Colin Randall writes: last Saturday, as deputy editor Andrew Curry reported here that morning, he and I took time off from Salut! Live duties to join 82,000 people at Wembley to watch our team Sunderland win a thrilling Championship playoff... Read more →
Bill Taylor writes: If I had another penny, I would have another gill… Even I’m not old enough to remember when beer cost tuppence a pint (“And it was beer then, not like the muck you get nowadays”), but I... Read more →
July 18 2024 update: read on and explore the links to other articles about Music from North Eastern England, says Colin Randall. Over at the Salut! Live Facebook group, Bill Taylor has made Alan Price his Artist of the Week... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: Frankie Archer is one of the emerging stars of folk music. She combines vocals and violin with samples and sequencers, and created a buzz when she appeared last year on Later… with Jools Holland. Credit, by the... Read more →
Colin Randall writes: By very welcome coincidence, Andrew Curry's fascinating article on the role of music and humour in the story of coalmining appeared just before Ed Pickford posted at Facebook his song about the Durham miners' gala, a great... Read more →
The long history of the miners’ fight for better pay and conditions was brought to life by Alan Plater in Close the Coalhouse Door. The songs of Alex Glasgow were central to the telling of the story. Read more →
