"We are a group of musicians who asked the National Trust if we could record a video celebrating the event on Kinder Scout, but were told we couldn't. So we decided to do it anyway…”
If we want to save the Leadmill, the community must organise
together to make Sheffield such a toxic environment for Electric
Group that they never dare to touch the city again, says Zac Larkham.
Leeds group wormboys share a new track with Now Then that blends live performance with archive footage to offer “an absurdist comment on environmental collapse”.
Composer Helen Grime will programme this year's edition, with classical superstars Kathryn Stott and Steven Isserlis already lined up for 2023 and 2024.
The Long Blondes’ history is connected to The Leadmill in the same way many of our formative and favourite moments are. Sahar writes about first discovering the band on a night out at the historic venue.
One of the pioneers of Afrobeat, Dele Sosimi’s journey has taken him from Fela Kuti’s Shrine in Lagos to teaching at London’s Trinity Laban. We caught up with him as he prepares to bring his Afrobeat Quintet to Sheffield.
