Newcastle is one of the cities that features in Karl Whitney's book on music.
Image: Alan Parkinson
The River Tyne is famously foggy...
Lindisfarne sang about that.
Jimmy Nail came to prominence as 'Oz' in 'Auf Wiedersehen Pet'. He still tours as a singer.
Here's his most well-known song
I decided to extend this post down south a little...
I saw Vin Garbutt quite a few times at the Wentworth Folk Club, which I posted about earlier in the year.
A favourite of mine was about the drive to build bypasses, and the loss of the countryside that they led to:
There's a film made about him. Here's the trailer:
Here's some Gil Scott Heron street art down by the Tyne as well.
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