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  • Home
  • The Lindisfarne Archives
    • Interviews: Lindisfarne archives
    • Articles: Lindisfarne archives
  • Band history
    • A history of Lindisfarne: Part I
    • A history of Lindisfarne: Part II
    • A history of Lindisfarne: Part III
    • A history of Lindisfarne: Part IV - what happened next
  • Photos
    • Radiator live in Fulham 1977
    • Alan Hull's Gibson 12-string
  • Contact

Lindisfarne - the official website

Celebrating Tyneside's favourite band

Apr 29 2022

Interview archive: Jacka, October 1972

Ray Jackson - The Crewe Chronicle, 26/10/72

BOTTLES of beer, but surprisingly not "Newcastle Brown" dotted about, Alan Hull alone in a corner while Si Cowe strums endlessly on his prized acoustic guitar, and Ray Jackson and Rod Clements smile…

Mar 31 2021

Alan Hull TV documentary - coming soon!

GOOD NEWS... AND WE NEED YOUR HELP! 

Pre-production is underway for a film on the life and music of ALAN HULL to be shown on UK TV later this year.  In addition to his work with Lindisfarne Alan did lots…

Sep 5 2020

Cat'o'Tyne Tales: Alan Hull, Rock'n'Reel, April 1996

Simon Jones casts an appreciative ear over the musical times of the late Alan Hull

On one occasion I met with James Alan Hull, keen to question him on the oblique and obscure lyrics of his most famed composition Lady…

May 3 2020

Jack the Lad: Getting down to the real things (Album Tracking, November 1976)

Chas De Whalley investigates the Joie De Vivre of Newcastle’s latest in line as they undertake their first headlining tour. 

“Do you want another drink? ‘Cos you can have one, you know.” 

Ray Laidlaw peered out me from behind his…

Apr 18 2020

Lindisfarne (Disc, November 18, 1972)

Rosalind Russell traces the history of the band, through their schooldays, previous groups in which they played, and their emergence first as Newcastle's top outfit and then later as one of Britain's best-selling bands and almost legendary live performers.   

The…

Oct 28 2019

Selling Newcastle (Record Mirror Jan, 22 1972)

Long ago and far away when Hyde park was just a flower pot and underground meant the Bakerloo line to me I was given to lurching around England in my capacity as a musical trade paper journalist with a group…

Nov 30 2018

Barry McKay remembers - 40 years ago today: The flight of the gravy

Lindisfarne & Chris Rea post-Christmas Show supper, Mathers Kitchen, Eldon Square, Newcastle 

After a lengthy "Magic In The Air" tour, we were all ready to let our hair down. Circa 50 of us arrived at Mathers Kitchen restaurant after one…

Jul 21 2018

Clear White Light - a play featuring the songs of Alan Hull

CLEAR WHITE LIGHT, the WORLD PREMIERE of a new play featuring the songs of ALAN HULL! 

Live Theatre, Newcastle, 18th Oct - 10th Nov 2018 | Tickets on sale 25th July 

Venue & ticket info: https://www.live.org.uk/whats-on/clear-white-light 

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Apr 4 2018

The Tale of Lindisfarne in Wonderland: NME, March 1972

Picture five Newcastle lads touring in the overwhelming, monstrous United States.

The hustle and bustle can drive a country boy mad unless he relaxes, sitting on the edge of his Holiday Inn bed, watching the colourful street lights below…

Feb 9 2018

The Lindisfarne File (Melody Maker, 1972)

(With thanks to Michael Clayton)

Evolution: Rod Clements and Ray Laidlaw formed the Downtown Faction Blues Band in Newcastle in the summer of 1966 and renamed it Brethren in the summer of 1969, when their colleagues were Jeff Sadler…

Jan 23 2018

Lindisfarne: It's Tyne Time - Melody Maker, 1971

It's Tyne Time 
by Roy Hollingworth (1949-2002: Guardian obituary)
from Melody Maker Dec 18, 1971 - discovered by Michael Clayton 

"No, we'll never work as hard as this again. It's killing the magic. And it's not doing us…

Jan 22 2018

Alan Hull & Radiator - rare photos!

Here's an interesting letter published in Record Collector Magazine a few years back about Alan's band Radiator, featuring Ray Laidlaw and the late Kenny Craddock, amongst others. (Reproduced with permission from Alan Lewis, with thanks to Marcel Ruf and Mike…

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