English folk music has never had it so good with Town Hall and Symphony Hall providing an annual showcase for the best traditional folk and contemporary singer-songwriters around in English Originals. This year’s folk weekend is 14-16 May and features the likes of Badly Drawn Boy, Beth Orton, Graham Coxon, Scott Matthews, and more. Friday … [Read more…]
Munchbreak have a music video for ‘Television‘, created by Skyhook TV. Contains some fruity language, a man in a bath tub and ninjas. Also, mild peril.
There’ something poignant about Record Store Day coming round on 17 April with two of Birmingham’s independent record shops about to call it a day. With Tempest and Swordfish on the way out the only ones left vaguely near the city centre (that I know of) are Hard To Find Records and The Diskery. Oh, … [Read more…]
Yesterday we had Shady Bard playing in the Created in Birmingham shop. Here’s 26 minutes of their set (before the batteries in my camera ran out…) Matt Murtagh was on hand with his camera. Thanks loads to Shady Bard for turning our shop into a venue for an hour.
Now this I heartily endorse – the clever folk at the Bulls Head in Moseley have been recording mixes by residents and guests at their Freestyle night and uploading them to Mixcloud. There are mixes from Yam Who?, Steve Cobby (Fila Brazillia), Mama Feel Good, Sam Redmore, Adam Regan and a whole bunch of others. … [Read more…]
New vid for Juice Aleem’s ‘Rock My Hologram’: The vid was shot at Boxxed in Digbeth and, looking at the blurb in the YouTube description a whole host of local folks were involved (aside from Juice Aleem himself).
The latest stage of Capsule‘s West Mids heavy metal legacy project, Home of Metal, is a launch at big music bash SXSW. Here’s the invite that’s been sent out: If you’re in the area it might be worth popping in. If not, I reckon it’s just nice to know how these things are being pushed … [Read more…]
Mother India weekend at Town Hall and Symphony Hall Birmingham will be a journey through the musical heritage of India over 9-11 April, taking in the mystic heights of classical traditions via Anglo-Indian classical fusion to cutting-edge contemporary Asian remixes. The weekend’s musical journey starts at the pinnacle of Mother India’s classical tradition, with a … [Read more…]