Apr 19, 2019 6 min Navigating the Sublime: Vita Hominum and Disorder By Sam Campbell Vita Hominum. St. George’s Church, Jesmond, Newcastle. Beginning with a crystalline soprano line which is then lapped and...
Feb 28, 2019 3 min SLAP Festival: Looks Like God By James McCrea On Friday 22 February, the John Cooper Studio on Monkgate appeared less like a performance space and more like an abandon...
Feb 28, 2019 2 min The Gilbert and Sullivan Society: The Pirates of Penzance By Catherine Kirkham-Sandy “A little nonsense now and then/ is relished by the wisest men.” The proverb actually predates Gilbert and Sul...
Feb 25, 2019 2 min Seeds: The Round Shape of all things Red By Aisling Lally ‘From the paths the Greek Gods led, to the noises made in bed…’ Seeds: The Round Shape of all things Red at the Arcola ...
Feb 25, 2019 3 min SLAP Festival: The Ballad of Isosceles By Aisling Lally According to the show’s description, Ali Matthews (the solo performer and creator of The Ballad of Isosceles) “weaves pa...
Feb 27, 2018 2 min ‘Memories’ Ady Suleiman By Bryony Holdsworth Ady Suleiman, an emotionally articulate singer songwriter with soulful brilliance, is set to release his new album M...
Jan 31, 2018 1 min ‘Marble Skies’ Django Django By Bryony Holdsworth The art-rock London quartet have released their third studio album Marble Skies– a kaleidoscope of neo-psychedelia. ...
Jan 19, 2018 2 min ‘Saturation III’ Brockhampton By Bryony Holdsworth Formed in San Marcos, Texas in 2015, Brockhampton came to life in an online forum and 2017 saw the release of three ...
Jan 19, 2018 2 min ‘Blue Madonna’ BØRNS By Bryony Holdsworth The grandiose, lovelorn ballads of Garrett Clark Borns have returned, gracing the Michigan singer/songwriter’s secon...
Jan 5, 2018 1 min ‘Just for Us’ Francis and the Lights By Bryony Holdsworth “There are no members of Francis and the Lights. It is me and whoever else is involved. Including you”. The American...