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Bonniesongs (australia), Natalie Evans & Hexcut

Ntu String Sinfonia Live

Footstomping music at the Royal Concert Hall

Sinfonia Viva triumphs with Fanny Mendelssohn, Mozart and Beethoven...

Theatre maker Natalie Bellingham brings her one woman show to Nottingham

Ahead of her upcoming solo performance at Lakeside Arts, where comedy meets life’s biggest transitions, Emma Oldham caught up with Natalie Bellingham to uncover the hidden layers behind Look After Your Knees...

Natalie Duncan Quartet [soul]

Classical concert: Sinfonia Viva at the Royal Concert Hall

This matinee concert brings three distinctive voices from Eastern Europe to Nottingham...

Sinfonia Viva’s New Year’s Eve Gala

LeftLion Interviews Podcast #6: Natalie Duncan on Music Careers, Hockley Hustle, Goldie, Jools Holland, Ronnie Scott’s, Peggy’s Skylight and more

Our sixth episode features a conversation with Nottingham-born neo-soul, R&B, jazz (and more) singer-songwriter Natalie Duncan... 

Preview: 'LeftLion Live At The Library' events: Natalie Duncan and Chanel Cresswell

We've now confirmed our final guests for our 2024 'LeftLion at the Library' events. These take place on the first Friday of each month at Nottingham Central Library thanks to funding from the Arts Council England...

Natalie Duncan Trio [soul]

We spoke to NTU Professor and Linguistics researcher Natalie Braber to find out more about Nottinghamshire and East Midlands Dialect

The Nottingham accent is an intrinsic part of our local identity, but what exactly makes it unique? Is it set to disappear with new generations? And what are the effects of sitting right in the middle of the North-South divide? We put these questions to Natalie Braber, a professor of Linguistics at Nottingham Trent University to get to the bottom of it…

After Hours: April Fredrick and Sinfonia Viva

Sinfonia Viva

Concert Review : Royal Northern Sinfonia

The Royal Northern Sinfonia plays at the Royal Concert Hall... 

Concert Review: Sinfonia Viva's New Year Gala at the Royal Concert Hall

Kevin Stanley sees in the New Year with Sinfonia Viva at the Royal Concert Hall...

Sinfonia Viva's New Year Gala 2023

Interview: Sinfonia Viva

With Sinfonia Viva's New Year's Eve performance at the Royal Concert Hall fast approaching, Ian C Douglas chats with Lucy Galliard, their Chief Executive, about all things orchestral... 

Sinfonia Viva: Stunning Strings

Concert Review: The Sinfonia of London at the Royal Concert Hall

Ian C Douglas reviews the London Sinfonia at the Royal Concert Hall…

Under Cover Artist: Natalie Owen

Our Head Designer Natalie Owen explains how Disney’s The Little Mermaid inspired her first LeftLion cover in over a year…

Natalie Duncan + Ajay Henry

Metronome 'Piano Sessions' with Natalie Duncan + Ajay Henry

Notts-Born Singer-Songwriter Natalie Duncan on Her New Album, Free

There aren’t many things in life that are a given these days. One exception, however, is the guaranteed beauty of a new album release by Notts-born singer songwriter Natalie Duncan. Free, which was released on 31 July this year, is Nat’s first full-length album since 2012, and is full of her customary soul-infused melodies and candid lyrics. Featuring tracks written over a number of years since 2012, it’s one heck of an expansive record, brimming with vivacity and ambition. We caught up with Nat to chat about her Notts roots, the new record and her musical life in the age of COVID-19….

"No Disney princesses wear glasses and that made me feel like I wasn't beautiful enough." - Lowri Moore and Our Head Designer, Natalie Owen on Their New Children's Book

“If you don’t like something, change it.” That’s what poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou wrote and preached throughout her life. And, it’s exactly what Lowri Moore has done – fuelled by the lack of representation for glasses-wearing characters in Disney films, the eleven-year-old has collaborated with our very own designer, Natalie Owen on their new children’s book, Princess Rose and the Golden Glasses…