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WWW.NEVOLUME.CO.UK HARTLEPOOL WATERFRONT FESTIVAL WE’RE TURBULENT HEARTS AT THE WESTGARTH! MAKE & MEND FESTIVAL! LISTENING! ISSUE #46 JULY 2019 FRAGILE EARTH AT MIMA! SMITHFEST, HARTLEPOOL! FOLLOW NE VOLUME WE REVIEW MARTHA HILL’S NEW SINGLE! HARDWICK LIVE 2019! ON SOCIAL MEDIA WE REVIEW MUSIC BOX FESTIVAL, DARLINGTON! WE SPEAK TO CATTLE & CANE! PICK UP OUR FREE NORTH EAST MUSIC/CULTURE MAGAZINE! TO NE VOLUME MAGAZINE WELCOME ISSUE #46! Thank you so much for picking up NE Volume magazine - the magazine produced by local music CONTENTS and culture fans, for local music and culture fans. In a bid to support local NEWS musicians even more, I’ll now be offering a PG.8 The Delta Bombers at The Westgarth! writing service for local bands and artists who PG.12 Summer Sessions, M’boro Town Hall! require band bios, press releases and more. If CULTURE you’re interested, please email me at [email protected] for further information. 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LEAH DAVEY Tickets: £12.00 Advance | Visit: georgiantheatre.co.uk SummerTyne Americana Festival at the Sage in Gateshead is set to be an amazing array of shows, allowing us North Easterners the FOR REGULAR UPDATES FOLLOW NE VOLUME ON SOCIAL opportunity to see world-class performers at this incredible and globally-renowned venue. Country and Western music represents some of the biggest selling recorded music genres in the world MEDIA OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE: NEVOLUME.CO.UK GIG PREVIEW 1 and encompasses a vast range of musical styles and performance artists. Of course, SummerTyne Americana is not simply about Country and Western but a celebration of U.S roots music from all over the States. Opening the event calendar on Friday 19th July is a true superstar of American music, K.D Lang. 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Kiefer Sutherland has established himself as Watson, Heather Story, Meghan Ewart, Damian Robinson, a talented musician in his own right in recent years, producing two Steve White, Ricky Atterby and Wayne Madden AT RT PROJECTS, DURHAM well-received studio albums including 2016’s ‘Down In A Hole’ and recently released ‘Reckless & Me’. Sutherland will be performing at Treat your ears to a wonderful evening of relaxing sounds by the Sage on Sunday 21st July with Jesse Dayton, a superb Texas- heading down to Steve Pledger’s gig at RT Projects in Durham based guitarist with previous collaborations alongside Johnny on Friday 12th July. Steve Pledger has a voice that delicately Cash and Willie Nelson. Local lads Smoove and John Turrell will be moves through the beautiful ambient acoustic instruments used providing a unique performance with Voices of Virtue gospel choir, within his songs. There’s a lot of passion in his music, which also on Sunday 21st. 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Neil King NEWS // NE VOLUME MAGAZINE // 5 ANNOUNCEMENT EVENT PREVIEW FESTIVAL PREVIEW NEW VENUE FOLK ON THE TYNE TO OPEN IN JESMOND AT SAGE, GATESHEAD This month, Sage Gateshead will be holding Folk on the Tyne A brand new cultural hub is set to open right in the heart of Festival, a festival dedicated to, you guessed it, folk music. Newcastle this month. Situated on the first floor of the newly Taking place on Saturday 27th July, this fantastic festival has renovated 150-year-old Punch Bowl Hotel on Jesmond Road, everything folk fans could ask for, whether they be complete Bobiks is a 60-seater venue that has been perfectly designed to newcomers to folk or long-time fans of the genre.