Music Lives Here
This is your invitation to hear from the musicians that make this place feel and sound like home.
In each episode, presenter Frankie Jobling sits down with a different musician to hear all about what music means to them, their love of the North East, its people, its places, its history, and most importantly – its music.
In our first series, we’ll be hearing from classical conductors and hip-hop artists, nu folk singer-songwriters and stoner metal headbangers, all with a unique connection to The Glasshouse and to the North East.
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Introducing Music Lives Here
Our new presenter Frankie Jobling introduces our new podcast, ‘Music Lives Here’ and gives a taste of what to expect from our first batch of North East artists.
Episode 1: Rivkala - More Info
Rivkala is no ordinary musician. She takes to the stage in great button eyelashes, a prim pencil moustache, and a 1920s flapper-cum-cabaret-cum-businesswoman wardrobe. And her music is just as impossible to pin down as any one thing. Winner of the Youth Music Awards Music Video Award for Chess and part of Youth Music’s Next Gen programme, she released her debut EP, ‘Crushed Velvet’ in 2025 to widespread acclaim. Since then, she’s performed solo at the BBC Proms, collaborated with jazz heavyweights the Joe Webb Trio and Theo Croker, and has been described as pushing neo-soul to new heights, with worldbuilding that holds a mirror up to the performativity in all of us.
Episode 1: The Unthanks - More Info
Drawing on traditional North East English music, The Unthanks are a nu-folk duo with Tyneside roots. Their mythical harmonies and adventurous blend of balladry with jazz, orchestral, and contemporary influences have made them one of the UK’s most acclaimed acts. More than musicians, these two are storytellers. The songs of sisters Rachel and Becky Unthanks are deeply intertwined with local history and voices. Along with bandmate and manager Adrian McNally, they’ve graced stages from Gateshead to Glastonbury, and on multiple occasions had their work recognised with Folk Album of the Year awards by BBC Radio 2 and MOJO magazine.
Episode 3: John Wilson - More Info
Frankie and John talk musical beginnings, learn about the rich musical history of orchestras in Newcastle Gateshead, how he discovered his love – perhaps even obsession – with orchestras and lifting the bonnet to see how the music works.
He’s now an Artistic Partner of The Glasshouse, with his world-renowned orchestra Sinfonia of London. But always with time and love for his hometown of Gateshead.
Episode 4: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - More Info
Frankie hangs out with Matt and Sam from Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs to hear about life with the band, reputation versus reality, and why you shouldn’t be afraid to get loud to make your mark and find your community.
Born from a joke name in the pub, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs are a five-piece Newcastle-based rock group that’s now an institution. A chest-beating, battle-crying, psychedelic stoner doom metal band with a little stage-side camp pantomime and a lot of noise.
Episode 5: Kay Greyson - More Info
Frankie sits down with rapper Kay Greyson to learn about the origins of Kay’s unique sound. From performing in social clubs as a kid to touring the world, we find out where this sound came from, what her process looks like, and what drives her to make the sort of songs she’s known for.
Credits
Music Lives Here is a Loftus Media Production.
Producer: Jacob Dabb
Executive Producers: Debbie Kilbride, Jo Rowntree
Music: Chad Rogers