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. 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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. 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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.