Birmingham Mail - Tag - glee club

“You have to pinch yourselves sometimes – sitting there with these people you’ve listened to for years and years,” confesses The Leisure Society’s Nick Hemming.

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

With two albums and a prestigious Ivor Novello Award for songwriting under his belt, Nick’s slowly discovering he has some heavyweight admirers, leading to house parties at Brian Eno’s, boozy drinking sessions with Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon, career advice from Richard Thompson, and performing with Ray Davies.

Comic Richard Herring asks 'what is love, anyway?'

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

AFTER comparing himself to Jesus in the controversial one-man show Christ On A Bike, comedian Richard Herring now turns his thoughts to romance.

Kate Walsh in a rush to record new album

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

KATE Walsh was in no mood to hang around when it came to making her new album.

Black Country Glenn communes with his fans

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

MIDLAND rock bassist and vocalist Glenn Hughes is returning home for a series of intimate ‘greatest hits’ gigs.

Mary's Irish eyes are now smiling

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

IN recent years Mary Coughlan has grabbed more headlines for her personal life than her music.

Baxter Dury's new words and music

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

The album has a really laid-back air to it.

Why Lee Hurst is back on the road

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

THEY might have thought it was all over – but comedian Lee Hurst is back on the road again with his first stand-up tour in a decade.

Tommy Tiernan on improvising comedy and who is a real genius

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

ONE of the stand-up highlights of last year was undoubtedly the return of Tommy Tiernan.

Marcus's path of enlightenment

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

SINGER-songwriter Marcus Foster is a man of many talents with influential friends.

Emmy looks towards a great Christmas

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT

CHRISTMAS is still three months away, but songstress Emmy the Great is already thinking about Santa!