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Music Sounds Better With You

Amidst sequins and spandex, the multi-venue Body Movements festival attracted LGBTQI+ collectives from across the UK and beyond. With unapologetic vibrancy, the festival once again affirmed an undeniably major moment for queer club culture.

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Stories Matter: Beyond Face

Beyond Face, a female-led team opening up opportunities for people of the Global Majority, have recently celebrated 8 years. We sat down to hear more about their creative offerings, their theatre youth companies, the importance of centering moments of joy and more.

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Culture Elizabeth Bisuga Culture Elizabeth Bisuga

Young Barbican Takeover

The Young Barbican Takeover was a jam-packed day of immersive events, live music and workshops around ‘Euphoric Futures’ - an inclusive celebration of hope. Artist Sam Winston offered renewed ways to visualise our relationship with our environments.

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Music, Culture Kio Briggs Music, Culture Kio Briggs

An Artist’s Perspective: Madison McFerrin

Briggs sat down with Madison McFerrin - an American singer, songwriter and producer. Madison delved into her influences, her relationship with music, how residing in different US states over time has influenced her journey and helped shape her community - as well as new video visuals for her single ‘God Herself’ off her debut album “I Hope You Can Forgive Me”.

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An Artist’s Perspective: Kara Jackson

To kick start Women’s History Month, Briggs sat down with Kara Jackson ahead of her debut album - Kara unravelled stories from her journey so far, including her sonic influences, how the creative scene in Chicago has inspired her growth and the healing experience of art in community.

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Honouring Our Lineages: Diaspora Dialogues

An intimate, multi-sensory series of conversation, sounds and food, honouring the depths of African identity, ancestry and migration. Hosted by DemiMa with guest Swiss, we’re taken on a journey through the lens of the Artist.

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Art is Nourishment: Amber Bardell

With a recent debut solo show at Centrespace Gallery, Bristol, Amber-Bardell draws inspiration from natural elements, intuitive dreamscapes and sonically meditative experiences in: ‘Art is Nourishment’.

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