A NORTH-East music development agency is to launch its own label especially for local artists.

From Teesside With Love (FTwL), the Northern Arts backed cooperation, will launch FTwL Records with its first two album releases next Friday.

The launch is the latest push in the organisation's objective of promoting the work of local musicians to the rest of the world.

The two albums are The Diet of Worms, the debut release from Saltburn's Junior Elvis, and FTwL's second compilation.

There will be a launch event at the Georgian Theatre, Green Dragon Yard, Stockton, on Friday at 12.30pm, including live performances from some of the artists featured on the label.

For more details, visit www.ftwl.co.uk and music news from around the region and further afield is available at The Northern Echo's new site www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/revolution.