Off The Beat
Live music article and photos blog by Tracy Hyman and Robert Nichols
My review of Dominie Hooper and Eaglescliffe talent Alex Lyons recent gig at the Waiting Room.
Also, all your gigs locally for the next couple of weeks.
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Stockton Calling reviewed and the next two weeks gig listings for the land around the Tees.
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Another young female talent from Teesside Alex Lyons - 17 years old and a glorious voice.
Midlander and staunchly independent Charlotte Carpenter plays Middlesbrough for the first time - all thanks to new promoters Middlesbrough Gigs and their tie-up with Cafe Etch...
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Out now featuring the wonderful Moon Wax, Tom Blackwell and Jodie Nicholson playing live on the Press On Vinyl factory floor last Sunday in Middlesbrough.
PLUS - all your live gigs for 2 weeks across the Tees.
It takes us ages to write and pull...
Stornoway; BBC Introducing Town Hall Courtroom and You Me At Six - reviews and photos.
And Tees Gig Guide for 2 weeks.
https://issuu.com/offthebeat/docs/off_the_beat_21
International Venue Week was more important than ever this year - so many live music venues are closing or turning away from keeping it live. What happened Tees-wise and Darlo seemed a real success. Read our review and photos and also see what the fortnight ahead holds for live music locally...
A review with photos of a fabulous set of gigs and wokshops for Peterlee new town's 75th birthday.
It was an amazing line-up. A who's who of north eastern live music performers. Many of the songwriters also took workshops with Peterlee school children. Their compositions were then performed live...
Tracy took the photos, compiled the gig listings and reviewed Benefits the band in their epic tour ending gig at Middlesbrough Town Hall Crypt - so please do pause to take a look as it took her a fair while to do this.
Off The Beat is a means to and end - promote the local live music scene as we...
Cattle &.Cane xmas gig with Jodie Nicholson - Dead Voices on Air - and a remarkable come back after 36 years!
I review these gigs. Tracy takes the photos and we look ahead to a fantastic musical Chistmas. Keep the music live by the Tees.
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Songs From Northern Britain - reviewed and photo'd.
+ Tees Gig Guide for the 1st two weeks of December when there are loads of gig to see.
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Industrial Coast have brought superb live music and musicians from all over the world to Middlesbrough over the past 12 months.
Here a performer from Germany was live at Off The Ground Coffee Shop in Grange Road - but it was also a platform for poet/activist Julie Easley and a debut for punky...
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Twisterella - one of the most vibrant, exciting day in the Middlesbrough calendar. Live music takeover of the town centre.
This year Avalanche Party, Opus Kink, Irked and Dutch Uncles were amongst the stand out acts - reviewed here with photos -...
Middlesbrough Art Week has been fabulous - expanded out from a weekender for the first time this year and what a success the inaugural Tees Folk night was at The Globe, Stockton. The Young 'uns, Kris Drever, Megson and Amelia Coburn. What a lineup. Surely this will become an annual event...
Off The Beat #11 - a round up of all the gigs across Teesside for the next fortnight and as we kick on into autumn this is where things start to get busy and so now is the time to step out and take in some live music.
We kick off with a review of BBC Introducing at Middlesbrough Town Hall Crypt...
Fantastic little one day annual festival at stages clustered around the mainline railway station in Darlington.
This year, for the first time the main Hippodrome Theatre stage was one of those venues.
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A brand new Off The Beat #9 is out today. All your Tees gig listings plus a look at the legendary Rockgarden revisited with A Man Called Adam at Mima - we also review the mighty Nel Unlit back in their home from home, The Little Theatre Club, Toft House, Linthorpe. Plus, looking ahead all your...
https://issuu.com/offthebeat/docs/off_the_beat_7
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