Marty Longstaff - Speak Up Sunderland LIVE #2

03/01/19 • 54 min

Alreet! We're back, live from the Peacock in Sunderland city centre on Wednesday, with Sunderland-based singer & songwriter Marty Longstaff (a.k.a. The Lake Poets).

You may know Marty's song "Shipyards" as the title track on the Netflix documentary series "Sunderland 'Til I Die", detailing a difficult season for the SAFC (Sunderland Association Football Club), produced by Fulwell 73...

But tonight, in front of a live audience, Marty shared the origins of this beautiful, heart-wrenching song, and led a conversation about Sunderland's shipbuilding history, the value of arts in education, and the importance of supporting local music.

Huge thanks to everyone who joined us live at the Peacock, but especially to everyone who joined the discussion with Marty:

Victoria Armstrong, a Dancer & Choreographer based in Sunderland
Andrea Bell, a property agent who's planning to open a soup kitchen in Sunderland
Ken Devine, artist & owner of the Frederick Street Gallery in Sunniside
Lesley Etherington, who was actually Stevie's form tutor for 5 years back when he was at Thornhill School
Jacob Kirkbride, an MA Radio student at the University of Sunderland
Lee Milburn, who's devoted 27 years to working at Nissan
Adam O'Wellen, foundation student at the University of Sunderland, whose incredible poetry we featured on the previous episode of Speak Up Sunderland
Stephanie Smith, a Sunderland-based visual artist recently featured in "Drawing in the Dark" on BBC Radio 4
Barrie West, a visual artist who runs the Sunderland INDIE artist collective

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Speak Up Sunderland is proudly made in Sunderland!

Our hosts are Betty Ball and Stevie B, with music by Timecrawler 82, and our producer is Jay Sykes.

Follow our journey on Twitter - @SpeakUpSun, on Instagram - @SpeakUpSunderland, or join us on Facebook!

Alreet! We're back, live from the Peacock in Sunderland city centre on Wednesday, with Sunderland-based singer & songwriter Marty Longstaff (a.k.a. The Lake Poets).

Huge thanks to everyone who joined us live at the Peacock, but especially to everyone who joined the discussion with Marty:

Victoria Armstrong, a Dancer & Choreographer based in Sunderland
Andrea Bell, a property agent who's planning to open a soup kitchen in Sunderland
Ken Devine, artist & owner of the Frederick Street Gallery in Sunniside
Lesley Etherington, who was actually Stevie's form tutor for 5 years back when he was at Thornhill School
Jacob Kirkbride, an MA Radio student at the University of Sunderland
Lee Milburn, who's devoted 27 years to working at Nissan
Adam O'Wellen, foundation student at the University of Sunderland, whose incredible poetry we featured on the previous episode of Speak Up Sunderland
Stephanie Smith, a Sunderland-based visual artist recently featured in "Drawing in the Dark" on BBC Radio 4
Barrie West, a visual artist who runs the Sunderland INDIE artist collective

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Speak Up Sunderland is proudly made in Sunderland!

Our hosts are Betty Ball and Stevie B, with music by Timecrawler 82, and our producer is Jay Sykes.

Follow our journey on Twitter - @SpeakUpSun, on Instagram - @SpeakUpSunderland, or join us on Facebook!

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Sunderland Foodbank Network - Speak Up Sunderland LIVE at the Peacock #1

Alreeeet!

Welcome to our very first Speak Up Sunderland Live podcast! This is part one.

We're so thrilled to have recorded in front of a live audience - huge thanks to our friends at the Peacock in Sunderland city centre.

Kate Townsend, the Coordinator of the Sunderland Foodbank Network joined us to share about the hugely important service they provide to at-need residents of Sunderland, and the future plans of their food collections.

And a surprise guest to the mic, University of Sunderland student Adam O'Wellen, who shared his experience with using a food bank, his opinions on the community in Sunderland, and on social isolation, in the form of incredible original poetry.

Next week, join us for another instalment of our first live event: Featuring the Head of the Sunderland City Council, Graeme Miller, and more surprise original poetry by local poet & artist Hester Dowling.

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Speak Up Sunderland is a weekly podcast, proudly made in Sunderland and about Sunderland!

Our hosts are Betty Ball and Stevie B, with music by Timecrawler 82, and our producer is Jay Sykes.

Follow our journey on Twitter - @SpeakUpSun, on Instagram - @SpeakUpSunderland, or join us on Facebook!

Next Episode

Stars of Sunderland 1 - Kate Townsend

Meet the Sunderland woman who's working to put herself out of a job...

Alreeet! We're proud to launch a new project as part of Speak Up Sunderland... It's called "Stars of Sunderland".

It's all about highlighting the work of exceptional individuals or organisations in Sunderland that go above and beyond for the community.

In this first episode, journalist James Barker who's heading up our "Stars of Sunderland" project introduces the idea at our first LIVE event, and our Betty nominated the first recipient...

Kate Townsend is the Coordinator of the Sunderland Foodbank Network. Kate works tirelessly to organise donations across several foodbanks around Sunderland, and make sure that people don't go without food and other essentials.

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Speak Up Sunderland is proudly made in Sunderland!

Our hosts are Betty Ball and Stevie B, with music by Timecrawler 82, and our producer is Jay Sykes.

Join us on our journey:

Our website - SpeakUpSunderland.comTwitter - @SpeakUpSunInstagram - @SpeakUpSunderlandor join us on Facebook!