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4Talent widens

A bit of rejiggery-pokery at the 4Talent offices has been going on. What was 4Talent West Midlands is now 4Talent Central bringing Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Cambridge, Oxford, Gloucester and Norwich into the fold. If you’re a West Midlands creative, don’t worry – we’ll still be dedicated to covering Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton and the rest of … [Read more…]

Brumcast moves

Brumcast has moved to a new home and thus has a new RSS feed. At least three shows have been released since I last blogged: Brumcast 81 [audio:http://brumcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2007-12-21T04_52_27-08_00.mp3] Brumcast 82 [audio:http://brumcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2008-01-03T10_31_30-08_00.mp3] Brumcast 83 [audio:http://brumcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2008-01-10T12_23_42-08_00.mp3]

A Market for Sutton

There are plans afoot to bring a regular arts and craft market to Sutton Coldfield “behind and around the station pub or somewhere else in Sutton” according to this Facebook group. Go join if you have a vested interest in such a thing. ta A Newman

Johnny Beestung

While in this fractured media landscape such pronouncements are fraught with being bollocks, it does seem to me that Drowned in Sound is one of the better music sites, comparable to the NME back when it was good, so it’s notable that in their roundup of bands to watch in 2008 they’ve picked Beestung Lips … [Read more…]

Pub Conversations

The next Pub Conversations is on Thursday 17th January at the Lamp Tavern in Digbeth. Guest speakers are Douglas Wright and Justin Combes. A Royal College of Art graduate, Douglas White has won the Deutsche Bank Pyramid Award, and a Mann Drawing Prize. He was also shortlisted for the Jerwood Sculpture Prize and the Jerwood … [Read more…]

Designer Maker Seminars

Designer Maker West Midlands is running a couple of Seminar Discussion Days at the Arts Council offices on Granville St. The events are aimed at supporting mid-career makers wishing to engage in discussion on ideas for new work and developing new markets. The intention is to provide an opportunity for debate, the exchange of ideas … [Read more…]

The Honours

BiNS give notice of a couple of Birmingham music related entries in the New Year Honours: Jazz man Andy Hamilton and Amajit Talwar of Punch Records.