The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A Christmas song The Fairy Tale of New Street – a Brummy inspired parody of “The Fairytale of New York” by The Pogues, has been recorded with a music video and released as a single, with all money raised going to a local Birmingham homeless charity. The 4 piece band Ire-ish shot to local fame when…
A Birmingham based artist has created a powerful spoken-word piece illustrating the need for change in North Birmingham. Titled “Communities Breathe”, local artist Tarju Le’Sano has collaborated with Punch Records to spotlight some of the north of the city’s area’s best features, while highlighting the places which need improvement and arts funding.
Poet and activist Hussain Manawer has released the video for his recent work ‘Mamma’s Kitchen’, the third piece in his ‘Homemade’ poetry cycle. ‘Mamma’s Kitchen’ explores Hussain finding the everyday paraphernalia of his home and recalling memories of his mother, as he deals with the grief of her loss.
Florence + the Machine will be playing Birmingham’s Genting Arena in November as part of their UK ‘High As Hope Tour’. Following news of the band’s hugely-anticipated new album, ‘High As Hope’, which will be released on June 29, plans are underway for a national tour which lands in Brum in Autumn.
Birmingham rapper Lady Leshurr has dropped a new music video, her third freestyle of the year. Directed and edited by King Wowa (Amir Mekkaoui), ‘Black Panther’ has racked up over 300,000 views in its first couple of days since going live on YouTube at the end of March.
Birmingham rapper Lady Leshurr is back with a new music video, all recorded, shot, edited and released within 24 hours. Directed and edited by King Wowa, ‘R.I.P’ is the artist’s first freestyle of 2018, and has racked up over 9,000 views in its first 30 minutes of going live on YouTube a little earlier today.
English singer-songwriter Billy Bragg has shared a new song inspired by Birmingham social justice activist Saffiyah Khan, who faced down an angry EDL thug earlier this year. In what has since become an internationally iconic photograph, young activist Khan was snapped staring down an English Defence League ruffian during a demonstration in Birmingham city centre in…
A local youngster has penned a poetical protest track criticising the government’s out-of-touch approach to young people in Britain. Jamie Chapman, from Birmingham, has created a music video portraying a bleak view of his home city as he reflects on how current education policies are negatively affecting the future prospects of students.