If you haven't clicked the link yet, here is last week's Off The Beat #14. Review of Hark! The Sound of Stories and Sofar Sounds Middlesbrough. issuu.com/offthebeat/doc…

Lovely review of our evening with Tracks and Frankie Archer . Strongly recommend you check out and enjoy both of the above-mentioned entities! x

Congrats Benjamin Myers ! We were honoured to be asked to write music to accompany readings from #Cuddy at Durham Book Festival Hoping to record that music soon.. Wonder if Durham Cathedral would let us record it there…🤔

Take a break from the madness of Twitter, put on your colourful tanktop and enjoy this for a moment.. ❤️

Remembering flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía, born on this day in 1947 in Algeciras, Cádiz, Spain. Here he is performing “Bulerías” on Spanish television in 1973.

REGULAR #DURHAM FOLK SESSIONS: Elm Tree, Crossgate, Tues 8pm Station House, North Road, 2nd Thur 8pm Steam Machine Brewery, 26 Northfield Way, Aycliffe, 1st Sun' 1pm Frog & Ferret Pub, Coulson Street, Spennymoor, 2nd Sun' 7:30 Grey Horse, Sherburn Terrace, Consett, 2nd Mon 7:30

When the UK left the European Union, musicians lost the ability to tour without restriction in Europe. Travelling with backline, performing & selling merchandise became massively more complicated and expensive. Can you sign this petition & RT if poss? europeanmovement.co.uk/music-petition

Durham cathedral at sunset by Graeme Hallmark (hallmark-photography.com)

Now Crow has TWO reasons to be excited about Spring…baby rabbits AND Cheltenham Poetry Festival 😁 Signed copies available in his Crowly scrawl. Tickets for this online event here 👇

Starting a campaign to get this to Christmas No. 1. youtube.com/watch?v=1ROyAo…

If anybody in or around Kendal wants to step into the breach and reopen Kendal Jazz Club, then Grassroots Jazz has money waiting for you.

The Shining Levels fully endorse this sort of behaviour x

Would love to listen to some good contemporary, female North East folk singers.. Any recommendations? narc_magazine The Crack timdredge1 Kathryn Tickell

Join Frankie Archer for a walk around Consett and other parts of County Durham, as she sets up her loop pedals and sampling gear in an engine shed and in the middle of a field to sing and play in our new episode - out tomorrow. 📲 Subscribe so you don't miss it!

Nina Simone performing “The Sounds of Silence” at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1968.

Another fantastic novel overlooked by the 2024 Booker Prize. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711640/t…

Looking forward to this. I’ll be in conversation with Pat Barker (Titan of Northern Literature) at Durham Book Festival in October.

Aged 11 - 18? From songwriting to beatboxing, get involved in FREE workshops this summer break at Queen's Hall Arts organised by the people who brought you #FindFestival. Find out more and book your free places: queenshall.co.uk/whats-on?categ…

Celebrate Pat Barker's new novel, The Voyage Home, with a dramatic live reading at #DBF24 on Fri 11 Oct. In partnership with Live Theatre, music from THE SHINING LEVELS. Followed by an exclusive discussion between Pat & fellow Durham author Adelle Stripe! 🎟️ newwritingnorth.com/event/pat-bark…