PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
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GARETH DAVIES-JONES has unearthed some great source material for his song cycle celebrating the north east’s mining communities, says Mike Quille
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Full of mysterious religious references and radical sound design, the Scottish duo’s new offering is candidate for album of the year, suggests SIMON DUFF
MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
AS OF last autumn, Gareth Davies-Jones has been in residence at the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers in Newcastle Upon Tyne, where he’s been digging through the institute’s archives and collections for a unique songwriting project dubbed The Seam.
The result is the recently released album The Usual Quarterly Days and Davies-Jones is currently on the road touring songs from it around the north east.
He couldn’t have picked a better place to do his research than the mining institute, a cathedral to mining safety.
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