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Andrew Cowen

Andrew Cowen

Review: Moseley Folk Festival

Normal critical rules don’t apply when it comes to talking about Moseley Folk Festival weekend. For a start, it’s not strictly a folk festival. Read

Your guide to the highlights of Moseley Folk Festival

Andrew Cowen and Dave Freak preview a cultural highlight on the Birmingham arts calendar – The Moseley Folk Festival.Read

Spritely Records keeping it real in a digital age with Josephine

Spritely Records turned to local musicians and businesses in creating their latest release, from the recording through to the packaging. Andrew Cowen tells the story of Josephine, by Stately Homes Of England & Hunt Emerson.Read

Keeping the community heart beating in Nechells

Andrew Cowen looks at the work of an inner-city charity helping children and young people.Read

Let's rock the West Midlands

Dig out your metal memorabilia, a new archive project needs you, says Andrew Cowen.Read

Review: Queen at the NIA, Birmingham

Andrew Cowen reviews Queen at the Birmingham NIA.Read

Return of the psychedelic sounds of Omnia Opera

Andrew Cowen looks forward to the first gig in 15 years by Birmingham’s space rock band, Omnia Opera.Read

David Garrett's not just a pretty face

The David Beckham of the violin tells Andrew Cowen about the classical pop divide and why he has no time for modelling any moreRead

A calmer chameleon

Andrew Cowen talks to a somewhat chilled Boy George about life beyond the mainstream and the many temptations available to musiciansRead

Jim Kerr still has that old sparkle

As Simple Minds prepare to go back on the road, singer Jim Kerr tells Andrew Cowen how self-belief has carried the band through some dark days. Read

Gigbeth 2008 line-up announced

After weeks of waiting, speculation and leaks, Birmingham’s itinerant festival Gigbeth has now announced its list of headliners.Read

Sam Sparro curse strikes again

Sam Sparro tells Andrew Cowen about the blows that Birmingham has dealt him in trying to play a gigRead

Laughing matters at the Hare and Hounds

Andrew Cowen hears how comedy is set to return to the Hare and Hounds in Kings HeathRead

Review: Fairport's Cropredy Convention

You can lay on the finest food, the cleanest lavvies and the best bands in the land, but if Mother Earth decides she wants to open her heavens, there’s little you can do but to seek shelter.Read

Big Chill Festival at Eastnor, nr Malvern

After the squalid indignities of Glastonbury, It felt like a bit of a homecoming to attend the Big Chill.Read

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Andrew is a features writer and columnist for The Birmingham Post. He also writes on The Post's Lifestyle blog.