Sona Jobarteh
The Kora, a west African harp is traditionally played by male griots, or hereditary musicians, and never by women. This is the woman who decided to change the rules. She stands as she plays,...
Steph Grace
Steph Grace sings her soul away from behind her steel string guitar. Blending clever concepts with complex rhyme schemes and cutting rhythm, Steph's songs and melodies bring new meaning to the term...
Mukti Mitchell
Mukti Mitchell is a sailor, carpenter, director and author on eco-living. His popularity is for his positive approach, saying that “based on 25 years of lifestyle experiments, not only does...
Muneera Pilgrim
Muneera Pilgrim is an international Poet, Cultural Producer, Writer, Broadcaster, co-founder of the Muslim female Spoken Word and Hip-Hop duo Poetic Pilgrimage and Nana Collec-tive. Muneera...
Hamza Akram Qawwal & Brothers
Hamza Akram Qawwal & Brothers, grandsons of the revered Munshi Raziuddin, have been acclaimed for their riveting interpretations of qawwali, the ecstatic improvisational Sufi vocal tradition. This...
Ilia Delio
Ilia Delio, OSF, Ph. D. holds the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova Universe. Her area of research is Science and Religion with interests in artificial intelligence,...
James Cary
James Cary is a bit of an odd mix. He is a writer of situation comedy for BBC TV (eg. Miranda, Bluestone 42) and Radio (Think the Unthinkable, Hut 33) and blogs about the technicalities of the...
Kizzy Crawford
A Welsh speaker with Bajan heritage, 22-year-old Kizzy Crawford's solo career began just a few years ago and, in that time, Kizzy has developed an increasing sophistication to her song writing and...
Life Boat presented by The Institute for Crazy Dancing
Life Boat presented by The Institute for Crazy Dancing A participatory installation... and the slowest ride on earth... Rock gently, turn slowly, listen to the alphabet... Bang the drum, rattle the...
Cut Capers
Cut Capers is a nine-piece band that formed in Bristol in late 2011, with a style based in live hip-hop and swing. They burst onto the UK circuit, playing gigs and festivals up and down the...
Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE is a space scientist whose passion is presenting science to a general audience and demonstrating that you ‘don't need a brain the size of a small planet' to...
DeadBeatz
This is a short story about a long beard. A small story about a big incident that formed the style of this band. A tale about two guys with a bass, harmonica, drums and a singer with the...
Mark Vernon
Dr Mark Vernon is a writer, commentator and psychotherapist. He is known for contributing to and presenting programmes on BBC radio, writing for the UK national press notably the Guardian and the...
Elf Lyons
Elf Lyons is an award winning red-hatted comedian, actor and writer. She has written for and starred in her own BBC Three short and appeared on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 4. Known for her...
Matt Sowerby
Matt Sowerby is an 18-year-old spoken word poet and activist. In the last year he's been named a National Youth Slam Champion and performed at the Poetry Society and the Houses of Parliament. His...