Following on from the Test Bed show, another Five Ways art event. Intrigue is a group show by 8 artists taking place in the now largely vacant 1960s Shopping Centre at 5 ways island, Birmingham, UK. The group will be showing exciting and challenging contemporary art work in the ‘Curio City shop’ at the centre, … [Read more…]
From Birmingham Words The Lichfield Poetry Writers are one year old and celebrating. “It’s a very exciting time for poets and poetry in Lichfield,” said Stewart Derry, the group’s director. “We’ve had a fantastic first year and needed to mark our birthday with a really special event.” The Big One will be a feast of … [Read more…]
Foillowing on from the Supersonic vids Chris Keenan has been uploading a shedload of moving images from last years Moseley Folk Festival. 23 are in this account so far including this one of Tunng, featured here because I like Tunng.
Project X Presents talk about their efforts in getting funding on their news blog. Vote for Soweto Kinch in the BBC Jazz on 3 Innovation Award. via Podnosh D’log has a roundup of what the Sunday Times calls “downwardly-mobile upper-middle class professional graduates” with some interesting stats about earnings within the creative professions. Straightheads, the … [Read more…]
Every week I’ll be presenting three local bands or musicians with a photo, song and, if available, video. I’m trying to keep my personal preferences out of this but occasionally fail so suggestions for future posts are very welcome. — — — Jazz Thrash Assassin “Metal-Flavoured Funked-up Jazz-Spazical Eclectics” Buttcheeks [audio:jazz_thrash_buttcheeks.mp3] The Beast with a … [Read more…]
A regular selection from the Birmingham Flickr Community. from suselstahl from Matt Murtagh from Garry Corbett from Nala Rewop
The TG Collective are a relatively new music outfit that emerged from the successful guitar trio Trio Gitano when one of them left. From their site: The Collective follows similar musical paths that won much praise from critics earlier last year. Moving through jazz, gypsy, hotclub, flamenco, classical and even film influences, the Collective is … [Read more…]
Birminghamusic.com brings news of the Breakin’ Convention 07 which is coming to the Hippodrome on the 15th and 16th May as part of a UK tour. Witness the most incredible line up of poppers, lockers, house dancers, b-boys and b-girls, from the diverse world of Hip Hop dance. From pioneering artists to new skool visionaries, … [Read more…]