Thomas Allen Thomas Allen (baritone) was born in Seaham Harbour and studied singing and organ at the Royal College of music. He has performed with La Scala in Milan, the State Operas of Vienna and Munich, Salz....[more]
	Shiela Armstrong Sheila Armstrong (soprano) was born in Ashington, Northumberland. After studying in Newcastle and the Royal Academy of Music, she won the Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Award and the Mozart Prize in th....[more]
	Eric Boswell Eric Boswell was originally from Wearside, but lived the later part of his life in rural Northumbria. Perhaps his greatest commercial success was the Christmas children’s song Little Donkey, which has....[more]
	Owen Brannigan Owen Brannigan (bass) was born at Annitsford in Northumberland in 1908. He was originally a carpenter by trade, but studied singing at the Guildhall School of Music in London. He was a regular a....[more]
	Canticle Canticle are a vocal octet directed by David Murray for the Northumbria Anthology. ....[more]
	Luke Casey Luke Casey is an award-winning broadcaster who has worked in television for over 30 years. In the 1960s, he worked as a reporter for BBC Look North in Newcastle covering stories on Teesside and North ....[more]
	Suzannah Clarke Suzannah Clarke (soprano) trained in Italy with Arrigo Pola, Pavarotti's singing coach. She speaks Italian fluently and has won international competitions in Spoleto, Modena and Barcelona. She....[more]
	David Clelland David Clelland was born in Gateshead and worked as an electrical tester for Reyrolle. He became the MP for Tyne Bridge in 1985. 'I've been singing this song as a party piece for years, but I w....[more]
	Terry Conway Terry Conway was born in Hexham General Hospital, and, apart from a short sojourn in Southport when very young, has lived in Northumberland ever since. He worked for Northumberland County Council ....[more]
	Steve Daggett Steve Daggett is a singer-songwriter and an ex member of Lindisfarne (1985/89). He now performs solo and as part of his acoustic trio with Rachael Rhoades (fiddle, accordion) and Michael Bailey (uprig....[more]
	Graeme Danby Graeme Danby is Principal Bass with English National Opera. He was born in Consett, County Durham, and has sung with many other companies in the UK and in Europe, including Royal Opera House Coven....[more]
	Johnny Dickinson Johnny Dickinson is a singer/songwriter who has played in a range of bands, including Splitcrow, The Moonshine Boys, Paul Lamb and the Kingsnakes and the Hillbillies From Outer Space. Johnny's def....[more]
	Judy Dinning Judy Dinning is a singer/songwriter who was born and brought up in Hexhamshire and still lives near Hexham. She's a classically trained singer, with a Diploma in Voice from the London College of M....[more]
	Mike Elliott Mike Elliott used to compère the folk club at the now demolished George and Dragon pub in Sunderland. He formed Northern Front with Ed Pickford and Nick Fenwick, and ran the Londonderry Nic....[more]
	Billy Fane Billy Fane was born in Dinnington, Northumberland. He was an apprentice baker, but left to go to teaching college. He performed in folk clubs and acted in the TV series Byker Grove and the film Bi....[more]
	Bryan Ferry Bryan Ferry rose to fame with Roxy Music and has since had a glittering international solo career. Songs available through MWM: (The) Lambton Worm Written in 1867, this tells of the strange g....[more]
	Bob Fox Bob Fox has been on the folk scene since the early 70s. He's had several musical partners, including Tom McConville, Stu Luckley and Vin Garbutt. His latest collaboration is with Jed Grimes an....[more]
	Alan Fox Alan Fox is the Rolls Royce of comedians,the type of entertainer who effortlessly draws in his audience, starts them laughing and then keeps the gags and cracks coming at a steady rate till the crowd ....[more]
	Vin Garbutt Vin Garbutt was born in South Bank, Middlesbrough. While he was still at school, he often performed folk songs at the local Rifle Club. He was apprenticed to ICI, but at the age of 21, decided to ....[more]
	Alex Glasgow Alex Glasgow was born in 1935 in Gateshead. He cited one of his greatest influences as Gateshead Public Library. After graduating in Languages from Leeds University, he taught in Germany. On his r....[more]
	Benny Graham Benny Graham has performed as a solo singer, as a member of the harmony band Pegleg Ferret, and in collaboration with Bob Fox. As well as singing, Benny also works in theatre, TV and radio. ....[more]
	Richard Grainger Richard Grainger is a native of Middlesbrough and performs traditional material as well as his own songs. He worked with Charles O'Connor, who later was a founder member of Irish folk-rock band Ho....[more]
	Robson Green Robson Green was born in Hexham. Although best known as a TV actor, he's no stranger to singing. At the age of nine, he sang the lead role in Dudley primary school's production of Joseph and The A....[more]
	Jed Grimes Jed Grimes used to play in a folk-rock band called Hedgehog Pie. Three albums and six years of touring Europe later, the band split. Since then, Jed has worked solo and with a variety of musicians and....[more]
	Johnny Handle Johnny Handle founded the Folksong and Ballad Club in Newcastle's Bridge Hotel with Louis Killen in 1958. He's recorded many albums, both with the High Level Ranters and as a solo musician and singer.....[more]
	David Haslam David Haslam was offered the post of principal flute in the Scottish National Orchestra when still a student at the Royal Academy of Music. In 1962, he joined the Northern Sinfonia, again as princ....[more]
	Brendan Healy Brendan Healy started his career as a musician, playing keyboards in groups around his native North East. He then moved to theatre and to Tyne Tees TV to present children's programmes. Brendan still w....[more]
	Tim Healy Tim Healy is probably best known for his role as Dennis, the gaffer in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. Since then, he's appeared in many TV dramas, including The Lost World, Heartburn Hotel, A Perfect Spy, The ....[more]
	Chick Henderson Chick Henderson (real name: Henderson Rowntree) got his nickname when a fan brought him a hot chicken supper. He became an international star with Begin The Beguine, recorded in 1939. But the disc....[more]
	The High Level Ranters The High Level Ranters have been playing traditional music for over 30 years. Their name comes from the location of a folk club at the North end of the High Level Bridge across the Tyne. The origi....[more]
	Bobby Hooper Bobby Hooper was best known for The Dixielanders show that he formed with Billy Martin. The Dixielanders appeared many times on television, and some footage of their act is still available on the Come....[more]
	The Hush The Hush were formed in 2001 by Jed Grimes (guitar, vocals) to record new arrangements of a range of songs from the vast repertoire originating in the North East of England. Jed is joined by Bob F....[more]
	Brian Johnson Brian Johnson hails from Dunston, Gateshead, and is lead singer with the rock band AC/DC. Brian had previously recorded Wor Geordie's Lost His Liggy in 1973 with the Newcastle band Geordie. It was ....[more]
	Bobby Knoxall Bobby Knoxall has come a long way since his early life in the east end of Sunderland, where he earned a precarious living as a bombsite barrow boy. His National Service in the Army and even more t....[more]
	Lindisfarne Lindisfarne were formed in 1969 when singer-songwriter Alan Hull joined forces with Brethren (Rod Clements, Simon Cowe, Ray Jackson & Ray Laidlaw). The name Lindisfarne was first used the followin....[more]
	Billy Martin Billy Martin was born in Gateshead in 1923, but the family moved to Newcastle when he was a child. He was fond of saying how he ‘escaped' from Gateshead by swimming across the Tyne! Billy's care....[more]
	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, mi....[more]
	Northern Sinfonia Northern Sinfonia was founded in Newcastle in 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 ....[more]
	Northern Sinfonia Chorus Northern 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. The ....[more]
	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, Aszuc....[more]
	Bobby Pattinson Bobby Pattinson is one of the most successful North East comedians. He's worked in most English speaking countries and topped the bill in virtually every theatre in the UK. In 1978, Bobby opened t....[more]
	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....[more]
	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 wit....[more]
	Claire Rutter Claire Rutter (soprano) was born in South Shields. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and at the National Opera Studio. She's sung with Scottish Opera, Opéra de Montpellie....[more]
	Pete Scott Pete Scott was born in Walker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He started out singing in folk clubs and has gone on to perform both nationally and internationally. Pete has released three solo albums plus hi....[more]
	Alan Snell Alan Snell hails from Gateshead and currently lives in Killingworth. He started his show business career as a member of a vocal group The Langford Boys but in 1970 he switched to comedy. His stage out....[more]
	Dave Stewart Dave Stewart was born in Sunderland and has played in various bands, including Stewart and Harrison, Longdancer, the Tourists, the Eurhythmics and the Spiritual Cowboys. He's also collaborated wit....[more]
	Sting Sting played in the Newcastle jazz group Last Exit before forming the Police with Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers. After the Police split, he found international fame as a solo artist, but still....[more]
	Ian Storey Ian Storey (tenor) was born and raised in Chilton, County Durham. He's performed all over Europe, as well as in the UK with Scottish Opera, Welsh National Opera, Royal Opera Covent Garden and Glyndebo....[more]
	Ray Stubbs Ray Stubbs plays various instruments including guitar, piano and harmonica. In 1971, he formed an acoustic blues trio called Pigmeat, along with Sammy Johnson and Jim Murray. The band started ....[more]
	Sue Sweeney The region's own first lady of comedy burst onto the circuit fairly recently following a successful twenty year career as a vocalist. In an avenue of entertainment where it often takes many years to b....[more]
	Bobby Thompson Bobby Thompson was born in New Penshaw, in the heart of the North East Durham coalfield. He left school at fourteen to work down the pit, where his experiences provided him with much of the material f....[more]
	Denis Weatherley Denis Weatherley (bass-baritone) was born in Ryton in 1912. He took a science degreee at Armstrong College, Newcastle and began a career in teaching. He was a member of the BBC singers, sang opera....[more]
	Denise Welch Denise Welch was born in Ebchester, County Durham. She's appeared often on TV, perhaps most famously as Natalie Barnes in Coronation Street. In 1995, her double-A side You Don't Have to Say You Lo....[more]
	Kevin Whately Kevin Whately found TV fame playing the part of Neville the joiner in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and has since had leading roles in many dramas, including Peak Practice, Pure Wickedness and The Broker's Man....[more]
	Geoff Wonfor Geoff Wonfor is an internationally famous TV director. He's worked The Tube, the Beatles Anthology, Eurythmics Live and numerous rock and pop videos. ....[more]