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Gate to Southwell Festival Is Set to Bounce Back in 2021

Tue 22 Dec 2020

Book it into yer calendars...

Final Round of Voting for Prospect Music Awards Live: Crown the Winner for 2021

Sun 20 Dec 2020

Strictly might be over for another year but turn yer attention local and there’s still another talent competition to keep us entertained. Craig, Motsi and Shirley are replaced by a number of known names for the Notts-based Prospect Music Award. Get to know more and place your votes ahead of the finals on NYD...

Dekker on Rue Royale, Slow Reveal and making music with his five-year-old daughter...

Sat 28 Nov 2020

We catch up with Chicago-born, Nottingham-based musician Brookln Dekker to talk Rue Royale, solo work Slow Reveal and making music with his five-year-old daughter...

5 Nottingham Artists to Listen to This Month

Fri 20 Nov 2020

The latest Nottinghamshire releases...

Nusic New Music Podcast #237 with Mez, Jonny Olley, Chloe Rodgers, George Gadd and More...

Fri 13 Nov 2020

This week’s New Music Podcast features new music inspired by Maccy D’s, the most long-awaited debut single ever, plus a detailed breakdown of a rapper’s tax arrangements.

This podcast may contain some fruity language. Sensitive ears – you have been warned.

Nottingham Music Hub Partners with Open Orchestra For New Orchestral Project

Tue 10 Nov 2020

Children with Severe, Profound and Complex Learning difficulties at Oak Field School are part of a year long project, showcasing “the power of music to reach us all”.

Nusic Advice Video: Five Branding / Social Media Strategies for Musicians

Fri 06 Nov 2020

Nusic's last branding video told you why it's important - this one tells you specific actions and strategies you can take to up your social media / branding game. No better time than lockdown 2, ay?

Music Premiere: All I Ever Do by Camille Christel

Fri 30 Oct 2020

We're buzzing to have the exclusive premiere of Camille Christel's new track, All I Ever Do...

Nusic New Music Podcast #236 with Archie, Distant Blue, Beka, Torn Sail and More...

Thu 29 Oct 2020

This week’s New Music Podcast features our Artist of the Month for October, two NG artists both getting love from Clash and Wonderland, plus our musician advice vid latest.

This podcast may contain some fruity language. Sensitive ears – you have been warned.

Nusic Advice Video: Why Music is Such a Headsrr PT. 2

Mon 19 Oct 2020

Part two of our why music is such a 'thing youtube won't let us say' - this time focussed on Identity....

5 Nottingham Albums to Listen to This Month

Sun 11 Oct 2020

The latest Nottinghamshire releases...

Nusic Advice Video: How to Smash Your Branding as a Musician

Wed 07 Oct 2020

In 2020, branding yourself well as a musician is real important. It's no longer just the major labels that are thinking about it. As an independent artist - you should spend time working out what your brand is, and how best to communicate that brand - as it'll help you reach your musical goals.

Nusic New Music Podcast #234 with Scorzayzee, Project Zeus, Blle, Karizma and More...

Sun 04 Oct 2020

This week’s New Music Podcast features Mark’s most humiliating moment since starting Nusic, new music from not one, but three of NG’s most respected MC’s, plus advice on how to cope with the mind fuckery that is being a musician.

This podcast may contain some fruity language. Sensitive ears – you have been warned.

Nusic Advice Video: Why Music is Such a Headfuck

Thu 01 Oct 2020

There are a number of reasons why being a musician is such a headfuck. Music is subjective, that subjective nature together with the public nature of music means the knockbacks are often more frequent AND more personal plus your job, dream and even identity are all wrapped up into one. In this vid we try and unpack this, and hopefully help you feel a bit better about your music and yourself.

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5 Nottingham Albums to Listen to This Month

Tue 22 Sep 2020

The latest Nottinghamshire releases...

Nusic New Music Podcast #233 with Megatrain, Chloe Rodgers, Bru-C, The Crying Violets and More

Tue 15 Sep 2020

This week’s New Music Podcast features the Nottingham artist getting love from 1Xtra, free career advice for musicians, plus the Notts MC who’s just hit one million monthly listeners on Spotify.

This podcast may contain some fruity language. Sensitive ears – you have been warned.

5 Nottingham Albums to Listen to This Month

Tue 25 Aug 2020

The latest Nottinghamshire releases...

From Sneinton to Xingu: Notts Musician Nathaniel Mann and his experiences with Brazil's Wauja Indigenous Community

Sun 23 Aug 2020

When Sneinton-based musician and radio broadcaster Nathaniel Mann responded to a 2018 British Council + PRSF opportunity for a musical residency with the Wauja Indigenous Community in Xingu, Mato Grosso, Brazil, he had no idea how much his life was about to change. Two years later, he collaborated with the Wauja’s principal Akari Waura, assisted with the recording and preservation of his traditional songs and produced a BBC Radio 4 documentary about their work together. Now, as the community faces the threat of COVID-19, he’s working with the Wauja to help raise awareness and funds to ensure the long-term protection of a people whose descendants have lived in the Xingu territory for over a thousand years…

Nina Smith on Music and Mental Health

Thu 13 Aug 2020

I’d like to talk about the quiet divorce I had with music. I’m ready to share my unhealthy relationship with my career and the effect it had on my mental health. I’m not sure why I feel the need to share this, but I do. Maybe it’s to help other artists? Maybe it’s cathartic? Whatever the reason, I’d like to share how my drive to become a successful music artist eventually made me ill.

Left Magpie: Home Improvements

Wed 29 Jul 2020

During Lockdown, I became particularly partial to home improvement programmes. There was something quite therapeutic, during a time of intense instability and incoherence, watching someone making sense out of chaos by turning a decommissioned Soviet missile into a glamping pod.