Kerrang FM to enter Heritage Rock market? I jest but recent Ofcom approval has allowed the station to cut their new music output from 50% to 33% during the day. Fair enough, really, but the justification in this PDF that they’re doing this because pre-release plays mean new songs are old before they’re officially old … [Read more…]
Creative Wolverhampton has a massive listing of Arts & Museums Events for October on their blog, should you fancy a trip out west.
Rich Batsford reports on his gig at Saturday Night at The Queens
I had a good chat with Sandra Hall of Friction Arts about a variety of things recently, one of which is the ambitious and unique Reality Estate project that starts in the Five Ways Estate on October 28th. Beyond the basic numbers (“300 participants, 3 venues, 3 professional, 3 community and 3 estate-led choirs, an … [Read more…]
Architect and Urban Designer Joe Holyoak has been uploading a load of articles onto his blog. Always good reading.
Birminghamusic.com note that Templeton Pek have signed to Small Town Records.
Audiences Central notes that the MOBOs have reinstated their Jazz category and Soweto Kinch is one of the nominees with Jamelia up for Best UK Female. You can vote online here. Any other Birmingham acts in those lists?
I’m not sure if this is strictly relevant to the creative sector but it’s certainly interesting. Free paper The Birmingham News is going ultra-local, splitting itself into seven papers covering specific areas of the city. “To help get to the grass roots the newspaper has recruited an army of citizen correspondents.” I wonder who they’ve … [Read more…]