Canopy New Music

CANOPY NEW MUSIC's line-up at this year's NARC/Ouseburn Festival has been announced! There will be plenty for music lovers to witness with 8 different local promoters hosting their own stages around the Ouseburn Valley area of Newcastle upon Tyne. We have these groups for your listening pleasure:

THE AGE OF WIRE AND STRING - Newcastle/Glasgow freely improvised trio featuring Jamie Allen (electronics), Peter Nicholson (cello) and Neil Davidson (guitar). Canopy fan's favourite gig of last year, don't miss them this time!

MUSIC FOR ONE - Canadian born Sherry Ostapovitch performs solo for us with her beautifully sparse resonater guitar textures. For a better idea, check out the review of her new album in The Wire here- http://www.musicforone.com/press.htm

CISSY - Leeds based AfroBeat ArtRock ensemble will be tearing the dancefloor up with their off-kilter polyrhythms.

MASSIVE BLACK MOUNTAIN - Rocks and debris lying amongst half-built electronic machines forging a slab of sound infintely thin, impossibly dense...

So get yourselves down - THE RETREAT @ ST DOMINICS, SATURDAY 18TH JULY 6:30pm until 10pm.

Canopy are also supplying the PA for some ace gigs over the next month - the next is:

TBA

In the meantime, check out Big Eye Network an excellent resource for all creative things in the North East.

Canopy New Music is a not-for-profit organisation supporting New/Experimental music-making and learning in the North of England. We believe that nurturing creative practitioners at an individual level is essential for maintaining high-quality regional output.

Our aims are to :

•     Provide high quality performances in unusual spaces
•     Create opportunities for experimental musicians
•     Leave an excellent impression when it comes to live sound
•     Promote creative practise in education

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