Creativity and Culture West Midlands
Creativity and Culture West Midlands
Podcast Description
Where creativity and culture meets ambition in the heart of the West Midlands.Join former BBC Arts and culture correspondent Satnam Rana and Birmingham based artist Robbie Dalal as they journey through the vibrant cultural landscape of the West Midlands. Each episode pulls back the curtain on the region's most compelling creative voices – the dreamers and doers shaping the future of the West Midlands creative powerhouse. Fresh from Coventry's triumphant City of Culture and Birmingham's Commonwealth Games cultural spectacle, Creativity and Culture West Midlands asks the burning question: Can lightning strike twice? Can this dynamic region reclaim its heritage as the ‘Creative Workshop of the World?’ Intimate, revealing, and unapologetically local – hear the full, unfiltered stories of artists, performers, and cultural innovators carving out their place in the West Midlands' creative renaissance. Subscribe now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes drop weekly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The podcast explores themes of creativity, culture, innovation, and sustainability within the vibrant landscape of the West Midlands. Episodes tackle specific areas like artistic identity, immersive technologies, and community engagement, featuring examples such as Daya Bhatti's fusion of South Asian identity with augmented reality and Janet Douglas's work in e-textiles providing alternative education for youth.
Where creativity and culture meets ambition in the heart of the West Midlands.
Join former BBC Arts and culture correspondent Satnam Rana and Birmingham based artist Robbie Dalal as they journey through the vibrant cultural landscape of the West Midlands. Each episode pulls back the curtain on the region’s most compelling creative voices – the dreamers and doers shaping the future of the West Midlands creative powerhouse.
Fresh from Coventry’s triumphant City of Culture and Birmingham’s Commonwealth Games cultural spectacle, Creativity and Culture West Midlands asks the burning question: Can lightning strike twice? Can this dynamic region reclaim its heritage as the ‘Creative Workshop of the World?’
Intimate, revealing, and unapologetically local – hear the full, unfiltered stories of artists, performers, and cultural innovators carving out their place in the West Midlands’ creative renaissance.
Subscribe now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes drop weekly.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this full interview Sandwell’s own Lumi HD discusses her life as a singer songwriter and performing artist in the West Midlands. Lumi discovered her voice in her teenage years by chance at church, when she was informed they needed an Alto for the Church Choir and was sent home to practice. Despite being shy and running away after finishing her early solos, Lumi persevered and developed a love of music as she was encouraged to keep going. After studying popular music at the Wolverhampton University Lumi travelled playing a variety of gigs and recalls a jazz festival she played at in Norway.
When Lumi became a Mother her relationship with music changed and she realised her love for it went far beyond short term fame and she now finds the most meaningful gigs are the ones she plays closer to home in the region. She believes Midlands audiences are uniquely warm and family friendly and believes this could be the key to encouraging more talent to develop in the West Midlands and attract investment into the region. Lumi outlines if we continue to encourage creativity in each other, connect and share opportunities we may finally be able to step into the spotlight and let the world see who we are.
You can find her @LumiHD on instagram and her music on spotify just search for Lumi HD.
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