And of course we are keeping Bradford connected. We’re delighted to be featuring LGBTQ+ History Month across our programming, shining a light on all the great things that are happening across the Bradford District. The planning for our International Women’s Day broadcast is underway. This year we are focusing on women throughout March, supporting local women to produce programmes under the banner ‘She Talks’.
It was with great sadness that we heard the news this week of the death of Nuzhat Ali. Nuzhat was a truly inspirational woman to everyone who met her and a much-loved Bradford figure. She’d been involved with BCB for many years as a regular contributor to programmes. We send all our thoughts and condolences to her family at this very difficult time.
As we look out towards the rest of the year, it’s hard to know with any certainty what will happen, and when things will return to normal. In the meantime we are really grateful for the support we’ve received from our regular funders. Although some project funding has come to an end, we are trying to find ways to continue with the community engagement work that makes BCB the organisation that it is – a place where everyone can come together, have a voice and be listened to.
But we are conscious that it is increasingly hard for some of our volunteers to participate in the way that we would like you to. If you are currently not broadcasting and would like to, or if you would like to volunteer in another capacity please do get in touch. We will get through these tough times together.
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BCB’s Youth Music project aims to showcase music created by young people from around the district. So each week we’re featuring a track by a local artist on our About Bradford and Bradford & Beyond shows.
w/c April 12th 2021
This week’s track is the latest release from Musumba. It’s the title track from her 4 track EP called 2:40 and it’s simply called “Intro”
w/c April 5th 2021
This week’s track is the latest release from Ben Jordan, it’s called Won’t Make It Alone
It’s available on Soundcloud, Spotify and YouTube.
w/c March 29th 2021
This week’s track is the latest release from Echoviolet.
Available from 21/03/2021, it’s called “The End Of What We Knew” and is available to buy on Bandcamp.
See our Track of the Week page, to see all featured tracks and for details on how to get your track played on air.
BCB will be supporting young people to develop more opportunities for young musicians to perform live in Bradford, in venues appropriate for young people from diverse communities and backgrounds. Find our more about our Youth Music project.
As a part of a recent exhibition at the Science and Media Museum, our BCB volunteers were invited to talk about their lives and the various ways BCB has played a part in them.
This is Shamim’s story:
To hear more stories visit our Above the Noise project page.
