Back in the olden days local authorities could do cool things like the free festival, Middlesbrough Music Live. It was here, in the afternoon slot, in the Empire, we first encountered Stornoway. They did an acoustic set as their drummer was revising for his O Levels. We have seen them countless times since; twice at […]
Our next live music night out is Corinne Bailey Rae at the Sage, Gateshead. This is the latest single from this year’s ‘The Heart Speaks In Whispers’. Is there a better current female soul singer?
Last weekend was Twisterella festival which we support and sponsor. It is a multi-venue event based in Middelsbrough curated by the wonderful The Kids are Solid Gold. It was, as ever, excellent, there was rarely a bum note let alone a duff performance. Those we saw included: Clean Cut Kid Samantha Durnan The Van Ts […]
As Dean Grindle, the editor, says we did experience “trepidation” when launching our Compliance Matters newsletter earlier in the year, not least keeping it going on a (roughly) quarterly basis Well we have, at least, staggered to a second issue which again has received some good feedback: “Can I just say that I think this […]
First day back from holiday and “the stand alone breach” is the first issue on my desk. (Plus I got a tweet on the subject too). CBAM amendment is essential.