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Local bluesy rock duo Dusty 4 Track talk their debut album How Did I Get Here?

Musical duo Dusty 4 Track have been a Nottingham live music staple for several years now, and a must-listen band for anyone looking for chilled blues, whiskey soaked vocals, and foot-stomping riffs. Not long ago they put out their debut album: How Did I Get Here?, so it seemed like a good time for us to catch up with Benjamin James (organ/guitar) and Will Jeffery (guitar/vocals).

Gig review: Dusty 4 Track album launch at Rough Trade, with RonnieToldUs and Jinda Biant

Rough Trade was host to Dusty 4 Track last weekend as they celebrated the vinyl release of their debut album How Did I Get Here? with support from Jinda Biant and RonnieToldUs. Sophie Gargett went along to check it out...

LeftLion's Latest Listens #43: Notts music we're currently spinning

In this edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, our music team reviews new releases from Book of Churches, Dusty 4 Track, Firmament and JJ Lovegrove...

Truth or legend: The Case of Bill’s Mother’s

"It's black over Bill's mother's": so say many of us from the Midlands when less-than-pleasant weather looks to be on the horizon. But how many of us have actually considered the meaning of the phrase? Our editorial intern Matthew Blaney was set-a-wondering about the identity of Bill's mother, so in this month's Truth or Legend he decided to find out...

LeftLion's Latest Listens #19: Notts music we're currently spinning

In this week's expanded edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, our music team reviews new releases from Keane Baldwin, KALIKO, Pretty Windows, No Setting Son and Dusty 4 Track...

LeftLion's Latest Listens #11: Notts music we're currently spinning

In this week's LeftLion's Latest Listens, our music team reviews new releases from Grain Mother, ALT BLK ERA (with Wheatus), and Drew Thomas...

In photos: Grain Mother at The Grove, with Jiminil and Purple Hat Mob

Inspire Youth Arts Huge Showcase Held At Nottingham Playhouse

Every now and again, people feel as though the creative scene can be a slightly restrictive place for inspiring creatives to be, but over at Inspire Youth Arts, they have made it their mission to ensure that every young person has access to the arts. We visited Nottingham Playhouse to immerse ourselves in some top quality performances as part of Inspire’s huge showcase...

Film Review: Parallel Mothers

With Parallel Mothers, Pedro Almodóvar has delivered a tender and exquisite melodrama which deserves all the acclamation going...

Theatre Review: Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

Ooh Betty, he’s back! Ian Douglas went to see Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em at the Theatre Royal

NottsShop: April 2019

Hello! Welcome to the first in a monthly series on the best fashiony bits Notts has to offer. We're putting Nottingham under a style microscope and this month: we're focusing on “The Gram” with, like any good primary school story, a side eye to the who, what, where and when.

Got someone or something that you think we should know about? Drop us a line at anna.murphy@leftlion.co.uk...

Live Music Review: Acid Mothers Temple and Shiftwork at Metronome

Our Mike and Becky got down to Metronome to check out Acid Mothers Temple and Shiftwork...

Citrus Short Film Kickstarter Campaign

Tristan Ofield and Adrian Reynolds, the team behind White Lilly, are looking for support for their latest short film project, Citrus…

The White Lady of Newstead on How She Bit the Dust

We caught up with one of Newstead’s shyest ghostly inhabitants, Byron super-fan Sophie Hyatt aka The White Lady of Newstead…

8 Things to Do With Your Mum This Mothers Day

Mums are bleddy brilliant, aren’t they? Whether yours birthed you, raised you, came into your life half way through, if you call her mum, or grandma, or aunty, or her first name, if she makes the best roast potatoes, or struggles to boil an egg, she’s always on the other end of the phone when you need her. Treat your mum, or the closest person to it, to a cracker this Mother’s Day. Here’s some brain food to get the ideas ticking...

Film Review: Mother!

Some loved it, some hated it.  Here's our verdict on Darren Aronofsky's controversial new feature... 

The Television Workshop Needs Your Help

After being unceremoniously kicked out of their former Stoney Street home, in favour of luxury flats – gah – The Television Workshop are in desperate need of dollar to renovate their new space. After churning out talent like Vicky McClure, Bella Ramsey and Joe Dempsie, it’s now down to yow lot to keep the training ground for young actors alive. Well, at least without a flooded basement…

Filmmaker David Lilley Talks Crowdfunding for Socks & Robbers

David Lilley, the brains behind Broadway Cinema's bi-monthly Short Stack short film night, is looking to raise £5,000 through a Kickstarter campaign for his new film Socks & Robbers.  Our Screen Editor, Ash Carter, talked to him about the project...

Filmmaker Alex Withers on Kickstarter Campaign for Short Film Dead Quiet

Following on from the success of his short film Butterfly, which was selected for the London Short Film Festival, director Alex Withers has turned his attention to a new short film, Dead Quiet. We spoke to him about his ongoing Kickstarter campaign.