Tmesis Theatre in Liverpool have announced a new digital project showcasing a series of short films written and performed by women based in the North. The project sees Indian poet, writer and activist, Jhilmil Breckenridge; Coronation Street writer, Ella Greenhil; winner of the Northern Writers Award for Poetry, Jennifer Lee Tsai; and Lizzie Nunnery, an […]
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Southport’s newly assembled four-piece, Bobhowla have spent the last year getting a collection of songs into shape and are now preparing for the release of the lead track off their debut album. Singer/songwriter Howard Doupé has been working alongside Idlewild’s Rod Jones to create an 11 track debut album. Entitled Everything’s Wrong, But It’s Alright, the album is set for release in late […]
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Somewhere in the world, every few minutes, someone is performing, listening to, or dancing to a composition of Lalgudi G Jayaraman. This maestro musician has made an unmatched contribution to the world of Indian Classical Music. A trailblazing performer, composer and teacher, he has left behind an incredible body of compositions and a host of […]
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Earlier this year, Mellowtone’s very own Ragz Nordset released her latest single ‘Don’t You Forget’. This was the first piece of recorded music Ragz had shared in five years, and with her soulful yet haunting vocals set against sparse piano, it was definitely worth the wait. Don’t You Forget takes a stripped back approach compared […]
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This Summer, Tea India partnered with Mila, the UK’s leading Indian Arts & Culture company, to deliver the “Authentically Indian Summer Sessions” – a virtual celebration of Indian arts & culture. ‘Lockdown’ meant that much of Milap’s year-round programme of Indian arts in London on Liverpool was provided online, featuring everything from brand new performances […]
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Milap, the UK’s leading Indian Arts & Culture company, is bringing the world of Indian music and dance to the masses during lockdown with a host of online interactive activities. Following a weekend of back-to-back live performances, workshops and discussions online to celebrate International Dance Day in April, the Liverpool-based organisation continues to provide high quality […]
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Merseyside not-for-profit BrazUKa International have been awarded Arts Council England’s Emergency Response funding and are now launching a brand new online drumming and movement project. With a programme of activities that was based around public-facing community rehearsals, performances and workshops, the organisation was hit hard by the effects of Covid-19. Now, with this funding, BrazUKa – and its highly visible […]
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This Saturday 4 April, the Threshold Festival Team are going live from lockdown with a special streamed podcast.
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Liverpool dance company Movema have teamed up with a local youth and community centre to tackle violent crime. In November 2019, Movema secured a grant from Merseyside’s Violence Reduction Partnership’s (VRP) sport-sector fund, coordinated by public health charity Healthy Stadia, to extend their youth outreach programme “Unlock the Box”. The project provides preventative activities to young people in areas of high […]
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Africa Oyé have revealed the first three live music acts for their 2020 festival of music and culture in Liverpool. Female pan-African supergroup, Les Amazones D’Afrique, Ghanian highlife stars, Santrofi and Cameroonian songstress Valerie Ekoume will all grace the Sefton Park stage when the festival returns for its 28th annual event on 20th and 21st June, 2020. The all-female collective of West […]
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