Fused popped along for a chat with Chris Urbanowicz and Ed Lay in the plush environs of the sparkling new dressing rooms of the all-new super-swanky O2 Academy Birmingham to reminisce about their old hometown of sunny Brum.
Music: Ian Brown
Following up 2007′s “The World Is Yours”, Ian Brown is back with his sixth studio album “My Way”, an autobiographical recording covering his time in music. The idea behind the album came when collaborator Dave McCraken was asked to write a song for Kanye West. “Amanda Ghost wrote the melody, Dave wrote the music and they wanted me to write some lyrics and it had to be a sort of autobiographical song for Kanye.” Something West was pleased with, his reaction being “Ian Brown-Stone Roses, hell yes.”
Fashion: French Connection Dresses
French Connection have once again made our heart swoon with the best of the High Street dresses we can find so far this season. Sure there are more party outfits to come however girls we are warning you now – get in quick before they sell out…
Music: Seasick Steve
SEASICK STEVE’S colourful history has been almost as well documented as his music, from hitching trains as a former self-proclaimed Hobo to selling out London’s Albert Hall and being nominated for a Brit at the start of this year.
But there is more to Seasick Steve than the clichés trotted out to make sense of a man clearly from another time, who catapulted onto our screens for that infamous Jools Holland extravaganza and much to his astonishment, took the crowd by storm.
Music: JOHNNY FOREIGNER
A year after the release of the critically lauded and much blogged about debut album‚ ’Waited Up ‘Til It Was Light’, Birmingham noiseniks JOHNNY FOREIGNER are back with their brilliant second record ‚’Grace and the Bigger Picture’, set for release on October 26th. We caught up with guitarist/lead vocalist Alexei Berrow to talk all things music in Birmingham.
