Middlesbrough Jazz and Blues band
You may have heard them playing at your local bandstand, so find out more about the orchestra.

Get your music played on BBC Tees
Upload your tracks to BBC Introducing and Bob Fischer could play them on his Thursday night show.

An interview with Young Rebel Set
Blast reporter Linda interviews local band Young Rebel Set ahead of their gig at Stockton Fringe.

Vin Garbutt on music and Teesside
Meet the former ICI apprentice who went on to become a world renowned folk musician.

Sketching the riverside festival
See the sketches BBC Blast Reporter Linda Mutunga got from the bands at the Fringe festival.

"The night I became a rock star"
BBC Tees' Bob Fischer recalls how he ended up playing bass with one of his idols at the SIRF.

Blast: Our Secret Sins reveal all
BBC Blast reporter Linda caught up with Our Secret Sins at new club night Dazed and Fuzed.

Stockton Riverside Festival 2009
Find your way around the attractions and venues at the Stockton International Riverside Festival.