by Nick Hart | Jun 8, 2022
One of the Birmingham Festival’s most popular features returns! Putting smiles on to the faces of ukulele enthusiasts of all ages is the return of Julian Cockshott of Ukulele Rocks with informal workshops for all levels of ability from absolute beginners upwards. No...
by Nick Hart | Oct 1, 2020
7pm, Tuesday 20th October, Henry’s Blueshouse at The Bull’s Head Henry’s Blueshouse returns to the Bull’s Head, Bishopsgate Street, on the Tuesday of the Festival with Southside Chicago on Westside Birmingham, an evening of the finest Chicago blues on...
by Nick Hart | Jul 10, 2020
Extracts from Don’t Worry ‘Bout The Bear by Jim & Ron Simpson which reflect a lifetime of working in what we laughably call the music business. Today’s segment tells the story of how the festival first got off the ground 36 years ago,with a...
by Nick Hart | Jul 10, 2020
Today marks the 61st anniversary of the death of the most important and influential of all jazz singers, BILLIE HOLIDAY. She died in New York under arrest and handcuffed and in hospital. Harry J. Anslinger of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, who had been targetting...
