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Daniel Stark Daniel WWW.NEVOLUME.CO.UK CAPE CUB WE’RE LISTENING! NEWCASTLE ALTERNATIVE COMEDY FESTIVAL! WE SPEAK TO THE CORAL! ISSUE #38 OCT 2018 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: HEEL TURN! RYAN MCGARVEY AT SAGE, GATESHEAD! FOLLOW NE VOLUME WE REVIEW ANTHONY VACHER’S RECENTLY RELEASED SINGLE! TWISTERELLA FESTIVAL! ON SOCIAL MEDIA MIDDLESBROUGH JAZZ WEEKENDER! MUSICVCANCER WEEKENDER! PICK UP OUR FREE NORTH EAST MUSIC/CULTURE MAGAZINE! TO NE VOLUME MAGAZINE WELCOME ISSUE #38! Thank you so much for picking up NE Volume magazine - the magazine produced by local music and CONTENTS culture fans, for local music and culture fans. I’m always trying to think of ways to NEWS try and support the local music and culture scenes as PG.10 Music V Cancer Weekender! much as possible, and this month I’ll be running a brand PG.13 Ryan McGarvey at Sage, Gateshead! new music and creatives networking event at The Storytellers in Stockton (well, CULTURE upstairs in the World Room) and all are welcome – see page 11 for details. Anyhow, so here’s what to look out for this PG.14 Newcastle Alternative Comedy Festival! month. In this edition, we catch up with Teessiders Cape Cub as they prepare to play their biggest headline gig to date; we PG.20 Fran Garrity at The Georgian Theatre! provide you with our honest opinion of Lindisfarne Festival; we keep you up-to-date with what’s happening in the region SPOTLIGHTS this month including: MusicvCancer Weekender in Hartlepool, Peel Regenerated 5 in Middlesbrough and Musicport Festival PG.22 Artist Spotlight: Heel Turn! in Whitby, in our culture section we preview Newcastle Alternative Comedy Festival, Nathan & Ida’s Hot Dog Stand PG.23 Business Spotlight: Connie’s Music Box! at Gosforth Civic Theatre and so much more. Just to remind you, if you’ll be running an event or bringing any new material FEATURES out in October/November/December then please email our team at [email protected] and we’ll do all we possibly PG.24 Middlesbrough Jazz Weekender! can to include a review/news piece in our November edition which will be released on Friday 26th October. And thank you PG.26 Peel Regenerated 5! for supporting the North East’s fantastic music and culture scenes – we wouldn’t be here without you. INTERVIEWS PG.42 Charlotte Grayson! EDITOR’S PICK: PG.32 PG.43 The Coral! GIG REVIEWS PG.44 Ezra Furman At The Boiler Shop! PG.47 Lindisfarne Festival 2018! ALBUM / EP / SINGLE REVIEWS PG.50 Anthony Vacher’s ‘I’m Home’ Single! PG.51 Julie Grant’s ‘It’s Me But It’s Us’ Album! TWISTERELLA FESTIVAL OCTOBER GIG LISTINGS PG.52-54 Lee Allcock - Editor, NE Volume. ISSUE #39 OUT ON FRIDAY 26TH OCTOBER Venue box office opening hours: Mon-Sat 12pm-4pm (Thurs 12pm-6pm) • Ticket Prices Subject to Booking Fees ticketweb.co.uk • seetickets.com • gigantic.com • ticketmaster.co.uk All rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced in whole or part without permission from the publishers. The opinions expressed in NE Volume belong to the individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the views of NE Volume or its staff. NE Volume welcomes ideas and contrbutions but can assume no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. NE Volume holds no responsiblilty to incorrect content supplied in adverts. GIG PREVIEW 1 GIG PREVIEW YOU CAN USE NE VOLUME TO PROMOTE YOUR OWN BUSINESS OR GIG! Promote your events, band and your local business to more than 25,000 music and culture fans in the North East with our help! STORIES OF SANCTUARY NE Volume is a North East magazine delivered FREE to a range of communities in the North East - covering Middlesbrough, AT DURHAM CATHEDRAL CHAPTER HOUSE Stockton, Hartlepool, Darlington, Redcar, Newcastle, Sunderland, and many more. A new performance piece is set to take place at Durham Cathedral Chapter House this month and is certain to capture the heart and soul of the stories of people seeking sanctuary. ‘Stories of We produce adverts covering various sizes. If you would like an Sanctuary’ showcases new songs that were written by participants NE Volume advertising pack sent out via email or post, please from different backgrounds, including Syrian refugees, in summer use the contact details below. workshops facilitated by Durham-based folk singer-songwriter, Sam Slatcher. The performance brings together a thousand years Our trained Journalists can write your copy while our dedicated of Durham’s history of sanctuary – from the arrival of an exiled Graphic Designer can help to put your adverts together. So monastic community carrying the body of the much loved Saint whatever your requirements are, we are here to help! Cuthbert in the 10th century, through to recently arrived refugees from the civil war in Syria. The songs platform enchanting messages of peace that are brought alive by a fusion of different musical KIM RICHEY styles including medieval music, contemporary folk/jazz, as well as + BEN GLOVER AT THE COURTROOM, traditional Syrian folk music.LEE ALLCOCK MIDDLESBROUGH TOWN HALL For more information visit: storiesofsanctuary.co.uk Thanks to a brand new partnership between Middlesbrough Town FOR REGULAR UPDATES FOLLOW NE VOLUME ON SOCIAL Hall and Newcastle promoters Jumpin’ Hot Club, some of the finest Americana acts around will be playing in the stunning setting of GIG PREVIEW 2 the Town Hall’s restored Courtroom in just a few short weeks. The MEDIA OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE: NEVOLUME.CO.UK first gig – taking place on Thursday 8th November - is a double bill featuring Grammy-nominated acclaimed American singer-songwriter Kim Richey and Ben Glover, a Northern Irish-born Nashville-based heartfelt singer-songwriter. 2018 is shaping up to be a significant year for Grammy-nominated acclaimed American singer-songwriter Kim Richey. Having released her first album in five years, ‘Edgeland’, on Yep Roc Records in the spring, the release has accrued heaps of attentive praise and has grown her fanbase substantially. As a NE VOLUME TEAM CONTACT songwriter, Richey has written two Country Number One hits for Radney Foster (‘Nobody Wins’) and Trisha Yearwood (‘Believe Me Email: [email protected] Baby’), the latter of which was Grammy-nominated; her vocals also Editor : Lee Allcock appear on Jason Isbell’s praised ‘Southeastern’ album as well as Listings: Emily Hook Phone: 01642 237348 albums by Ryan Adams and Shawn Colvin. Ben Glover, who is sure Website: nevolume.co.uk to pull on your heartstrings , will be sharing the bill. As a songwriter, Creative: Tom Brown Glover’s fellow travellers include his co-writers like Mary Gauthier Writers: Sam Dobinson, Rachel Byrom, Tracy Daniel, Stephen BLACK HONEY but they also include the characters that he crafts. On ‘Shorebound’, Jude, Aaron Bowman, Charlie Richardson, Samantha Hall, Damian Robinson, AT RIVERSIDE, NEWCASTLE his latest album, the characters come fully formed, self-aware and Steve White, Paul Broadhead, Kyrie Morris, Matt Walsh and Paul Kemp. self-possessed enough to keep their compasses set on True North even in the roughest of waters. In terms of the venue itself, at the Brighton’s finest indie-rock outfit, Black Honey, are returning to official opening of Middlesbrough Town Hall’s Courtroom in 1889 it the North East this month as part of their highly-anticipated tour of was described as: “The finest court of its description in the country”. the UK. Having just released their sought-after debut album, they It was used as a court from 1886 until 1973, becoming a staff headline Riverside in Newcastle later this month in what’s certain canteen in 1978 and then office space from 1990 and has now been to be a performance not to be missed. Fronted by the striking Izzy brought back to life as a performance space. Lorna Fulton, Head of NE VOLUME Baxter, Black Honey have built up a reputation as an exciting live Programme at Middlesbrough Town Hall, said: “We are delighted IS A PROUD band with a guitar-heavy, 60s-influenced, alternative sound. They’re to announce this new strand to our programming and are looking enjoying huge success after joining Royal Blood on tour last year, an forward to a successful partnership with The Jumpin’ Hot Club. I’m Magazine designed by Printed by JAK HQ Limited SUPPORTER OF opportunity which has launched them into the rock ‘n’ roll limelight. sure that our audiences will look forward to seeing some of the finest Tom Brown Graphic Design. www.jakinc.uk Tracks from the self-titled album, along with latest single release Americana artists around in the intimate setting of our Courtroom.” ‘Midnight’ and a host of other vibrant pop-melody-filled tracks, Kim Richey and Ben Glover play Middlesbrough Town Hall on Contact Unit 4 Station Road, ‘MvC Live Sessions and signed memorabilia auctions fund state are sure to be played to a raucous crowd this autumn. Don’t miss Thursday 8th November. LEE ALLCOCK email: [email protected] Chester-le-Street, DH3 3DY. of the art cancer equipment and intiatives into the NHS and vital your chance to be enchanted for the evening as Black Honey play website: tbgraphics.co.uk [email protected] awareness campaigns’ www.musicvcancer.com Riverside, Newcastle on Friday 19th October. RACHEL BYROM Tickets: £10.00 | Visit: middlesbroughtownhall.co.uk Tickets: £12.10 | Visit: riversidenewcastle.co.uk Phone: 01642 729 729 4 \\ NE VOLUME MAGAZINE 1. Simone J Rudolph 2. Lauren Maccabee NEWS // NE VOLUME MAGAZINE // 5 GIG PREVIEW FESTIVAL PREVIEW GIG PREVIEW GIG PREVIEW BOY AZOOGA + MAN OF MOON AT COBALT STUDIOS, COCO & THE BUTTERFIELDS NEWCASTLE AT VAULT HIDDEN BAR, STOCKTON Governed by Cardiff-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Having spent much of their six-year existence on the road Davey Newington, Boy Azooga is a musical celebration poised for extensively touring the UK and European circuit - performing at great success.