Dress up for the Northern Belle
Luxury train to leave from Birmingham.
Blues and botany
Live music season extended at the Botanical Gardens.
My lockdown list
Working at home, bringing up baby, Will Mapplebeck manages time to sail through a lockdown audio listening list.
Warning over future of region’s live venues
Birmingham and Midlands grassroots venues face imminent threat of closure – industry professionals.
Global listening habits during lockdown to be explored
Research project Harkive returns to explore music listening in a time of pandemic.
Free music production workshop available
Your chance to learn from a top forty producer.
Talking to Mister Hill
A chat with the legendary Dave Hill, guitarist with Black Country icons Slade.
Talking to Mister Hill – Part II
Continuing the conversation with Slade guitarist Dave Hill.
Brothers sing the Brasshouse blues
Musical protest over plans for telecoms pole on Broad Street.
Track Friday for Jobs and Wellbeing repeated
Tune into employment opportunities thanks to community worker.
Digital festival coming 2 Metres Closer
Birmingham artist collaboration aims to celebrate key workers.
Virtually real jazz festival announced
Online onslaught of jazz music promised.
MAC to stay shut until 2021
Birmingham arts centre falls victim to pandemic.
Birmingham’s top blues joint back in business
Botanical Gardens the new venue for Henry’s Blueshouse.
Music legends appear on Digbeth murals
Blues icons Bessie Smith and Gladys Bentley mark Black Pride.
Re-opening of hospitality plans welcomed by nightlife chief
Call for landlords, insurers and local politicians to work together.
Why live music is instrumental to recovery
Chloe-Jean Gray writes about the way forward for the entertainment industry.
City entertainment area boss looks to future
How working from home could accelerate youthful and residential city centres.
Call to re-open Broad Street clubs
Birmingham nightlife boss: “Let’s plan re-opening of nightclubs to return to normality.”
Damage limitation
Dave Woodhall talks to Andrez Harriott, of r’n’b band Damage and founder of The Liminality Group.
Desert Island Discs – part eight
Musician Tony Fitzpatrick explains the eight songs he’ll take to his desert isle.
Virtual charity extravaganza announced for hospital charity
Beverley Knight and Bradley Simpson join forces in aid of Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
Jazz Festival postpones to October
Pandemic causes delay to long-running event.
Zombies still alive and well
Dave Woodhall talks to legendary singer Colin Blunstone.
Desert Island Discs – part seven
It’s time for Dave Woodhall to share his choices with us.
Birmingham Rockschool pay homage to local legends ELO
Students perform online jam tribute of classic anthem.
Desert Island Discs – part six
Simon Hale shares his choices with us.
Desert Island Gigs
In a twist on the usual, Richard Lutz picks the live music he’ll never forget.
Desert Island Discs – part four
Helen Annetts give us her choices to be stranded with.
Solihull Summer Fest re-scheduled to next year
Ticket-holders urged to hold on until 2021.