Meet Alice Reeves, an extraordinary woman with an alternative idea to bring people together to fight loneliness with inclusion: BelongCon is a conference about community, acceptance and belonging. Alice is the founder of BelongCon and also runs a...
Calling all filmmakers… have you got what it takes to enter a unique short film contest? In partnership with Userfarm the leading platform of video crowdsourcing, aspiring filmmakers are asked to submit short vertical films under the theme...
It was the great Nina Simone that once said: “You can’t help it. An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times.” This very sincere and astute statement can be said of spoken word....
It’s Independent Venue Week, so what better way to celebrate than to talk about the comeback of independent venues? Independent Venue Week is a celebration of music, art, culture, community and social enterprise. It’s basically a shout out...
The viral video internet phenomenon kicked off in 2007 with the 57-second “Charlie Bit Me” video. It was the first viral sensation of its kind, racking up 845 million views to this day. Since then people so regularly...
There’s a sort of magic that happens during a good gig. The electricity of the crowd, the intoxicating concoction of nerves and excitement emulating off the band; the vibes built to connect a room full of strangers. However,...
Contributing writer for ALT-MU Johnny Bell shares his experience at a Frank Turner and & The Sleeping Souls gig in Portsmouth (UK) last month…
Yes, 2016 has been a pretty sucky year all round, hence the evolving number of 2016 hate videos making the rounds. We do not disagree and certainly don’t want to minimise the gravity of what has happened. For...
After seeing success collaborating with Griz and Gramatik, Leo Napier went on to release his debut single ‘Dime’ in 2016. Since then he’s built on that success and released his super smooth soul single ‘Bad Girl’, we caught...
Sub Editor at ALT-MU Magazine, Bex Cole, stumbled into a gig at Concorde 2 in Brighton (UK) last week and got a surprise. She was watching the same band she had seen in a tiny run-down pub years...
