Frankie Archer
Presented by: Fancourt Music| 0 | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE: The Cumberland Arms (info) |
|---|---|
| P | Sunday 19th October, 2025 |
| N | Door time: 7:30pm Start time: 8:00pm |
| . | 18 and over |
| C | Music - Folk/blues/world |
Event information
Feminist electrofolk musician and producer and Guardian 'One to Watch' Frankie Archer has released her new EP Pressure and Persuasion, and completed an extensive UK/IE tour including dates supporting The Last Dinner Party (following a personal invitation from the band).
'Pressure and Persuasion' tells the stories of four women and girls from centuries past who navigate the same expectations that are put on women today. It encompasses joy, bravery, defiance and helplessness, and challenges ideas about how women's stories are told and perceived.
Frankie Archer’s imaginative and bold mash of electro alt-trad shows her Northumbrian fiddle roots, her deep love of electronic music and her immersion in soulful folk songs from the North East of England and around the world. Mark Radcliffe (BBC Radio 2) described her music as “fascinating and Intoxicating”.
Her unique, fresh sound has pricked up the ears of fans and press, being featured in The Guardian, Bandcamp Best Of, Amazing Radio Tips for 2024, NME New Bangers, earning wonderful reviews from Clash Magazine, Tradfolk and Fresh on the Net, and being chosen by Fatea for their Showcase Session.
Winner of the 2023 Christian Raphael Prize, Frankie has been featured on ‘Later… With Jools Holland’. BBC Glastonbury coverage, BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, and championed by tastemakers at BBC Radio 2, 3 and 6Music. Following the release of her debut EP Never So Red (November, 2023), she has supported the likes of The Futureheads and The Last Dinner Party. With her unique tech-infused live set turning heads wherever she goes, Frankie is quickly establishing herself as one to watch in the alternative space.
“One to Watch” - The Guardian
“Extraordinary” - Jools Holland
“Utterly Hypnotic” - The Quietus
“Truly other-worldly...remarkable” - CLASH Magaine
“New Bangers” - NME
"Fascinating and intoxicating" - Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2
"Nothing short of a revelation… the most exciting thing to have happened in music; not just folk music, in the last 20 years" - Jen Taylor, At The Barrier
"Enthralling" - Jon Wilks, Tradfolk
'She is thrilling… you simply cannot wrench your eyes, or ears, away from the stage… the world is hers for the taking” - Gavin McNamara, Bristol 24/7
"Breathtaking" - Neil March, Trust the Doc
"She doesn't just push boundaries but smashes them out of the solar system” - Tony Birch, FATEA
