There always seems to be some compassionate soul in our musical midst putting something on for a good cause around here.
It’s been a week of two halves in terms of gigs. Thursday saw an uncommon expedition into the live realm for former Golden Virgins frontman-turned-singer/songwriter Lucas Renney.
This bank holiday I decided to check out the Duke of Albany in Washington. Every Friday at the Duke is John and Dave’s open mic night but being the holidays alot of buskers must have decided to concentrate on drinking rather than singing. The pub was quite busy and has a great atmosphere that only [...]
Here’s the Liars Lie session and interview from the 13/3/2011.

The Good Weekend Festival, in it’s first year, aimed to showcase Unsigned and Emerging UK music talent – and that’s exactly what it did. What a Good Weekend! (Apologies on pun).
Its pretty simple really. Stay in a job that pays you enough to rape the shelves of HMV the day after pay day but de-voids you of any real involvement in your passion.
When I say I have had a bit of Bank Holiday with the lads, I don’t mean sharing a 99 and a walzer ride down the beach with a local fella. What I mean to say is, these last two weeks have firmly belonged to the XY chromosomes of North East music. At the moment, [...]
Scott Keirs live session at Spark FM from the 13/03/2011.
Here’s the Cold Capitol interview and live session from the 3/4/2011.