A MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF OUR HISTORY AND CULTURE
ARTISTS
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ARTISTS J - S
Brian Johnson
Brian Johnson hails from Dunston, Gateshead, and is lead singer with the rock band AC/DC.
Songs contributed to the Anthology:
Byker Hill
Wor Geordie’s Lost His Liggy
Brian had previously recorded Wor Geordie’s Lost His Liggie in 1973 with the Newcastle band Geordie. It was released as the B-side of a song called Rock’n’Roller.
Other albums related to this artist:
Liz Law
Liz Law was born in West Hartlepool, Co Durham (as it then was) and worked in Museums for about 25 years. She helped the Portcities Project produce a very large maritime web-site. In her spare time, she concentrates on bookbinding, art and music. She duets with Terry Conway and also plays in a 5-piece band, Lucky Bags. Liz plays Appalachian Dulcimer.
(The) Kielder Hunt (with Terry Conway)
Lizzie Storey (with Terry Conway)
Freddie Fingers Lee
Freddie ‘Fingers’ Lee started out playing guitar with various skiffle bands in the 1950s. He switched to piano after hearing the music of Jerry Lee Lewis. He’s toured all over Europe, played with Screamin’ Lord Sutch and appeared on numerous TV and radio shows.
Oot On The Spree
Lindisfarne - formed in 1970 - finally split in 2003.
All Fall Down
Live version recorded at Newcastle City Hall in 1993
Marshall Riley’s Army
Alternative version recorded in 1980
Henry Livings
Songs Contributed to the Anthology:
I Wrote a Sonnet Once
Budding Gardener No 1
The Butcher
Aesop
Budding Gardener No 2
R.I.P.
Our Harold
Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell was born on Tyneside although he lived in Canada for a while. Back in the UK, he joined Jack the Lad, and at the end of the Seventies he formed Maxie & Mitch with Peter McIntyre, mixing humour and music in a highly entertaining way.
In 1996, he was recruited by Lindisfarne and worked with them until their final concert in November 2003.
The Devil’s Ground
The Pitman And The Blackin'
1915-1972
The Newcastle Lad
The Tyne Exile's Lament
The Collier Laddie's Wife
(with Jane Wade)
As I Watched The Tyne Go By
Shiftin' To The Toon
Where My Heart Lives
The Bogs Bank Disaste
Jimmy Nail
Jimmy Nail has starred in hit TV shows like Auf Wiedersehn, Pet and Spender, appeared alongside Madonna in the movie Evita and recorded the triple platinum Crocodile Shoes. Not bad for a Newcastle welder!
Water Of Tyne (with Sting)
Harry Nelson
Hi, Canny Man!
Northern Sinfonia
Northern Sinfonia was founded in Newcastle 1958 and is recognised as one of the finest chamber orchestras in the world. Their permanent home is now at The Sage, Gateshead. The Sinfonia has a vast repertoire and an extremely high standard of musicianship. The orchestra boasts a specialist education team who are path-finding new ways to unlock the full range of orchestral styles. They give over a hundred concert performances a year as well as broadcasts on radio and TV. As well as serving Northern England, they are often asked to play all over the UK and in Europe.
The Sinfonia Chorus
The Sinfonia Chorus was formed in 1973 with amateur singers who deliver a totally professional quality of singing. The Chorus work with the internationally renowned Northern Sinfonia, one of Europe’s finest chamber orchestras.
The chorus master is Alan Fearon, who is also a timpanist, pianist, harpsichordist and orchestral conductor.
Anne-Marie Owens
Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo soprano) was born in South Shields and first studied at the Newcastle School of Music. Recent engagements include La Frugola in Il Trittico at English National Opera, Aszucena in Il Trovatore for Scottish Opera, Mistress Quickly in Falstaff in Santiago, the Witch in Hansel & Gretel at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and High Priestess in La Vestale at English National Opera.
Cuddle In Me Darlin’
Ma Canny Hinny (with Graeme Danby)
Marley Hill Ducks
Sarah
What Canny Aad Blyth’ll Say Now
Woman, Charmin’ Woman
(with Graeme Danby)
Ye Nivver Come
Ed Pickford
Ed Pickford was born in 1943 in County Durham. He was a teacher for 36 years and retired in 2003. His song Ee Aye Ah Cud Hew has been recorded by Sir Thomas Allen and is included in the Anthology. Ed has written several songs that have been recorded by international artists, including Pound A Week Rise, The Workers' Song, Farewell Johnny Miner and One Miner's Life. In 1981, Bristol entertainer Fred Wedlock took one of Ed's lighter songs The Oldest Swinger In Town into the UK charts
Alan Price
Alan Price was born in Fatfield, County Durham. He was organist in the original line up of the Animals - it was his Vox Continental arpeggios and solo that gave The House Of The Rising Sun much of its unique sound. After leaving the band, Alan had solo hits including Simon Smith And His Amazing Dancing Bear, The House That Jack Built, The Jarrow Song, and Rosetta (with Georgie Fame).
My Home Town
There’s More To Life Than Women And Beer
Valerie Reid
Valerie Reid (mezzo soprano) was born in Fife and studied singing at the RSAMD in Glasgow. She graduated with a BA mus perf and a DRSAMD in 1986 and immediately joined Glyndebourne. She’s sung with English National Opera and Scottish Opera and given performances at concerts all over the world including St Petersburg, Monte Carlo, Geneva, Saltzburg, Turin, Canada and Hong Kong.
Bird Fly High
But It’s Mine
Everything Changes
(The) Flowers Of The Forest
I Waited On The North Dock
In The Summer Of Last Year
Maybe This Is Love
Ower Young To Be Married Yet
Playin’ Hard To Get
Tyneside's Where I Come From
You Are For Me
Bill Robinson
Aa Wish Pay Friday Wad Cum
Alang The Roman Waal
Amble Feast
(The) Auld Fisher’s Farewell
Berwick Fair
Cullercoats Bay (with Joyce Foster)
Gan To Craster
(The) Ha’penny Woods
Heddon On The Wall
(The) Morpeth Lodgings
(The) Pitman’s Lament
Paddinson’s Wife
(The) Row Upon The Stairs (with Denis Weatherley)
Uncle Willie And The Morpeth Rant
Claire Rutter
Claire Rutter (soprano) was born in South Shields, County Durham. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and at the National Opera Studio. She’s sung with Scottish Opera, Opéra de Montpellier, English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, and at performances all over the world including Hong Kong, Beijing and the Ludwigshafen Festival in Germany. Her rôles have included Violetta in La Traviata, Fiordiligi in Cosi fan Tutte, Gilda in Rigoletto, the Countess in Le Nozze Di Figaro, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni and Mimi in La Bohème.
Bessie Stokoe
Bonny Bairn
Derwentwater
(The) Gallowgate Lad
My Dearie Sits Ower Late Up
My Sunderland Lad (with Graeme Danby)
(The) Quayside Shaver
J C Scatter
J C Scatter (real name James Cosgrove) was originally from Gateshead and a popular singer and humourist. He’s believed to have made the first ever recording of the Blaydon Races in 1909. His stage act included dressing as a female fruit seller, singing The Orange Lass, as he juggled with oranges.
(The) Orange Lass
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