The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
An award-winning Birmingham violinist is to give two free performances as part of Black History Month events on Sunday (9 October). Melika Queely will give informal musical performances at the Round Room in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery on Sunday afternoon with selections of music from the works of Bob Marley, Ravel, Ed Sheeran, Brahms…
Legendary Canadian crooner Michael Bublé dined at Birmingham chef Aktar Islam’s Indian restaurant on Wednesday (29 June) and enjoyed the food so much that he ended up hugging and kissing the chef. The superstar singer and his family booked out the entire Opheem restaurant in Summer Row to enjoy a night of delicious food at the Michelin…
Veteran British musician Elvis Costello rocked Birmingham’s Symphony Hall audience with a dynamic and classy performance on Monday night. Elvis Costello’s The Boy Named If & Other Favourites tour stopped off at Symphony Hall last night (13 June) with a show that brought the crowds to their feet.
A new all-star concept album billed as ‘a sonic love letter to Birmingham’ will be released to music fans across the world for free in June, for the Birmingham 2022 Festival. On Record, commissioned and produced by Birmingham Music Archive, will feature eleven original songs exclusively written and recorded by new and established city music…
A brand new jazz festival has been announced to be held in Birmingham this summer, along with the return of a free summer school course for local young people. The event is expected to bring live jazz to Symphony Hall’s redeveloped foyers in August, in partnership with Jazz FM.
An Italian pizza restaurant in London has become embroiled in a race row with an award-winning jazz musician from Birmingham over claims he was mistreated and removed from the premises because of his appearance. Soweto Kinch, winner of two MOBO Awards, was asked to leave from L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele in London’s Baker Street on Friday afternoon before…
Birmingham-born and bred Saxophonist Xhosa Cole won this year’s BBC Young Jazz Musician over the weekend for what has been described as an incredibly “heartfelt” performance. The 22-year-old from Handsworth, Birmingham, played his way to victory beating four other finalists with a 16-minute set. Cole performed his own composition “Moving Ladywood” as well as “I Cover…
Not long now until the first of the three interconnected music festivals of Birmingham’s summer schedule. And, with Mostly Jazz, Funk & Soul running across the weekend of Friday July 6th – 8th in Moseley’s Park, you may want to consider catching these acts across the weekend.
An all-star line up of Middle Eastern talent, including some of the best young Palestinian musicians, will be delivering the freshest Arabic sounds to audiences at the Birmingham Town Hall this week. Following her sold out tour of the UK last year with the Palestine Youth Orchestra, singer and flutist Nai Barghouti returns with an…