Rudimentary Records is a new record label set up by music industry students at UCE. They’re working with acoustic fixture Ben Calvert along with bands The Motive and The Boom!Cans. Rudimentary Records is aiming to play a part in the Birmingham music scene and expose the artists we feel are creating passionate music that Birmingham … [Read more…]
The next exhibition in Light House‘s dedicated photography gallery is Shedding Light [Appropriation] by Anthony William Bye running from May 25th to July 13th. Appropriated stills have been captured from 1960s cinefilm to create this exhibition documenting episodes in lives from a personal, political and cultural perspective. The images are selected carefully from diverse films … [Read more…]
The Fierce Festival Opening Party is this coming Friday at the Cotton Club (previously 52 Degrees North) on Hurst St. It’s free entry but you’re asked to email them to say you’re going. This might be part of the entertainment for the evening, put on by Gob Squad who’ll be performing their Who Are You … [Read more…]
No offense intended but I’m not really sure exactly what this is. So I’m reprinting the email in full.
From amortize Photos are posted here from the Birmingham Flickr community. Click on the image for more details.
The announcement of Rootsville adds another big festival to Birmingham’s music calendar and it appears to have come from the grassroots rather than some city initiative. Not that there’s anything wrong with the latter but the former warms my heart. Also notable is the wide, and I mean wide, range of genres on show covering, … [Read more…]
From suselstahl Photos are posted here from the Birmingham Flickr community. Click on the image for more details.
Wolverhampton Art Gallery is celebrating the completion of artist Claudio Hils’ recent photographic commission to document the Art Gallery’s building works with the launch of his new book. Friday 11 May, (4.30 – 6.30pm) is the book launch while Saturday 12 May (11am – 12pm) is the artist talk where Hills “reveals how building work, … [Read more…]