🎧 Back in episode 28 of our Backstage podcast Jon Hopkins told us how and why Brian Eno taught him to make mistakes on purpose. The electronic music maestro shares with us why he is doing more sitting gigs now and what audiences can expect from his newest shows.

🎧 Elliot Galvin is a gifted composer and pianist who is as comfortable performing with rock jazz group LedBib or quartet Dinosaur as he is solo. He keeps returning to the classic jazz trio; in this Backstage podcast throwback we find out why, and what it was like recording the trios newest vinyl where they recorded each side in a single take.

🎧 Back on episode 3 of our Backstage podcast we caught up with a couple of members from Friends of Royal Northern Sinfonia for coffee and scones ahead of the 2018/19 season launch. Hear what the RNS mean to them and how they support the orchestra and its players.

🎧 North East comedian and poet Roisin Crowley Linton tells us how she chooses the right words for her poetry so that she gets her point across in the way she wants too. Poetry gives her away to share her opinions while making people laugh, and she hopes to inspire young people to take up poetry as a way to express their emotions.

🎧 In this podcast sound bite award winning actor and drag artist Peter Groom talks about how his portrayal of Marlene Dietrich came about and why it is like no drag show you’ve seen before.

🎧Remember Alf Hodgson and Irene Mantey? In this podcast throwback they reveal how they found more than a shared love of music when they met on the Sage Gateshead Silver Programme.

🎧 At the start of lockdown DJ Echo Juliet, who was supposed to perform at Gateshead Jazz 2020, took her set online and performed across the world from her living room. Ian talks to Emily about her musical journey, what has led her to DJing and just quite how much work went into performing remotely.

🎧 Here is a throwback to our very first Backstage Podcast, where it is all about firsts. Mercury nominated Tynesiders The Unthanks explained what it’s like to hear their songs performed by an orchestra for the first time.

In our latest podcast, we chat to drummer Cat Myers, composer Ben Gaunt, spoken word artist Faithful Johannes, vocalist/songwriter Sara Colman and keyboardist Rebecca Nash ahead of their Summer Studios residency this August.

Sage Gateshead MD Abigail Pogson talks on our latest podcast 'Backstage' about the current crisis, the recently launched Crisis, Recovery and Renaissance fundraising campaign, plus snakes, Kylie and home-schooling…