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Beverley Knight come Out of Africa for UK tour Nov 17 2011

Out of Africa and on the road to Wolverhampton – that’s the route taken by Midland soul star Beverley Knight.Read

Black Sabbath reunion: Band announce world tour and new album Nov 11 2011

The original Black Sabbath line-up of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward are reuniting for a new tour and album.Read

Glenn Hughes: Fall and rise of a rock survivor Nov 11 2011

He played bass with Deep Purple and survived to tell the tale. Now Glenn Hughes is back with a new acoustic show, writes Dave Freak.Read

Nick Mason recalls the making of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here Nov 11 2011

Pink Floyd's Nick Mason tells Jon Perks of the 'painful process' en route to their classic 1975 album, Wish You Were Here.Read

Review: City of Birmingham Choir, at Symphony Hall Nov 11 2011

If you’re going to celebrate a choir’s 90th birthday properly, do it with panache, confidence and the right music.Read

Sticking with the classicals for a good read Nov 11 2011

Christopher Morley discovers books which would make the perfect gift for those with a love of classical music.Read

Review: Quatuor Diotima, at Artrix, Bromsgrove Nov 11 2011

Bromsgrove Concerts promoted a really enterprising programme last weekend, one which deserved to attract a larger audience of chamber-music aficionados.Read

Review: Guillemots, at HMV Institute Library, Birmingham Nov 10 2011

A band with more talent in their little fingers than a whole complement of X Factor wannabes, Guillemots know how to put on a proper live show. Read

Review: Central England Ensemble, at Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Nov 10 2011

Was enough time devoted to rehearsals by this enthusiastic, but untidy, Central England Ensemble of more than 50 non-professional players, we ask?Read

Jazz Diary: Unique sounds of Steve Swallow Nov 10 2011

The big gig this week features a man who has been at the heart of American jazz for over 50 years, and one who really does deserve that horribly overused word: unique.Read

Tributes for former Brumbeats and Uglys guitarist Roger Hill Nov 09 2011

Tributes have been paid to veteran Birmingham guitarist and singer Roger Hill, who died this week, aged 66.Read

Review: Alison Krauss and Union Station, Symphony Hall, Birmingham Nov 08 2011

Review: Alison Krauss and Union Station, Symphony Hall, BirminghamRead

Black Sabbath expected to announce reformed line-up on November 11 Nov 07 2011

Speculation is mounting Black Sabbath will officially announce the reformation of the band’s original line-up on Friday, November 11.Read

Review: Andris Nelsons, Baiba Skride & CBSO, at Birmingham Symphony Hall Nov 07 2011

The first Nelsons/Skride collaboration with the CBSO was momentous, in a recording of one of the repertoire’s "biggies", the Tchaikovsky concertoRead

Judas Priest sued by Rob Halford's former manager Nov 07 2011

MEMBERS of Midland heavy metal band Judas Priest are facing a lawsuit demanding around £31 million in damages.Read

Guillemots getting it together in the country Nov 04 2011

Guillemots' Fyfe Dangerfield talks bands, birdwatching and Birmingham with Jon Perks.Read

Adrian Lucas is the choir master Nov 04 2011

Christopher Morley speaks to a conductor who had big shoes to fill when he took up the baton at the City of Birmingham Choir.Read

Review: Motorhead, at Wolverhampton Civic Hall Nov 04 2011

HAVING produced a strangely subdued set at Bloodstock-Open-Air in August, Motorhead had a point to prove when returning to the Midlands.Read

Review: Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts CBSO, at Birmingham Symphony Hall Nov 04 2011

As music critics get older, so conductors get younger and younger. Apart from the astonishing two-year-old conducting Beethoven Five on YouTube, I don’t think I’ve ever seen any maestro looking as childlike as did Santtu-Matias Rouvali on the CBSO podium last week.Read

Alison Krauss gives voice to truth and emotion Nov 03 2011

Bluegrass and country superstar Alison Krauss talks to Richard McComb about her bruised heart and her quest for emotional contentment.Read

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