Graham was born and raised in West Yorkshire. He has attended hundreds of shows all over the north and considers himself lucky to have Newcastle, Stockton, Bradford, Leeds, Sheffield and Hull on his doorstep. Graham is passionate about food and, having worked in hospitality, is able to use his experience to give a true and honest opinion in his reviews.
If you are going to see Gary Barlow at the Newcastle Arena later this month you are in for a great evening. I went along to the Sheffield show, here is a taste of what to expect. Barlow arrives on stage at Sheffield Arena dressed in a cherry red suit, clicking his fingers as he […]
Ray Laidlaw was the drummer in Lindisfarne up until 2003. With the BBC4 documentary on Alan Hull , interest in the north east band has been ignited again. I spoke to Ray about the band, Alan Hull and of course those famous Top of the Pops appearances. Do you think Alan got the recognition he […]
Going into HMV in Newcastle local Lad, Sam Fender’s new album, Seventeen Going Under stands proudly on the stands as one of the staff’s choices of what to listen to. A small hand written note placed on the front of the vinyl edition of the album proudly says: “I saw Sam performing few years ago […]
The record industry has been blessed with some key releases over the past few months: firstly with Coldplay, then Ed Sheeran and now the comeback album from Adele. With what is destined to become the biggest selling album of the year, Adele has returned with an album that is probably one of her best. The […]
Sunderland born and bred Martin Longstaff has had his share of luck in his musical career so far. His debut album was produced by Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics in Nashville and his song Shipyards has been used in the Netflix film Sunderland Till I Die. Now the North East singer songwriter has another claim […]
Former Wet Wet Wet singer Marti Pellow is about to go out on his Greatest Hits tour which visits the newly refurbished Stockton Globe. I asked the singer about his career to date and his visit to the North East. What can we expect on your new tour? “It does what it says on the […]
A review of Seaburn’s newest inn. Beautiful views, comfortable room, friendly welcome, great food…what’s not to like?