Five Birmingham Poets by Eric Doumerc Dr. Eric Doumerc is conducting an ongoing research of the Caribbean oral traditions’ influence on Black British performance poetry. His main interests include the study of Jamaican deejaying (the early 1970’s period) and its influence on oral poetry. He travels to Birmingham, UK, where he interviews Five Poets with … [Read more…]
Soweto Kinch can add Winner of the MOBO for Best Jazz to his list of awards. Well done sir! He’s also done a piece for the Times listing his ones to watch on the jazz scene.
Speaking of Gigbeth, I just found this on my desktop. Must have downloaded it while browsing the site. It’s PDF of what’s on over the Gigbeth weekend and puts it all into some perspective. Click to download (1.4mb) Golly!
Robin Valk’s latest Radio To Go podcast is a Gigbeth special featuring music from some of the many bands involved and an interview with co-ordinator Clare Edwards explaining what it’s all about. Here’s the mp3, here’s the feed or just press play on the widget below. [audio:http://www.radiotogo.com/library/user/RadioToGoGigbethSpecial.mp3]
The Mud Hut at the Festival of Xtreme Building site was featured on Radio 4’s PM today (about 15 mins in to this clip). They’re building a sustainable house out of mud bricks over the next week and anyone can take part.
Art by Jinpow. Tickets available from here.
Russ L’s Artsfest report is the most comprehensive and link-heavy I’ve seen so far.
Watch – Pencil on linen Jane Anderson is an multidisciplinary artist who frequently uses paint, pencil and digital-based media, to explore themes around identity. […] Jane has also run workshops in education & business settings for clients such as the BBC. She has curated several exhibtons to date and is a founder of Periscope (Birmingham … [Read more…]