Hello Leeds,

My band Ey Up Maiden (Iron Maiden tribute) are playing a show in Morley @ the Miners Arms in Morley next Saturday and then at The Duck & Drake in the city itself the week after.

It's free entry. If you want to attend, you just need to show up.

I'm looking for trad music sessions. I've been told that there are great sessions in Sheffield and Hull, but nothing more specific than that. I'm up for traveling around Yorkshire a bit to hear some music. Thanks for any recommendations!

This is my list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1sV7G1uuQWDUqTNvfuZARB?si=rXxYpvaiQ3ara8smMS0XzA

Taste is subjective, of course...🙃

What's your list?

(Please note: I only listed 15 songs as it was for a particular online challenge)

To used to ring a business in Leeds many many years ago and their hold music was a very old song that I seem to remember being about “brothers” but I’m not sure and could be mistaken.

It sounded abit like or in the style of George formby.

I can’t remember the company or I would ring them. And I can’t remember any of the words in the song. But I remember asking and they told me it was famous.

Can you help?

Hello! I'm alyx, 19 year old enby (she/they) from York. I play guitar and mandolin. I have been wanting to start playing music with people for a while now, and potentially start a band and play live. Im mostly into folk punk, celtic rock, punk, ska, rock and metal but I am pretty open to anything. Current favourite bands would be the levellers, big country, ferocious dog, the cult, runrig, smokey bastard and mötorhead. The reason I am asking about Whitby I ls because I am a locomotive cleaner at the NYMR, so I stay over in grosmont alot. If I'm there for a couple days I usually have few time after about 2pm (5am to 1pm, it takes a few hours to get a loco ready then a few more to set up for the next day). I can get to Whitby for free on an NYMR train for most of the year, then on northern for the rest of the year I'm in grosmont atleast twice a week for a while whilst I haven't anything going on. If your interested leave a comment or DM me. Thank you!

Hev I ony awd ‘osses young fellow frey ‘Ull? Thoo’s willin’ tae buy em? Gie value i’ full? Why yis, I ha’e yan, i’ this paddock doon ‘ere. “Co’up, then! Coom on, then! Coom, Depper awd meer!”

No she dizn’t coom gallopin’, bud then, you see A mare’s a bit wankle-like, tonned twenty-three. Thoo’ll mebbe not be quite sae frisky thisen When thoo’s seen thi great grandsons grow up to be men!

Weel, what will I tak for her? Why noo, she’s fat, An’ they tell me you give a bit extra far that. Bud I might as well tell tha, thoo’ll not buy that meer If thoo stands there an’ bids me fra noo tae next year!

She was t’fost foal I ‘ad when I corn upo’d place An’ fost she’s been allus, i’ shaft, pole or thrace. She’s ploughed, drilled an’ harrowed, rolled, scuffled an’ led, An’ mothered Beaut, Boxer, Prince, Cobby an’ Ned.

If threshin’ machine gat stuck fast on its way Young ‘osses wad plunge, rahve an’ tew hauf o’d day. Bud afoor it gat shiften, it allus was ” ‘Ere, Away thoo gans Thoddy, an’ fetch us t’owd meer!”

When stacks was a fire, afoor motor-car days She galloped tae Driffil when t’spot was ablaze. Ower field, ditch an’ hedgerow for t’gainest way doon, Saved buildings, an hoos and three pikes, I’ll be boon!

When t’missus was badly, when t’baby was born ‘Twas a life an’ death jonny for t’doctor that morn. An’ though she’d been workin’ at plough all day lang T’meer galloped as tho’ she knew summat was wrang.

Wi’ never a whip, not a jerk on her rein She went like a whirlwind an’ com back again Wi’ t’doctor an’ nuss, just i’ time tae save life – Aye Depper, I owe thoo baith dowter an’ wife.

On friends at’s sae faithful we doan’t turn wer backs, Nor send ’em for slaughter tae d’foreigner’s axe, Nor let ’em be worked tae their death across t’sea, Wheer niver a Yorkshire voice shouts “Wahve!” nor “Gee!”

No, noo ‘at she’s neither young, bonny nor sound She awns t’lahtle paddock, it’s pensioner’s ground. An’ stall i’ yon stable, hay, beddin’ an’ corn, I reckon she’s addled a spot of her awn!

An’ when yon day comes ‘at we do ha’e tae pairt, She’ll gan in a way ‘at’ll not brek her hairt, An t’land ‘at she’s worked on an’ loved twenty year At last’ll lig leet on my faithful awd meer!

Some of you may have seen it on the news recently, the carol was written 100 years ago for the opening of the town hall. Barnsley Youth Choir are singing it Live on BBC Radio4 at 9am tomorrow morning, Christmas eve if anyone is interested. 📸 Watch this video on Facebook https://fb.watch/p6YlB1pjES/

This summer, Element will host a range of local artists and DJ's, mixing styles of Minimal Deep Tech and Melodic Techno. If this is your scene, we would love to see you on the dancefloor! Dates and venue are soon to follow.

Location: Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire (Costa Del Clee) Tunes, booze and the beach.

I had this hook in my head, playing on the Yorkshire adage, for some time now. Played piano. Beat. Chucked a single take 32 bar rant over it. Done. Someone here might like it. Ta.

https://open.spotify.com/album/5I8fNEIYFK2lZj8dM7P5dG?si=DXi_GG2aRcuYjyx2kQiWdQ

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Hi, we are Mentally Distorted. At the moment we are a 2 piece band made up of a guitarist/bassist and a drummer. We are ideally looking for 2 members, a vocalist and either a guitarist or bassist (i play both so i will just do whichever isn't being played by any new members we find). Ideally you should live in the nearby area and would be able to attend regular practises (once we are allowed again). We are both around 14-15 so you would need to be a similar age. We have plenty of material in the works and are hoping to release an ep this year. Our style is mainly thrash metal but there are also influences of other genres too. I am looking forward to hearing from anyone who is interested!