Tonight (Thursday 10 December), the charity Under the Stars, who use creativity and performing arts to enhance the lives of people with disabilities, will see their first ‘virtual nightclub’ broadcast on local TV station, Sheffield Live TV. Under the Stars has run nightclubs for people with learning disabilities and their friends for...
Sheffield-based Deep/House/Disco label Moment Cinetique has been gaining a reputation for unique and top-quality releases over the last few years, and their latest Steel City themed release is no exception. The label has teamed up with fellow city resident, and underground cult hero, Tommy Vicari Jnr for...
Ed Cosens released ‘The River’ on Friday 27 November, the second single from his long-overdue debut solo album Fortunes Favour. A long-time lynchpin of the Sheffield music scene, best known as the guitarist and co-songwriter in Reverend & The Makers, Ed waited to make his solo debut until the...
Local music legend, Tony Christie, has signed up as the first official celebrity ambassador for Sheffield Hospitals Charity. Christie, 77, was born in South Yorkshire and spent much of his life living in Sheffield. As a local lad he knows and loves the city and wanted to play his...
Music Venue Trust (MVT), which represents hundreds of UK grassroots music venues (GMVs), has announced a new phase of its hugely successful #saveourvenues campaign, which will be focused on securing the future of 30 venues who were ineligible to receive funding from, or wholly or partially unsuccessful in their...
Arts Council England last week expanded its creativity grants to include more of the largely forgotten music industry, with DJs, sound engineers, lighting designers, and more now becoming eligible for grants. As part of the continued funding schemes for the music and creative industries amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Arts...
Popular Uk electronic band Hot Chip have revealed their new single ‘Straight to the Morning’, and it features the former Pulp frontman, solo artist and, most recently, tea and jigsaw salesman, Jarvis Cocker. The band have recruited the Brit Pop icon for their euphoric synth-pop cut, which...
Yellow Arch Studios, one of Sheffield’s favourite recording studios, rehearsal spaces and bars, is ‘delighted’ to have been awarded £161,053 from the government’s £1.57b Culture Recovery Fund, allowing them to keep the studio ‘running through these challenging times.’ The news comes nearly a week after they re opened their...
Award winning comedian Rob Brydon and his eight-piece band will take to the road next year with his new show, Rob Brydon – A Night of Songs & Laughter. The new dates follow the huge success of his 2020 Tour, and together mark the first time Brydon has created...
Given that for the best part of 20 years Ed Cousens has shared song writing duties with a rather more outspoken frontman, it’s understandable that his talents might have gone under the radar at times. However, the Reverend & the Makers stalwart has decided it’s finally time...