Rhythm Resilience: Birmingham’s Live Music Scene Fights Back Amidst Pandemic Challenges
The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on the live music scene in Birmingham, UK, with venues across the city…
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Level Up – Midlands music industry workshop
We are excited to summarise the enlightening “Level Up Midlands Music Industry Workshop” that unfolded on 13th October 2023, at…
Who is Who? An overview of Key Players in the Birmingham Music Ecosystem
“From authorities responsible for regulation and support (public authorities) to organisations representing the interests of the music industry (non-state actors),…
Mastering Open Mic Nights: Advice for artists
Liverpool’s own singer-songwriter, Matt Decombe, shares valuable insights in this blog article. He offers guidance to fellow artists on effectively…
BLMP – Birmingham Music Venue Map
About the map The BLMP Birmingham Music Venue Map (v1.0) was launched on Monday 1st June 2020. You can view…
We’ve Mapped Your Music Venues
Liverpool City Region Music Board is proud to reveal the new digital map which details useful information about local live…
Event: Keeping Liverpool City Region Music Venues on the Map
If you run a venue or if you are a promoter who puts on gigs in the city region (Liverpool,…
Unconvention 2020 – video highlights
The BLMP Birmingham Music Venue Map (v1.0) was launched on Monday 1st June 2020. You can view the map by…
BLMP Musician & Audience Surveys
Following the recent release of various COVID protocols by the UK Government, and the most recent support package for the…
Meet the BLMP student assistant team
In a collaborative blog post for the Aston University website, the BLMP Student Assistant team discussed their work on the…
BLMP figures feature in local media campaign
In a recent post, the BLMP discussed the potential implications on live music venue capacities in Birmingham as the UK…
IASPM – ‘London Calling’ conference panel
The BLMP team recently presented papers on a dedicated panel at the IASPM UK & Ireland annual conference. The conference…
Arts rescue package: don’t forget small venues – they’re where big stars learned their trade
This post was originally published on The Conversation website. Icons – and gigs – come in all shapes and sizes.…
Birmingham’s Roadmap to live music
In this blog post, BLMP researchers Patrycja Rozbicka, Craig Hamilton and Adam Behr explore what a return to live music…
An interactive Birmingham music venue map
As part of the Birmingham Live Music Project, we are looking at live music in our home city of Birmingham,…
Five ways musicians are responding to the coronavirus crisis
I recently published another piece on The Conversation UK – part of their series on “five things…”. This one is…
It is not all about the toilet paper, culture matters: Creative live music responses to the Covid-19 lockdown
As social distancing and self-isolation become a 2020 lifestyle mainstream in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, an emphasis on our…
“The Sound of Birmingham”: our Research Assistant writes..
We have a great team of Research Assistants working with us on the BLMP project. They have been helping us…
Brexit’s threat to the music industry
I recently published a new piece in The New European about Brexit and the threats it poses to the music…
How will Brexit affect the Birmingham Live Music Industry?
Birmingham has a long and rich history of producing and consuming popular music. But how will Brexit affect the live…
“Groove The City: Constructing and Deconstructing Urban Spaces Through Music”
Last week I travelled to the town of Lüneburg in northern Germany for the ‘Groove The City: Constructing and Deconstructing…
Birmingham Live Music & Brexit – Report 1
Today the first fruits of our work with The UK Live Music Industry in a post-2019 era: A Globalised local…
