The Music Quarter

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2010
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More music news for Birmingham – hoorah! I heard about The Music Quarter a little while ago and it’s good to see it up and running now. Natalie, the site’s editor, is a BCU student and this, I gather, is to be the focus of her year-long project.

Of course, this raises questions about whether/how the site will last longer term (or indeed whether it’s sustainability matters).

Now, not wanting to sound spoiled, but indie/rock music seems to be looked after – I’m enjoying the Blue Whale Blog, fr’instance. Who’s writing about the city’s bhangra, hip hop, reggae, dance music, etc and digging up the gems there?

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  • Russ L
    posted Jan 11th, 2010 at 1:34 pm

    “Who’s writing about the city’s bhangra, hip hop, reggae, dance music, etc and digging up the gems there?”

    Hear hear. Well asked that man.

  • Natalie Chillington
    posted Jan 11th, 2010 at 5:32 pm

    Hi Chris,

    Thanks for giving The Music Quarter a mention!

    Yes I’m running the site as part of my MA and it’s very much a work in progress but something I’d like to continue after my studies.

    I don’t intend to solely focus on indie/rock but if there are any writers out there that would like to promote local up-and-coming artists in the other genres you have mentioned then they’re more than welcome to get in touch – contribute@the-music-quarter.com

    Thanks,

    Natalie x

  • Andy
    posted Jan 13th, 2010 at 9:13 am

    Thanks again for the plug – http://biggerthanbarry.com/ is pretty good for dance related stuff.

    Cheers,

    Andy