Presented by Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music in association with GemArts, Jazz North East and Ouseburn Trust. 

 Ouseburn Victoria Tunnel - ‘Sounds of the Underground’ 

Date:     Saturday 27th September 2025   
Time:    6pm 
Venue: 51 Lime Street, Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PQ   
Tickets: £10 (plus optional £2 donation) 
Box Office: https://www.seetickets.com/event/olivia-moore-and-adam-fairhall-nfojaim-2025-/ ouseburn-victoria-tunnel/3472036 

Olivia Moore and Adam Fairhall Olivia Moore (Violins) / Adam Fairhall (Accordion)  

Olivia Moore and Adam Fairhall’s duo bring Indian classical music, American folk music and contemporary jazz together in a highly individual manner. The improvisational aspects of the source traditions are used as an opportunity to blend disparate compositional materials and soloing vocabularies in a subtle way, resulting in a distinctive duo idiom that extends the performers’ established artistic voices. 

 The format of accordion and violin is particularly well suited for this material; Olivia switches between violins depending on whether the material is Indian or Western in origin, and Adam switches between a tradition Stradella accordion (for highly rhythmic, folk-based playing) and a free bass accordion (for more contrapuntal playing). The repertoire is a mixture of original pieces, Appalachian folk tunes and pieces inherited by Olivia from her Indian teacher. All are approached with an overall sense of creative improvisation.  

“Nourished by Indian and jazz traditions, but with an elegance that comes from her classical training, Olivia Moore’s violin has an Eastern tang that is genuinely entrancing” – Manchester Evening News  

“A hugely accomplished instrumentalist” – The Wire  

“Adam Fairhall is a total star” – Independent on Sunday www.newcastlefestivalofjazzandimprovisedmusic.co.uk 

 This is an early evening concert for ‘Sounds of the Underground’ in conjunction with Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music and GemArts. Music starts at 6.00pm to around 6.45pm / 7.00pm allowing audiences to attend later evening events scheduled for 7.30pm at either The Cumberland Arms (Archipelago / Nina Garcia) or Glasshouse (Orchestral Qawwali Project featuring Rushil Ranjan & Abi Sampa)
https://ouseburntrust.org.uk/events/sounds-of-the-underground/