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0December 15, 2011
Auriyga, Sharron Kraus, and Fursaxa

I had a most excellent evening on 2nd December at the Hare and Hounds in the company of Auriyga, Sharron Kraus, and Fursaxa – here are some videos I made to hopefully give you a bit of a flavour of the excellence of the evening: Auriyga Sharron Kraus Fursaxa It was my first go with [...]
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0December 1, 2011
The Sound of Ore + Lash Frenzy, Ikon Gallery, 20 November 2011

Birmingham curators of fine music Capsule presented a concert of drone-based music in the Ikon gallery; here are the edited highlights of both performances. The Sound of Ore Lash Frenzy
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0November 25, 2011
Should Birmingham have a directly elected mayor?

In May 2012 citizens of Birmingham get to decide whether or not the city should be led by a directly elected mayor instead of its current system of government. One case for the elected mayor is that a dynamic figuredhead will provide clear leadership for the city, whilst a case against is the worry of [...]
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0November 18, 2011
The DruMachine Project – High Street, 16 November

Oded Kafri, an Israeli-born drummer now living in London, is the latest in the series of street musicians to have made me late back for work after lunch; fortunately on this day the meeting I was late for was with somebody sitting directly behind me who had a flexible calendar… http://www.thedrumachineproject.com/ And now also in [...]
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0November 13, 2011
Review – The Bonfire Radicals + Auriyga, Frederick’s Bar, Jewellery Quarter – 10 November 2011

I have to admit, I’m rather envious of Joe Broughton; when I first set up the Birmingham Conservatoire Folk Ensemble in 1993 it did OKish – we had did an internal concert every term, which was reasonably well received each time, but it never broke out beyond the Conservatoire itself. I formed a couple of [...]
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0September 18, 2011
Video – Artsfest 2011 Highlights

As ever, we spent our Artsfest weekend wandering around shoving a video camera in performers’ faces. Here are our highlights from both days: Day 1 Performers featured: The Bonfire Radicals Great Imitation Elliot Jack Highly Sprung Performance Co The Cohen Brothers Trinity PKFR Snooty Bobs Rakesh Chauhan Day 2 Performers featured: Someone-at-the-door Samba Band Elfynn [...]
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0September 17, 2011
Tipitina – Brindley Place, 16 September

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0September 12, 2011
City centre news – September 12, 2011

News on broad street, crime, digbeth, events, food, jewellery quarter, market, and transport.
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