Voicebox: Want my job?

‘Don’t let anyone say you can’t,’ says self-taught musician Barkerwood, who talks us through her latest projects and touring without a booking agent.

Review of Rascals' show from Nov. 16th. Description of three acts. London.

Caroline Bray is an experienced professional in the arts world. Here’s her viewpoint on the arts and heritage industry.

Find out more about Lance Alexander’s role at the St Edmundsbury Borough Council museums. 

We catch up with organic-acoustic-hip-hop three-piece, Prose, about making music and world tour amibitions!

We catch up with Alexandros Plasatis, an immigrant ethnographer who writes fiction in English, his second language, and recently completed a project for Writing East Midlands working with refugees and asylum seekers.

We catch up with actor-singer Luke Lane, star of The Quentin Dentin Show, about what a typical day is like and how to get started in an acting career. 

We catch up with Simon Tong, a professional orchestral musician with a wide breadth of performance and teaching experience. 

We catch up with the Musical Director and choir member of Soweto Gospel Choir, who were formed to celebrate the unique and inspirational power of African Gospel music, drawing on the best talent from the many churches in and around Soweto.

We catch up with Tom McGrath, Programme Delivery Manager at Drake Music, about breaking down disabling barriers to music, changes in the industry and music being a human right. 

'Don’t be afraid to ask people for help along the way and be persistent... If you want to carve out a career in the creative and cultural industries, then you will make it happen'

Barbara Matthews MBE has had a long and illustrious career in the arts, and has now worked in the education sector for over five years. We talk about her highlights, the struggles, and what changes she has seen in the industry.