From Sabrina Carpenter to , many of the world’s greatest artists have already stopped by Birmingham this year. But there’s plenty more exciting gigs still to come in the Second City. Home to many of the UK’s biggest and...
What would the UK’s music landscape be like without the West Midlands? A lot more bleak that’s for sure. For once, we’re not talking about , but 2 tone (also known as the ska revival) - which saw the likes of The Specia...
The West Midlands is a strange place for the second wave of ska to have taken root. This Jamaican genre, a precursor to reggae, was typified by speedy off-beat rhythms, blending Caribbean calypso with American R&B,...
Our city of Birmingham has produced some of the finest recording musicians the world has ever seen. But few have been as successful as UB40. They have sold over 100 million records, had over 50 UK hit singles, including...