As we are all well aware, since March 2020 when Covid arrived the notion of getting together with a bunch of like mined souls to enjoy live music was put on pause. Thankfully, restrictions are now starting to ease but from DBTR's perspective this last 15 months have admittedly been very difficult. Everyone has their … Continue reading Got Them Old Housebound Blues
An overheard conversation in Durham's finest café - Claypath Deli in the Spring of 2018 was the catalyst for a creative alliance between the Durham music community and Gilesgate based mental health support organisation RTProjects. Over coffee, the co-founders of RT (Beano and Emma) explained to DBTR that in 2007 they had opened an art … Continue reading What if? – Never Give Up
Well, who would have thought 2020 would have unfolded the way it did. Back in January I got myself super organised and had a full programme of gigs in the diary, including a new collaboration with The Georgian Theatre, Stockton - a run of gigs under the moniker, ‘Blues in the Bar.’ Blues in the … Continue reading Get thee behind me 2020: A look back in anger at music streaming and a year without live music (almost).
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