About

International award winning singer-songwriter Hayley Mckay and multi instrumentalist/producer David Neil Crabtree combine as ‘North Riding'.

Following on from their 3 month USA tour - North Riding have played some of the biggest festivals in the North East of England this summer, including main stage appearances at Hardwick Festival alongside the Pet Shop Boys and Olly Murs & Mouth of The Tyne Festival. They also performed two headline shows at Durham Fringe Festival.

Legendary BBC presenter Bob Harris made North Riding his ‘New Horizon’ country artist of the week in October & played Frio River on BBC radio 2. A week earlier he had seen the band perform live at Rock N Raise in Newcastle alongside Kezia Gill & The Often Herd.

North Riding’s debut single taken from their upcoming EP was inspired by the Frio River in Texas! So much so that they actually wrote the song in the Frio river itself. They found time for this between shows at Poodies Roadhouse (Owned by Willie Nelson’s manager) & a huge total eclipse party near Luckenbach Texas, held on a 3000 acre ranch which North Riding called home for several weeks. They have since released two more singles ‘Awendaw Green’ & ‘Hopetown’.

Their debut EP will be released on October 24th to coincide with an EP release show at Newgate Social in Newcastle.