ACOUSTIC guitar virtuoso Newton Faulkner, pictured, is instantly at ease with his audience.

He’s alone in the spotlight with only an acoustic guitar, and eases into the set with an opening salvo including breakthrough track Won’t Let Go and Badman.

His unique style involves rhythmically tapping, finger picking and hitting the guitar’s body, and this alone works the audience into a frenzy. His chit-chat between songs stirs amusement between the audience and they’re all in hysterics whenever he cracks a joke. His set mostly consists of his new album. In Let’s Get Together, Newton’s beautiful voice ranges from bluesy croon to falsetto howl and it hasn’t sounded better. The new album pushes the frequencies with a multitude of instrumentation and amazing, inspiring song writing.

The album title, Rebuilt By Humans, makes reference to Newton’s near career-ending accident on Boxing Day last year when he slipped on ice and fractured and dislocated his right wrist.

Dream Catch Me is the crowd favourite – synchronized clapping and loud sung back vocals push his confidence to the very top and he delivers his very best to the Newcastle audience.

Sophie Stratford