Steve Cooke – #FunkMaverick

A funk maverick from the far left of the leftfield. Keytar-wielding activist Steve Cooke's music blends sharp-witted lyrics with sleazy funk, geeky electronica and spiky new wave.

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Jammin' with Arturia #BeatStepPro and #MicroBrute; Korg #Volca Beats, Bass and #Kaoss Pad Quad; and Dave Smith Instruments #Tempest drum machine (at Norton, Stockton-On-Tees, United Kingdom)

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Keytarists for #Corbyn. At #WiganDiggers festival, 12 September. @KeytarEquality

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#FunkMaverick at south London open mic, 18/8/2015

Taking my strap-on organ to the open mic at The British Oak in Blackheath, south London this evening (Tuesday 18 August 2015) to frighten the locals.

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Went to the @Musiclounge_SoT buskers' night yesterday to get in some live performance practice before #WiganDiggersFest.

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#FunkMaverick to play at Wigan Diggers’ Festival, 12 September

Next gig for the ‪#‎FunkMaverick‬ is Wigan Diggers' Festival on Saturday 12 September.

It’s a free annual open air festival commemorating Wigan-born Gerrard Winstanley (1609-76) and the ‘Diggers’, a 17th century proto-socialist movement.

‪Further information on the festival at http://wigandiggersfestival.org.

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#‎TeessideUnites‬ against Islamophobia: anti-racist demo in Stockton, Saturday 4 July

Two fascist groups, North East Infidels and the Scottish Defence League, plan to hold a rally in Stockton-on-Tees on Saturday 4 July.

They are intent on whipping up hostility towards the local Muslim community.

A counterdemonstration is being organised through the umbrella group Teesside Solidarity Movement with support from Teesside Against Racism, Islamophobia and Fascism and Teesside People’s Assembly.

There’s no place for racists, fascists or their allies in Teesside’s multiracial, multicultural and multifaith community. Please come along and support those rejecting bigotry in Teesside. Bring banners, placards and loud voices, and let’s boot them out of town. 

Assemble at 12.30pm outside the Old Town Hall on Stockton High Street.

There’s a Facebook event for the counterdemo at www.facebook.com/events/789798601140950. Please support and share.

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I'll be supporting the #TeessideUnites against #Islamophobia action tomorrow, Saturday 4 July.

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#999gig4NHS: Fun times at the Forum Music Centre in Darlington last night. A benefit gig for anti-privatisation campaign 999 Call for the NHS. The show was live streamed on the web, so perhaps a video recording will emerge too.

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Yours truly playing at the #999gig4NHS in The Forum Music Centre in #Darlington just now

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Benefit gig for anti-privatisation campaign 999 Call for the NHS

On Tuesday 19 May I'm playing a benefit gig for 999 Call for the NHS​, the anti-privatisation campaign group that organised the 300-mile People's March for the NHS last summer.

The concert will be held on at The Forum Music Centre​ in Darlington, starting at 7.00pm, and entry is £4 on the door. Also on the bill are Teesside's premier health & safety risk Werbeniuk​, holler-folkist Icarus Williams​, female vocal group Vintage Belles​, singer-songwriter Andrew Yeadon and sultry chanteuse Joanne Land.

Further details on the Facebook event at www.facebook.com/events/1569703799921043.

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#FunkMaverick versus the #AnarchoStalinists. It could be #deeplyproblematic.

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Scarf selfie for #ColdHomesWeek

This #FunkMaverick supports Energy Bill Revolution because no one should have to live in fuel poverty.

Further information at www.energybillrevolution.org

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#FunkMaverick gig in Middlesbrough, 5 February

Whirling Dervish presents Steve Cooke vs Talk Symmetry vs Panamá at Doctor Browns in Middlesbrough on Thursday 5 February,

Further information on the Facebook event page at www.facebook.com/events/1589904857908722.

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Next gig for the #FunkMaverick – Friday 30 January at O'Connells, Middlesbrough

My next gig will be at O'Connells in Middlesbrough on Friday 30 January. It's free entry 'n' all that.

The official North East Live Facebook event can be found at www.facebook.com/events/1599589426938028.

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Solidarity with NHS radiographers taking strike action today. #SORstrike #NoRaiseNoRays

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From EXNE's review of the Galtres Parklands Festival

From EXNE's review of the Galtres Parklands Festival:

"Then I dashed off to catch our good friend Steve Cooke at the Firkin Stage – who promptly press ganged me into joining him on stage for a wee dance and some backing vocals on 'It's Alright for Some' and 'Job Club'. I was pissed. It’s probably the biggest crowd I’ve ever performed in front of. And I remember very little! Cracking."

www.exne.co.uk/reviews/luminescent-flag-poles-cloudy-cider-and-shattered-ear-drums-what-more-do-you-want

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Action from last weekend's #StuffAusterity benefit gig for @TeessidePA. Pic courtesy of @sparkybeat8

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Stuff Austerity – benefit gig for Teesside People's Assembly, 20 September 2014

My next gig is a fundraiser for anti-cuts campaign Teesside People's Assembly against Austerity.

It's being held on Saturday 20 September 2014 in Stockton's Oxbridge Hotel.

There's a Facebook event page for the concert at www.facebook.com/events/352151668265201/376041652542869.