It’s impossible to talk about Nadine Shah’s new record, Filthy Underneath, without discussing the trauma that it was born from. It’s harrowing and complex, and as a journalist, you agonise over ...

Joanna Long speaks to Middlesbrough writer Louise Powell about her debut novel ‘Underdogs’, a love letter to a vanished world that she filmed, lived, and ultimately had to reclaim and resurrect in ...

The name Snakes With Tits will elicit different responses from different readers. Sheltered minds may leap to the comical literal image, or ponder how such a biological and evolutionary impossibility ...

I’ve been fortunate enough to see Hector Gannet in pubs, clubs, festivals, stadiums and even a launderette, but it was in the ...

The Teesside troubadour tells us about his perfect gig on the back of the release of his sea-soaked single, Exam Papers ...

Between 29th July and 2nd August, Durham Fringe Festival takes over 11 city‑centre venues with more than 130 shows and nearly ...

The Unthanks (23rd July) and Nadine Shah (24th July) team up with The Royal Northern Sinfonia as part of the North-East BBC ...

The Newcastle-based post punk outfit tell us about the inspirations behind their atmospheric new track and its accompanying ...

The Newcastle trio, who release their single Isolation, discuss their favourite post-punk tracks with a bunch of fives ...

Ali Welford catches up with the inventive electronic artist as he talks about his new album, Durham Come Save Me, based on ...

Joanna Long finds out more about the North Shields singer-songwriter as she drops her new single, Dead On The Floor ...

We find out all we can about the Newton Aycliffe singer-songwriter on the back of the release of her single, Stay, the first ...