Behind the Mic: Exploring Radio Station Roles

Behind the Mic: Exploring Radio Station Roles

Unlike what the public see, a radio station encompasses much more than just DJs in front of microphones. It takes numerous employees from various departments to make it all happen. Behind every successful radio station is a team of professionals that each play their own unique roles in making sure the public hears quality programming. Some key personnel include program directors, engineers, music librarians, and on-air personalities who bring content […]

December 13, 2022 113

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Original Culture Fest: Bringing people together through art

The Original Culture Festival was held on the 13th August 2022, as well as during the summer of 2021, at the Priory Country Park. With a group of amazing new DJs and artists, exploring various genres including Garage, R&B, Soul, Reggae & more, these events were hugely successful- nothing like Bedford has ever seen before! Finally, those in Bedford do not have to travel further afield to experience a top-of-the-range […]

November 8, 2022 61

The inspiring story of Jamal Edwards, who changed the media and music industry

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From childhood friend to business partner: the story of Jamal Edwards

Born in Luton, Jamal Edwards was a highly successful entrepreneur working primarily within the music industry and videography, aiming to give a platform to up-and-coming artists and boost them to stardom. Many of today's household names (including Ed Sheeran and Jessie J) credit Edwards for their success. Listed as a potential Leader for the next generation by Time Magazine, it is difficult to picture what the music industry of today […]

October 18, 2022 62

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Events

Something for everyone: Why we should be proud of Bedford’s River Festival

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN? If you live in Bedford, the chances that you've never paid a visit to the biennial River Festival are incredibly slim! First held in 1978 to celebrate the discovery of a route via water between Bedford and The Wash (on the East Coast of East Anglia), The River Festival is thought to be the 2nd largest free outdoor event in the UK. That makes our River […]

October 4, 2022 25 1

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Practice in Public Makes Perfect: how playing for your fans makes you better

Price, 57, has played music nearly her whole life, starting with piano when she was five years old. But in the fall of 2009, the guitar was still something of mystery to her. She had been playing for only a couple of months and was struggling a bit with the new challenges. Yet, instead of holing up in her living room to practice until she felt more confident, she did […]

April 4, 2020 36 7 5

Electronic music

Does A Woman Help Progression In Music?

As festival season rapidly rolls in, we’re constantly being reminded of the continuing lack of diversity on our lineups. With a recent study indicating 86 per cent of the lineups of 12 major music festivals last year including Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds and Creamfields were male, it seems that the ears at the top are still unwilling to break up the boys club that makes up our live music industry. […]

March 24, 2020 18

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Skillax Preparing ‘Harsher, Brighter’ New Album

The National have confirmed that they will start recording their next album "soon". The US band released their sixth album 'Trouble Will Find Me' in 2013, more recently showcasing new song 'Roman Candle' live. With frontman Morgan recently saying that the group need to "change and evolve" on their next record, guitarist Morgan has now confirmed to Pitchfork that they have assembled a new studio to record in. "We need […]

March 19, 2020 11 1 4

Highlights

THE LIGHT AND MUSIC EXPOSITION HITS LOS ANGELES IN THE FASHION WEEK

Like any music, jazz has its revolutions; its sudden incidents in infrastructure; its disruptive presences of unprecedented sound. Mostly it's slower than that, though, with years and generations of accretions before it seems to call for new vocabulary. That's one way to look at Winter Rockfest, whose latest incarnation occupied a dozen or so venues in downtown New York City last weekend. In a decade and a half of steady […]

March 10, 2020 14

Events

E-tropolis line-up complete

The line-up for the industrial, EBM and synthpop festival E-tropolis in Turbinenhalle in Oberhausen, Ruhr, on March 28 is complete. For the most part, though, people just happening to pass by the two-block campus during Public Practice sessions are at the best advantage to enjoy the notes in the air, mixing with the environment. “We organize it so that several musicians are playing concurrently, in different areas of the campus,” […]

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