Faithful Johannes
@fjwords.bsky.social
Sincerity Rapper, Durham UK https://faithfuljohannes.com/ https://faithfuljohannes.bandcamp.com/ 📧 winbig@zoho.com
A few days left to grab the current @forteantimes.bsky.social! My Haunted Generation column nods to @ghostboxrecords.bsky.social @grahamthorpe.bsky.social @claypipemusic.bsky.social @portlandvows.bsky.social @englishheretic.bsky.social @waysideandwoodlandrecordings.bandcamp.com @fjwords.bsky.social
Brightening your Monday with another round-up of cultural highlights. Culture House is about to open in Sunderland, there's some great live music coming up, and even a creative contribution to Sunday's Great North Run #art #livemusic #newcastle #gateshead #sunderland #alnmouth #stockton #darlington
Seven Days: Sep. 7-13
A new opening in Sunderland, pensive pop at the Cluny and more
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Props to Andy for the chat and the generous article about the DCSM album... Have a read below
Talking Northeast@talkingnortheast.bsky.social · 3mo agoFaithful Johannes' new album is a quirky delight. I caught up with Tim to find out more about Durham's hidden past and the perils of being a sincerity rapper. Check out the full story here and get along to the White Room on Thursday to hear it live @fjwords.bsky.social #music #durham #album #live
Local history raps album launch show is 2 weeks today. At Durham's People's Bookshop. Most tickets have gone, would love to sell it out www.tickettailor.com/events/peopl... All done by a very civilised 9pm
Supporting ex-Fall super group House of All on Sunday with Neocia. I'll be doing extra sleeping in the meantime to maximise performance levels www.seetickets.com/event/house-...
My fourth Faithful Johannes album, 'Durham, Come Save Me' is out July 3rd! 10 songs about County Durham history and myths. 'I AM THE MIGHTY NEPTUNE', stream-able on Bandcamp now, go have a listen! Pre-orders for CD with a lyric sheet available now at: faithfuljohannes.bandcamp.com/album/durham...
Durham, Come Save Me, by Faithful Johannes
10 track album
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Just in from tennis with Steve (I'm not very good), to see that When It Snows is getting played North East BBC intro festive special TONIGHT 8pm w/ Shakk & Eve. Then on BBC Sounds here www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... I'm grateful. Gateshead Saturday night playing most of my 10 xmas songs.
My ninth annual Xmas song is up on my bandcamp now faithfuljohannes.bandcamp.com/track/when-i... It's called When It Snows. It's got lots of seventh chords. Video soon. Streams on Friday. Gateshead xmas songs set on the 20th
When It Snows, by Faithful Johannes
track by Faithful Johannes
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Hi there. Doing a set of my original xmas songs in Gateshead on December 20th. At 7:30. It'll be a nice time. wegottickets.com/event/673486
Wrote a bit on our top EPs/short projects of 2025. From breakout rap stars to the next big things in indie rock. Check out the full top 20👇 nofrillsreviews.com/2025/12/05/2...
2025 in Review: Top 20 EPs
A countdown of our top 20 EPs of 2025.
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Truly wonderful night with Barry Hyde and Faithful Johannes (@fjwords.bsky.social) at Hark! The Sound of Stories at Darlington Library ✨️ (Well worth the trip down the A66 on a wet and windy Friday night!) #HARK @tracksdarlington.bsky.social
This week i served creamed corn, topped with corn, with corn on the cob as a side dish. I wouldn't have cooked it if it wasn't for the creamed corn bit in Twin Peaks.
My Haunted Generation column from @forteantimes.bsky.social #453... hello to @davidajaycock.bsky.social @xqui.bsky.social @subexotic.bsky.social @heartwood9.bsky.social @fjwords.bsky.social hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/05/20/t...
The Haunted Generation In The Fortean Times (Issue 453)
“It felt dark back then,” remembers David A Jaycock. “Dark, cold and detached – closer to Victorian England than to the future. Laundrettes were beacons of warmth and light. Derelict mill roofs cou…
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Playing 7 (seven) brand new songs from the next album with Neocia at the Stevie What? Single launch tomorrow. Little Buildings, Newcastle. Would love to see yous
#aboutlastnight another cracking line up from @wanderingoakuk.bsky.social as #dilettante returns to Newcastle to promote her latest album. Brilliant support coming from @fjwords.bsky.social #neocia #jamesleonardhewitson #goodtimes #livemusic #concertphotos #gigphotography
TOMORROW'S SHOW TIMES (for real this time) 19:00 The Doors 19:30 J L Hewitson 20:30 @fjwords.bsky.social x NEOCIA 21:30 Dilettante 23:00 curfew Limited tickets until 5:30pm tomorrow: www.seetickets.com/event/dilett... Will cost more on the door otherwise. We want you to have only The Best Time x
Today we’re sharing ‘Compromise!’, a stunning lead single concerned with the notion of ‘performing’ a life, rather than ‘living’ one. youtu.be/ZYY-5Lz4Q7o?...
Me Lost Me - Compromise! [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
YouTube video by upsettherhythm
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TOMORROW'S SHOW TIMES 19:00 The Doors 19:30 @fjwords.bsky.social x NEOCIA 20:30 Amy Thatcher & Francesca Knowles 21:30 Dilettante 23:00 curfew Limited tickets until 5:30pm tomorrow: www.seetickets.com/event/dilett... Will cost more on the door otherwise. We want you to have only The Best Time x
TONIGHT! Advance tickets now offline but spaces available on the door - join us at @thecumberlandarms.bsky.social from 7:30pm to watch THE DSM IV, Vigilance State and Ortolan Bunting deliver a night of synth-pop wonder, spiky noise and goth euphoria! youtu.be/SGmuVNRlSrI?...
THE DSM IV ~ WHITE WOLF
YouTube video by THE DSM IV
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Toot toot – me and Neocia (you know, Jon) will be performing on the big stage at the Gala Theatre Durham in July with a Brass collaborator. We’re really excited. It’s going to be great. Tickets have just gone live here brassfestival.co.uk/book-online/...
🚨🚨🚨 New episode! Coming off last year's critically acclaimed "Blip" with The Expert, @nahreally.bsky.social joins us for a conversation about his latest project and breaks down his recipe for making bangers 🥞 🥞 🥞 Hear it wherever you get your podcasts or at the link in our bio
TOMORROW'S SHOW TIMES 19:00 Doors 19:45 Martha Skye Murphy 21:00 Squid 22:30 curfew Tickets until 5pm tomorrow: www.seetickets.com/event/squid/... Will cost more on the door otherwise. We want you to have only The Best Time x
Please give a home to one of our beautiful purple children.
My canine teeth are getting longer. I feel an aching as they're growing.
"dad. I was dreaming about, writing a story about, Viking cavemen"
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