
Bridie Jackson is a singer, songwriter, and - as will become apparent - an excellent writer. She was featured on ANBAD a while ago, too. She hails from the North-East of England, and, in the article below, provides a fascinating insight into the music scene of a part of the UK that is sometimes considered remote, or backward, or - worse - both. It's an excellent, and refreshingly positive, read ... The North-East gets a bad rep. The national belief that its grim up North combined with a few too many harrowing BBC two dramas, [...]