“Jack demonstrates just what one man and his guitar can do and we’re looking forward to releasing his new album next year.” ![]() “His approach and delivery take me back to my youth, following the acoustic scene in the North East. “I’m really happy to welcome Jack to the BEM family,” he has said. David, who is originally from Sunderland but has lived in London for 30 years, liked what he heard. It was Jack’s first London gig and it bore fruit. I’m really looking forward to working with them.”ĭavid Elliott, chief executive of Bad Elephant Music, had apparently heard Jack play at the Resonance Rock Festival, which took place in London last year in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support. “They promise to take care of promotion and marketing while allowing the artist to create. Bad Elephant Music are a new label but they’ve established a reputation for putting out really good progressive music and taking a few risks by putting art before commerce. ![]() I just felt it would be nice to aim for a step up and have the support of a team of people rather than doing everything myself. “In January I recorded some demos and started approaching people. The follow-up, Treasure House, will be released early next year through Bad Elephant Music, with whom Jack has just signed a mutually beneficial deal. The work I’m doing now is building on that.” His first album, Only Dreams Are True, came out in 2012 and garnered some really nice reviews, as you can see on his website (. “I wanted to write stuff for my own voice.” When the members dispersed, Jack went solo. Jack and his band mates suggested it would appeal to anyone who liked Rush or The Police (Jack’s first purchased album, he recalls, was Zenyatta Mondatta, The Police’s third). The first time I interviewed Jack, a few years ago, he was promoting The Art of Seeing, the debut album of his band Greyhound. “I’m hoping people will leave a donation so we can pay for a young person to attend because I think it’s really important to help the next generation of artists.” “The Pop-Up Film School is a brilliant way for young creative artists to play around with storytelling through film and words and writing. ![]() Explains Jack: “Craig Wilson, who programmes events here, invited me to come and play and I thought it was a great opportunity to support the work the Tyneside Cinema does with young people. It’s a free gig but there will be a collection. It is here, at 8.30pm on Thursday, July 30, and Jack – with voice and guitar – will be supported by Ruth McGivern. It’s in the Tyneside Cinema’s popular Bar Café and that’s where we’re having a chat.Ī chat with Jack can take you off down many unexpected avenues but invariably it’s entertaining – just like his music.īut we’ll start with the gig. Newcastle musician Jack Arthurs has a new record label, a forthcoming new album and a gig this week in a new (well, newish) venue at the heart of his home city.
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