP STARS
Saturday night in the Low Lights Tavern and the place is jumping with revellers of all ages enjoying a cracking night out in...
Interview: Nev Clay
As a child, Nev Clay recalls seeing North Shields as a ‘mystical place.’ Every Saturday, his family would take a diesel train from Benton to visit his paternal grandmother in Chirton Green. He remembers holding his breath through the series of three tunnels between the town and Tynemouth, ‘coming up for air’ in a ‘different realm’ where they would watch Doctor Who, play word games like Lexicon and marvel at a vitrified rock in the garden. Like much of Nev’s work, this story seems to overlay the ordinary with a sense of wonder, or perhaps to discover the wonder that was always there. It’s a quality that’s well in evidence on So Little Happened For So Long, his first album since 2001, released last month, and its centrepiece, ‘Cuddy’s Cave.’
Are you Affiliated?
North Shields is buzzing once again as DJ and producer Man Power (Geoff Kirkwood) follows up his triumphant collaboration with Scottish powerhouse Ewan McVicar by unveiling his next big venture: a brand-new club space inside King Street’s Phoenix House. His rallying cry — “Are you Affiliated?” — has already been met with overwhelming enthusiasm, signalling the arrival of a fresh hub for the region’s grassroots music community.
