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Music Reviews: November 2023

Fri 17 Nov 2023

This month, we review new music from MuHa, Marvin's Revenge, Katie Keddie, Ben McElroy, Yay Maria, Bram Bancroft, Sharp Little Bones, and ROB.GREEN...

We Take a Fresh Look at National Ice Centre - The Big Local Venue With Room for Everyone

Fri 17 Nov 2023

Having opened in April 2000, you might think by this point that you know all about the National Ice Centre. But that’s far from all that’s going on at their extensive base on Bolero Square...

Gig Review: Tom A. Smith at The Chameleon

Fri 17 Nov 2023

At nineteen years old, most musicians are only just getting started in their music careers – but Tom A. Smith is not most musicians. The young singer-songwriter from Sunderland was born practically with a guitar in his hand, learning how to play from the age of four and then incredibly playing his first ever gig at The Cluny in Newcastle, aged just eight years old. Eleven years on from that monumental first gig, we went to catch him at The Chameleon as part of his mammoth 34-date UK tour...

We Chat to Neville Staple From The Specials Ahead of His Metronome Gig

Fri 17 Nov 2023

Neville Staple has had an incredible career in the music industry. During his time with The Specials, they achieved eight top ten singles including two number ones. He then had another bite of the cherry with six top twenty singles with Fun Boy Three. We chat to the 'Original Rude Boy' ahead of his show at Metronome next month...

Standing in This Place: A New Statue Commemorating the Historical Women of Nottingham

Thu 16 Nov 2023

In April of 2024, Rachel Carter & The Legacy Makers are due to raise a statue titled Standing in This Place in the rejuvenated Broadmarsh. It depicts two women hand in hand - a white female garment worker and an enslaved African woman. The project is still seeking fundraising so that it can stand life-size and do justice to its inspiration...

Gig Review: Cian Ducrot at Rock City

Thu 16 Nov 2023

Cian Ducrot is an Irish singer-songwriter, raised in Cork, currently on the road with his Victory tour, named after his first studio album. The last time Cian played Nottingham he was performing at Rescue Rooms, but his growing success has seen him step up to Rock City, where the venue was packed full with adoring fans of all ages...

Music Review: Trio Gaspard at Djanogly Recital Hall

Thu 16 Nov 2023

Founded in 2010, Trio Gaspard are one of the most sought after Piano Trios and are regulars at the Wigmore Hall and a host of famous European venues; this year, they also performed at the BBC Proms. They are currently involved in a project to record all of Joseph Haydn’s Piano Trios for their record label, Chandos, and have commissioned several modern composers to write Piano Trios as companion pieces for their recordings. Haydn’s Piano Trios are personal favourites of Tim Hill's, so he was very keen to hear them at Djanogly Recital Hall...

We Caught up With the NTU Observatory to Find Out About What Events Are Coming up in the Sky

Wed 15 Nov 2023

Nottingham Trent University’s (NTU) Clifton Campus has been home to the Trent Astronomical Observatory since it was built in 2006. We caught up with Daniel Brown, an associate professor of astronomy at NTU who runs the NTU Observatory, to find out about what events are coming up in the sky and how you can get involved in astronomy around Nottingham…

In Photos: Baby Queen at Rescue Rooms

Wed 15 Nov 2023

Baby Queen was only in Nottingham back in September, performing at Rough Trade, but less than two months later she returns once again, hot on the heels of the release of her debut album, Quarter Life Crisis, to headline Rescue Rooms...

Gig Review: Baby Tap at Rough Trade

Wed 15 Nov 2023

After delving deep into the world of Baby Tap when she interviewed him back in September, Roxann Yus had the pleasure of attending his album release launch party for ENKI at Rough Trade last week...

Gig Review: Death Cult at Rock City

Wed 15 Nov 2023

Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy returned to a jam-packed Rock City to celebrate forty years of The Cult's predecessor, Death Cult, reliving deep cuts that spawned one of the most successful bands to come from the UK's illustrious eighties gothic and Hard Rock scene…

Theatre Review: A Voyage Round My Father

Wed 15 Nov 2023

Rupert Everett stars in this classic at the Theatre Royal...

We Chat to Paguro Upcycle, Nottingham’s Contemporary Upcycled Fashion and Home Accessories Brand

Tue 14 Nov 2023

In recent years, sustainability in the fashion world has been a hot topic, but for Nottingham contemporary upcycled fashion and home accessories brand Paguro Upcycle, it’s been the bedrock of the brand since it first launched a decade ago. Paguro Upcycle has made a name for itself with its eye-catching pieces, made out of discarded items such as bike inner tube and wood off-cuts, which have been given a second life as jewellery, homewear, clothing and more.