Soweto Kinch is a jazz and hip hop musician living in a tower block overlooking the Hockley Flyover in Birmingham. He’s just finished working with the newsreader Moira Stuart to release the first of two albums which tell the story of living in his neighbourhood – the Newtown, Aston, Lozells area of the city. In programme 24 of the Grassroots Channel he explains how the music in A Life in the Day of B19 is motivated by a passion for using culture to lift a neighbourhood. Any comments please leave them here.
Links:
The Grassroots Channel on iTunes and our RSS Feed
Soweto still performs and works at The Drum
Dune Jazz publishes and sells his work. Thanks for the help Janine!
Soweto on Myspace
Soweto’s Album on Amazon A life in the day of B19
More about Soweto Kinch and his many awards.
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October 5th, 2006 at 12:11 am (#)
http://haloscan.com/tb/bs5648121/115999729022117097
October 7th, 2006 at 2:27 pm (#)
http://be-jazz.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_be-jazz_archive.html#115999729022117097
October 7th, 2006 at 4:56 pm (#)
[...] Another overlapping (with My D-ay) cultural event – october seems to be very interesting month in belgrade: 22nd Belgrade Jazz Festival (in Dom Omladine and Kolarac), from 24-28 Oct.06. Guessts in this order: Benny Golson & Big Band RTS, Stjepko Gut, Jon Hassell & Maarifa Street (SAD), John Scofield Trio (SAD), Soweto Kinch (UK) – more about the artist on PodNosh Podcast, James Blood Ulmer feat. Vernohn Reid & Memphis Blood Blues Band (SAD) i Bojan Z Trio (France/Serbia). [...]
October 10th, 2006 at 1:56 pm (#)
http://mimaxxblog.blogspot.com/2006/09/yesterday-soweto-kinch.html
October 12th, 2006 at 1:36 am (#)
[...] PS. A good pod-cast is here, plus other posts from Mwanji. Filed under: Record Review Technorati tags: Soweto Kinch, jazz, Dune records, London Jazz Festival, British jazz [...]
January 5th, 2007 at 10:00 pm (#)
[...] Download the podcast here [...]
April 26th, 2007 at 2:59 pm (#)
[...] One of our most popular podcasts has been the short programme we made with Birmingham based jazz musician Soweto Kinch. In it he talked about community, the Aston Lozells area and why he still lives in B19 rather than New York London or Amsterdam – as might tempt any other international Jazz Star. [...]
January 19th, 2008 at 9:04 am (#)
[...] Soweto Kinch – an internationally recognised Brummie jazz and hip hop musician – talks about his new album B19 and the significance of culture in energizing his neighbourhood in Birmingham. It’s a 10 minute listen, includes some of the music and you can find it here. [...]
February 1st, 2008 at 3:33 pm (#)
[...] 1.Soweto Kinch on life in B19. The award winning brummie Jazz star on his remarkable album collaboration with Moira Stuart and why he still lives in B19. [...]
May 11th, 2008 at 12:32 pm (#)
[...] He talked about his frustration with trying to make unique things happen in his neighbourhood when I interviewed him on the Grassroots Channel from his home overlooking the flyover. (click here for the mp3 or scroll down to listen) That was in October 2006 - nearly two years later he’s finally got there and I suspect this will be a great event. [...]