The Questionnaires

Location:
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
Pop / Jazz / Acoustic
Site(s):
Label:
Salient Recordings / ItsAboutMusic
Type:
Indie
Jane Wade and Steve Hall play guitars, sing and write songs. They've both been around a bit. Their debut album is called Arctic Circles, which has a full band on it, available from ItsAboutMusic and CDBaby.



They now operate as an acoustic duo, and they have a new album of acoustic songs due for release sometime in 2009 or 2010 (because the record label we were on went bust and there's no pressure from business people these days we like to take our time - so maybe 2011).



Jane sang with all-woman band Jazawaki in the 1980s, and she now sings in musicals. Her last show was 'Lush Life' at Live Theatre in Newcastle, and she starts another one called 'Looking for Buddy' (written by Alan Plater) in May 2009. She has one of the best voices in the business, she has sung on national TV ads, and she is known as Northern England's finest interpreter of the songs of Kurt Weill.



Steve was once the guitarist in local Newcastle legends the Eastside Torpedoes (see link in 'Top Friends' below for tribute site). In the 1980s he left music to forge a career in academia. His work has been published alongside leading intellectuals such as Jean Baudrillard, Georges Bataille and Slavoj Zizek. He has written two books, 'Violent Night' and 'Criminal Identities and Consumer Culture', with another one called 'Theorizing Crime and Deviance' coming out in 2010. He also plays guitar with Newcastle soul singer Wendy Saint, who gig regularly, often in the Egypt Cottage on City Road.



In the 1970s and 1980s, Steve and Jane were pro musicians, had record deals, played with lots of famous people, did TV and radio etc. etc. blah blah (yawn). Making a comeback after all these years is crazy, but there you go.



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