As it reaches 12 years of running, 2000 Trees has come around once again and with it, brought the music industries best and underrated...

The SummerTyne Americana festival has been a staple fixture at the Sage in Gateshead now for the last few years. A highlight for any fan...

7 April 1998 was the first time I played a Kenny Wayne Shepherd track on my radio show in the UK and 2 weeks later "Blue On Black" was...

Wasteland Festival in Newcastle had it’s inaugural season this year and not without a little controversy. Just a few days before it was...

On one of the warmest days of the year I was in the warmest, sweatiest venue I may have ever been in, The Fulford Arms in York, to see to...

A hot sultry June evening and it’s a sweat box. Lights low, a decent crowd building and The Manics’ ‘Motorcycle Emptiness’ bleeding...