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Homegrown Hero: Sam Fender Donates Mercury Prize to Support Grassroots Music
It’s been just under a month since Sam Fender received the Mercury Prize here in his hometown, a moment that saw community pride and regional spirit bursting at the seams. It felt like a defining celebration, not just for Sam, but for the...
Black Incubator Project
North East headquartered music development agency, Generator and Yaw Owusu’s Nothin But The Music creative...
New Black Music Incubator Empowering Northern Creatives in Music
A collaboration between a range of Northern cultural organisations and music industry heavyweights is aiming to...
Warner Music x Generator Studio
Global music and entertainment giant Warner Music UK and its partners have announced ambitious plans to open a major...
MOBO Unsung
MOBO Unsung Launches Next Edition To Discover the UK’s Best Unsigned Talent MOBO UnSung 2024 Kicks Off with exclusive...
Newcastle Gateshead Music City
Newcastle Gateshead Music City: A Transformative Initiative for the North East’s Music Industry Generator, in...
Generator Live 2024
Music, community and big conversations from the heart of the North East.
Sonic Futures launches to supercharge Tees Valley’s music scene
Sonic Futures launches to supercharge Tees Valley’s music scene. A major new initiative is set to transform the music...
Finn Foster Interval Records
Newcastle-based Interval Records Unveils First Homegrown Signing Led by Acclaimed Industry Creative Josh Daniel...
Interval Records, appoints Josh Daniel as label manager
Generator’s new label, Interval Records, appoints Josh Daniel as label manager. Groundbreaking North East label,...
MMF & YouTube Music open applications for their Accelerator Programme
The Music Managers Forum (MMF) and YouTube Music have announced that applications open today for their Accelerator...
NE HOT SEAT: BOO
This week we’re back with our artist insight feature ‘NE Hot Seat’ – where we sit down with some of the North East’s...
PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner
Generator Announced as one of 48 PRS Foundation Talent Development Partners For 2022/23 Launched in 2016, this...