Frankie and the Heartstrings: 'Music needs a bit o' spite'

Frankie and the Heartstrings are flying the flag for the surprisingly fertile Sunderland scene. They tell Dave Simpson how classic kitchen-sink dramas and the miners' strike are still alive in their musicFrankie and the Heartstrings played at Sheffield Leadmill not long ago, part of a tour of the country. There was barely anybody there, but frontman Frankie Francis wasn't fazed. Running a hand through his shaking quiff, he gave a commanding performance, all quivering hips and gyrating bottom, an...

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