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…]
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…]
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?
Linford Group to re-build Edwards No 8 nightclub is a rather strange headline as there’s no indication in the article that it’ll house a rock club and venue when it’s rebuilt. Still, nice to see they’ve salvaged the facade. via LJ Brum
In the comments to the last update Helga from Fierce states that the Sky Orchestra has been postponed until late March 2008. If you scroll up a bit from that link she also explains why it’s such a problem scheduling the event. So look for Sky Orchestra update 8 sometime in the new year!
The Birmingham Post lead this morning with a piece on the B1 CD (previously blogged here and here) which, annoyingly, isn’t on the incredibly shonky icBirmingham site. [Update: Here’s the article. I guess the Post’s web division don’t work weekends.] At the end is a statement from Birmingham City Council (my emphasis): This is a … [Read more…]