InBrighton Fridays Podcast: Recent Episodes

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Arts and Youth Events Special, with Live Music

The InBrighton Fridays show from 9th November 2012 on RadioReverb, community radio for Brighton and Hove, UK.

On the show,

Annie-Marie Page talks about the O2 Think Big project which helps young people launch ideas and programmes that benefit the places where they live. She tells us how this enabled her to run an art exhibition at the Brighton Dome and to help manage a Think Big showcase event at London's Indigo 02 at Grenwich

and, Rosie Lalor tells us about the most recent in her series of Rosi's Tinted Spectacles events in Hove. She has been running these variety shows for some time, including herself performing songs from her latest CD album, and others. Rosi sings and plays live on the show, accompanied on harmonies and glockenspiel by Kate Daisy Grant

Plus, Maudie Na Nakhorn, our country music correspondent, surprisingly talks about badgers and art for Oxfam

With music from Brighton and Hove and beyond

Produced and Presented by Donald Shier and Liz Edwards

55 minutes in length

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Sussex Extreme Energy Resitance + Maternity Worldwide

The InBrighton Fridays show on RadioReverb - Community Radio for Brighton and Hove, from Friday 2nd November 2012

Stella Simms from Maternity Worldwide tells Liz on the phone about this great, and very seasonal Brighton Charity. And about two creative fundraising events they're running in Brighton and Worthing. These are crafting sessions where you could make applique gifts and mini bunting. Matenity Worldwide was set up in Brighton and helps to provide improved maternity services in Africa, saving many lives and giving lots of children a better start in life

Then, live in the studio, Katie and Frances tell us about the Sussex campaign against drilling for gas in this county using hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to extract gas from deep underground. They are concerned about pollution risks to our water supplies that come from underground also. You can hear about their Sussex Extreme Energy Resistance and Honour The Water groups

Plus more creative and musical things going on in Brighton and Hove, and music from here and there and now and then

Produced and Presented by Liz Edwards, with help from Donald Shier

59 minutes in length

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Brighton Music News and 900 Spaces EP Launch

Talking to Joe and Adam from great Brighton band 900 Spaces about the launch of their new EP; We Build Wings - with a late appearance by singer and keyboardist, the lovely Emma Lou

More Music News: Amity plays O2 Islington, Kalakuta Millionaires first album, Rosi Lawlor head to head with Sandy Denny in our new Folk Off feature!

Plus Harvest Brighton and Hove Big Dig open day & South Downs Songs workshops -

Produced and Presented by Donald Shier

55 minutes in length

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Brighton's Nightingale Theatre

On InBrighton Fridays on RadioReverb - 20 July 2012 - Community Radio For Brighton and Hove

Winner of this year's Latest award for Best Theatre in the Fringe Festvial, this local theatre and production company have been delighting audiences in our city since some time around the 1980s

On the show, The Nightingale's Liberty Martin talks to Liz Edwards (and Donald Shier) about what they won the Fringe award for, what they are up to now and about their new membership scheme; helping you to enjoy the best in theatrical entertainment for less, and to avoid missing the next big thing

The show also includes other arts, cultural and musical news, plus snippets of great music from here and there (snippets only for licensing reasons)

Produced and presented by Liz Edwards and Donald Shier

45 minutes in length

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Live Music with the Beautiful Word

Emily and Megan from Brighton and Hove band; The Beautiful Word, sing and play live in the studio. And tell all about their recent gig at the big T in The Park festival in Scotland, last weekend. And about their gig this week at the Bind Tiger club in Brighton, and new recordings and more.

Plus, Liz Edwards' virtual gig guide for this weekend in Brighton and Hove - 13-15 July 2012. She is in Wales today, and this is one she made earlier!

And some more bits 'n pieces of news about cultural events locally.

Produced and Presented by Donald Shier and Liz Edwards

55 minutes in length

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Bliss Art Live

On InBrighton Fridays - from 16 February 2012

A weekly RadioReverb roundup of Arts, News, Music and Anything Interesting in Brighton (& Hove; Actually!)

This week, without Liz Edwards, and with; Donald Shier

Featuring, live in the studio, beautiful music from great trio - Bliss Art

And talking to them about touring in Europe, gigs in Brighton, singing workshops and much more

Also briefly talking to Dan from Occupy Brighton, about this campaign group working for a fairer and more community minded world

Plus snippets of other music from Brighton and Brazil (actually)

Produced by Donald Shier and Liz Edward and presented by Donald Shier

50 minutes in length

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Mee; Live And Unsigned UK Finalist! Live!+ Starting Out in the Brighton Music Biz, with Emily Walker

The InBrighton Fridays show on RadioReverb from 15 June 2012

Produced and Presented by Donald Shier and Liz Edwards

Marvellous Brighton and Hove Singer Songwriter and multi-talented musician: Mee returns to the show to celebrate reaching the Grand Final of Live and UnsignedUK. She is off to the 2000 capacity Proud2 in London on 14 July this year. But first, she dropped in to RadioReverb to sing some more of her great songs, accompanying herself on guitar. And she tells us about her musical journey, from singing to teddies on her sofa to now taking her place on the big stage

Plus, in the studio we talk to Emily Walker, a relative newcommer to the wonderful world of Brighton and Hove music: she tells us about managing fledgling music label, Convex Collective, being about to manage great local band ; Boy Com and about working with promoters and festival organisers; Playgroup

And with some added cultural news for Brighton and Hove

Music from Mee, live in the studio, and her new CD single + from Boy Com

This podcast is 53 minutes in length - appologies for poor sound quality due to technical difficulties in the studio

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The Ramonas + University of Brighton Art Faculty Degree Show Live

The InBrighton Fridays radio show from Friday 8th June, 2012, live at 5pm on RadioReverb - Community Radio for Brighton and Hove, UK

Talking to the Ramonas, an all girl Ramones tribute band, live in the studio. One quarter from Brighton, 100% brilliant. Making a welcome, occasional, return to Brighton to play at the Hydrant.. We hear how girls rock, who the Ramones were (for young people who might not know!), and hear three tunes from their latest CD

And Liz Edwards reports live from the Grand Parade building of the Univesity of Brighton at the opening of this year's Art Faculty student degree show. An on the spot insight into the creations and construcitons produced by the class of 2012. (Appologies for poor sound quality on this report; it was by phone and we can't afford better equipment)

Produced and Presented by Donald Shier and Liz Edwards

Apart from the 3 Ramonas songs, the podcast contains snippets only of other music

45 minutes in length

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11th May 2012's InBrighton Fridays show, on RadioReverb

Brighton Musician: Mee - live + Art of Living - Also Live!

Two live songs from great singer songwriter, Mee and an interview

Plus talking to Malindi from the Art of Living Foundation talking about their meditation/breathing classes in Brighton

And with news of the Firnge and Brighton Festivals. And with more music from Brighton and Hove

Produced and Presented by Liz Edwards and Donald Shier

55 minutes in length

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6th May 2012's InBrighton Fridays Show on RadioReverb

Featuring - Brighton Fringe + Youth Arts Festivals

Lucinda Abel talks about her Fringe and Youth Arts Festival show: Puppet Animation: Celebrating Brighton Stories - Lucinda and other students from Brighton University worked with Brighton school students to create Brighton tales, puppets and animated films of these. This project is the subject of an exhibition in Brighton Fringe and Youth Arts Festivals

Also on the show: John Hinton previews his Fringe Festival Show: Ragnorok, Wierd of the Gods - a comedy musical loosely based on the Nordic Myths he grew up with

Plus music, and other arts and community news

Presented and produced by Donald Shier

Executive Producer: Liz Edwards

48 minutes in length -

(Some music is included in snippet form for licensing reasons)

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A feature from the 4th May 2012 InBrighton Friday show. Talking to Lucinda Abel, in the studio, about her Youth Arts Festival project with local school children. Lucinda tells us how she and her team of students from Brighton University, worked with local children to create Brighton Stories, Puppets and make animated films from them. All to be shown in the Brighton Youth Arts Festival.

Produced and Presented by Donald Shier on RadioReverb: Community Radio For Brighton and Hove, UK

10 Minutes in Length

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Amity Live Session + More Brighton Music

From InBrighton Fridays With Liz Edwards ( But with Donald Shier ) on RadioReverb 97.2fm

Podcast of show from 13 April 2012

Hear tunes recorded live in the RadioReverb studio with Amity, brilliant singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist. A one time Brighton resident, Amity has now moved back home to the midlands to pursue her now fast progressing career in music. Now with management, a tour bus and a new EP, Amity popped in again to the studio to tell us about what she is up to at the moment (first 25 minutes of the show)

Also with music from recent, but now defunkt Brighton bands; Headmix and Vogue Gyratory - and current favourites, Das Fenster. And with some community news about the council's public consultation on proposals to iimprove air quality along Lewes Road in Brighton (other reviews and previews from the show have been removed since they are now out of date).

45 minutes in length