Common Ground is a new monthly creative night bringing Birmingham’s poets, musicians and audiences together at Third Space Café. Hosted by Make Something, Feel Something, each event alternates between music and poetry, creating space to perform, connect and discover new ideas.
Tag Archives: Birmingham
11
Aug
Aug
Bleeding Out brings together artists exploring medical misogyny, chronic illness and the struggle to be believed. Through deeply personal work, the Digbeth exhibition turns experiences of pain, dismissal and resilience into something visible.
15
Jun
Jun
Birmingham-born and raised, AMÍKA returns to Speakeasy with Susie a year after the release of debut EP Blue Kid. Jesting about how long it has been and how “we should be ashamed of ourselves” to have waited so long, AMÍKA shares that she is “riding high” after headlining The Hare & Hounds in King Heath. […]
09
Jun
Jun
Birmingham’s own The Leaking Machine started with the aim to “make powerpop great again”. Comprised of Mighty Mighty’s Pete Geoghegan and Russel Burton, and Spence Roberts of Stella Martyr, The Leaking Machine bring excellence and experience to the genre. Their record ‘When Time Passed Slow’ features on their debut album Sounds on Sounds. Bringing a […]
29
Aug
Aug
Suzette Pluck (Susie) presents Speakeasy every Wednesday at 2pm. Her show is a mix of chat with guests from all walks of Birmingham life and the latest local music. Susie shares some more about herself and the show. “I was born into music. I first went to Notting Hill Carnival at five months old and […]
21
Feb
Feb
Emma Smallman – aka DJ Sister Smalls – explores the world of dance music every other Thursday on Brum Radio at 8pm. She talks about her show Beauty in the Beats, her life, DJ’ing and the music she loves. What is your show about – what do you want listeners to get from it? It’s […]
13
Jul
Jul
Tim Bradshaw hosts the eclectic music show Non Filter every Sunday from 7-9pm. Here Tim talks about his career, the show and his other activities, including teaching and touring. Tell us something about yourself. I’m a multi instrumentalist musician. I’ve done a lot of touring and recording with some big names and not so big […]
23
May
May
Singer-songwriter Dan Whitehouse presents ‘The Glass Age’ on Brum Radio, inviting each month a musical guest to discuss with him the emotional impact of music, our listening habits and how our human experience and ways of connecting have changed through the ‘glass’ of virtual meetings and communication. He talks about his show, his career and latest […]
27
Apr
Apr
Rick Sanders, aka Willis the Poet, is an established comedy stand-up poet based in the mighty West Midlands. He is a regular headliner and featured poet on the flourishing spoken word scene across the UK, his sticky sausage-fingers in as many pies as he can. You can find him running his mouth off at any […]
04
Nov
Nov
Mike Davies presents Alternative Roots on Brum Radio every Sunday lunchtime between 12noon and 2pm. Each week he brings you the best new roots, folk and Americana releases from emerging and local artists. Mike talks below about his time in music and the show. Tell us about yourself and how you got into music. I […]