Riverdale Hall Hotel was certainly alive and kicking on Thursday night with a sell out crowd at the 'Baa Club'. People travelled from right across the county to see MEGSON, a fresh and delightful folk duo from Teesside who are in the running for a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award next month.

Bellingham All Acoustic kicks off a New Year of superb monthly concerts with the fantastic duo 'MEGSON' The husband/wife duo from Middlesborough are fast becoming 'hot property' on the British Folk & Roots scene and have been recently nominated for 'Best Duo' in the 2010 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

Doug Robson from Hexham Football Club on a new local sponsor for the girls' team

Hexham Football Club has a new team this season and it's the girls under 12 side who will taking to the pitch very soon in the Northumberland Girls League at Cramlington. The team play in a seven a side competition against some of the best female footballers in the county.

A new squad means we have to find a new sponsor and Alan & Liz Birchall who own A2B private Hire Taxis stepped in to sponsor the group. Pictured are some of the squad with two of A2B six seater taxis's who are a local firm but operate throughout our region.

Also pictured are Alan And Liz with team coach Nicola Davey (centre) proudly showing off the new kit. The club is delighted to welcome them as team sponsors and look forward to the girls driving on to success.

Local songwriting duo Fiona Lander and Paul Mason, better known as Landermason, are to perform at Falstone Village Hall on Saturday 28th November. They are sharing the evening with superb singer songwriter Gareth Davies-Jones.

JEZ LOWE is enjoying his busiest year ever. He's been to New Zealand, Australia, North America, Spain, Switzerland, Holland, not forgetting Tyne and Wear, Yorkshire, Cornwall and Scotland.

New songs, new repertoire, new projects, awards and nominations have all mounted up into quite an acheivement for a lad from a coal mining town in County Durham.

Keen followers of the folk scene will be well aware of this mans outstanding song writing talents and will know of his association with The Bad Pennies, who will be celebrating 20 years together in 2010.

Article sent in by Fiona Lander of Bellingham All Acoustic

By the time you read this, Bellingham All Acoustic or 'Baa Club' will be 1 year old! The acoustic music club, set up by local musicians Landermason, run the evening once a month in the back conservatory of the Riverdale Hall Hotel...It's usually the last Thursday of the month but with their own touring committments, occasionally it has to be changed.

The venue is warm, cosy and intimate, limited to around 50 with a small PA used. (This is not necessarily to increase the volume but simply enhance the vocal and instrumental sounds).