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Ralph leads double bill

MUSIC lovers are in for a rare treat when folk legend Ralph McTell and all-star covers band The Dylan Project team up for a gala double bill at Birmingham Town Hall tomorrow.Read

Burton at the Barton

BIRMINGHAM has a musical history second to none in England.Read

Second season for Big Band

BIRMINGHAM can be justly proud of being the home of the magnificent BBC Big Band who enter their second season of residency at The Town Hall with some great guest artists in the coming months.Read

Saxophonist looks so finn

SAXOPHONIST Finn Peters, one of the most talented of the young wave of musicians coming out of London, will be appearing with his band Finntet at the Polish Club in Digbeth tomorrow.Read

Old favourite joins rising star for club night

WHENEVER you see the name of John Patrick in the listings you can be certain that there will be an outstanding night of jazz coming up. Bearwood-born Patrick has been at the centre of most of the best jazz in Birmingham since the 1950s.Read

Lizzy set to raise roof

BIRMINGHAM Town Hall has a glorious history of live music which dates back to 1854 and next Friday sees it celebrating the first anniversary of its reopening, following a ten year closure.Read

Stan tickles the ivories

PIANIST Stan Tracey, who performs at Birmingham’s CBSO Centre tomorrow is an outstanding figure in the jazz world. His distinguished career has spanned six decades of flourishing creativity.Read

Classic food and music

FABULOUS food, fabulous surroundings and fabulous music – a festival with a difference is about to return to the Midlands.Read

Duo go for op stardom

TWO Birmingham singers are battling it out in an X-Factor-style contest to tour the UK with opera star Jonathan Ansell.Read

Rare chance for fans

TWO of the most successful and gifted young musicians in Birmingham make rare appearances in the city this week.Read

Hall for beats, bass and brass

BIRMINGHAM Town Hall is throwing open its doors for Artsfest Tonight the historic venue hosts an evening of beats, bass, brass and dancing featuring DJ Manga, hip-hop and nu-jazz from Soweto Kinch and performances by The Sub Ensemble and Maylight.Read

Folk floods Fountain stage

FOLK fans will be rewarded for tuning into Artsfest with a top class line-up of performers.Read

Big bands hit the right note

ONE of the greatest strengths of the Birmingham jazz scene is the remarkable number of long running Big Bands that week in, week out, provide top quality entertainment across the region.Read

José powers up for folk festival

JOSE Gonzalez hopes his Moseley Folk Festival appearance tomorrow will be more electric than a previous visit he made to the city.Read

From busker to headliner

DEVON-BASED songstress Becky Brine, one of the most popular discoveries at this year's Birmingham International Jazz Festival, makes a quick return to Brum to headline Picnic In The Park at the city's Botanical Gardens tomorrow.Read

Rave reviews for Birmingham Opera Company's King Idomeneo

A DISUSED Birmingham rubber factory was the unlikely setting of one of Mozart’s greatest operas.Read

New Orleans ten-piece gets funky

KINGS Heath may never be the same after tomorrow night.Read

An evening of great artists

BIRMINGHAM can be justly proud of being the home of the magnificent BBC Big Band who enter their second season of residency at The Town Hall with some great guest artists in the coming months.Read

Aston band now boasts 60 members

In a city that is world famous for the excellence and variety of its jazz big bands, The Notebenders, who are playing at Bearwood Corks Club on Thursday, can claim to be unique.Read

Convention are cream of crop

Fairport's Cropredy Convention, Oxfordshire's longest-established music festival, expects to sell out for the second consecutive year.Read