Episodes
Friday Jul 24, 2020
The New Curiosities Box: Show Thirty Nine
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Friday Jul 24, 2020
The New Curiosities Box is written and presented by James Sandy and is a King of the Buttons Production 2020.
In this programme we speak to photographer Gary Lindsay-Moore about the changing trade, creative approach and his newly launched Dudeoir Experience which aims to help men feel good about themselves through photography.
Title music: 'Café connection'(excerpt) by morgantj (c) copyright 2009 and licensed under creative commons.
Due to copyright restrictions some of the music used in the radio show does not feature in this podcast version. Check out the spotify playlist on the blog to hear the tracks.
This show was first broadcast on 31st March 2020 on Switch Radio 107.5FM, DAB & Online.
The New Curiosities Box is now paused for the time being. A new fortnightly show 'The Unseen Swerve' airs every fortnight on Switch Radio. An archive of those shows can be found at: https://www.mixcloud.com/KOTBproductions/
Friday Jul 24, 2020
The New Curiosities Box: Show Thirty Eight
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Friday Jul 24, 2020
The New Curiosities Box is written and presented by James Sandy and is a King of the Buttons Production 2020.
In this programme we capture an extended converstion with Rachel Savage at Vamos Theatre as we consider their new prodcuton 'Dead Good' and we speak with the founder and director of Black Voices Carol Pemberton MBE as they tour a celebration of the Black Oral Music Tradition.
Title music: 'Café connection'(excerpt) by morgantj (c) copyright 2009 and licensed under creative commons.
Due to copyright restrictions some of the music used in the radio show does not feature in this podcast version. Check out the spotify playlist on the blog to hear the tracks.
This show was first broadcast on 25th February 2020 on Switch Radio 107.5FM, DAB & Online.
Friday Jul 24, 2020
The New Curiosities Box: Show Thirty Seven
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Friday Jul 24, 2020
The New Curiosities Box is written and presented by James Sandy and is a King of the Buttons Production 2020.
We explore jazz and improvisation through conversation with drums standard setter Tom Rainey, check in with the pressures of dance culture with counsellor Terry Hyde, get a snapshot of social change through the disability arts movement with Anna Berry at the MAC and talk to co-directors of the Ideas of Noise Festival Andy Woodward & Sarah Farmer.
Due to copyright restrictions some of the music used in the radio show does not feature in this podcast version. Check out the spotify playlist on the blog to hear the tracks.
Title music: 'Café connection'(excerpt) by morgantj (c) copyright 2009 and licensed under creative commons.
With thanks to Eibhlin Kissack at MAC Birmingham for use of excerpts of the Anna Berry exhibition interview.
This show was first broadcast on 28th January 2020 on Switch Radio 107.5FM, DAB & Online.
Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
The New Curiosities Box: BE Festival 2019 Special
Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
In this special show coming from BE Festival 2019 at The Rep Birmingham we get a very human snapshot of the realities of migration by way of Mokhallad Rasem's 'Soul Seekers' (part of the Beyond Border project), we dabble in the art of stunts, lies and deception with Tom Cassani through 'Someone loves you drive with care' and we quiz Director Paula Rosolen and cast on PUNK‽, a performance dance deconstruction of a fading genre.
With thanks to:
The artists, performers and crew at BE Festival 2019
and
The Team at The Birimingham Rep
BE Festival 2019 is an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation and is supported by Baron Davenport Charity and The Norton Foundation. For more information and full set of credits go to www.befestival.org
Title music: 'Café connection'(excerpt) by morgantj (c) copyright 2009 and licensed under creative commons.
This show was first broadcast on 30th July 2019 on Switch Radio 107.5FM, DAB & Online.
The New Curiosities Box is written and presented by James Sandy and is a King of the Buttons Production 2019.
Due to copyright restrictions some of the music used in the radio show does not feature in this podcast version. Check out the spotify playlist on the blog to hear the tracks.
Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
The New Curiosities Box: Show Thirty- A State of the Arts Special
Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
In this special 30th edition of the New Curioisities Box we take a snapshot of the state of the arts in Birmingham and beyond.
Joined by three leading lights from the city's cultral scene we explore the issues, potential and challenges on the horizon for the sector.
The show's guests are:
Deborah Kermode, Chief Executive & Artistic Director at MAC (Midlands Arts Centre), Birmingham.
Steve Ball, Associate Director at The Rep Birmingham & Director of Culture Central.
Anita Bhalla, Chair of Performances Birmingham and Founder of BBC Asian Network.
Due to copyright restrictions some of the music used in the radio show does not feature in the podcast version. Check out the spotify playlist on the blog to hear the tracks.
Title music: 'Café connection'(excerpt) by morgantj (c) copyright 2009 and licensed under creative commons.
This show was first broadcast on 25th June 2019 on Switch Radio 107.5FM, DAB & Online.
The New Curiosities Box is written and presented by James Sandy and is a King of the Buttons Production 2019.
Our thanks to the guests, their teams & staff for supporting this programme throughout the last three years.
Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
The New Curiosities Box: Show Twenty Nine
Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
In this show we talk to members of the city's own mass world, fusion music phenomena that is Birmingham Royal Conservatoire's Folk Ensemble as they embark on a national tour. We get the low down on a musical heritage project crowd sourcing a capture of memories that might help reawaken the dance & trance venue that was Corporation Streets Que Club and we consider the life and work of composer and music collector George Butterworth through a compelling new documentary.
Excerpts from 'Sleepy Maggie' and 'William Taylor' performed by the Conservatoire Folk Ensemble are copyright Birmingham Conservatoire and appear with kind permission. All rights are reserved. For more information visit: http://www.folkensemble.co.uk/
'All my life's buried here- The Story of George Butterworth' - A flm by Stewart Morgan Hajdukiewicz was produced by Stewart Morgan Hajdukiewicz, Patrick Kingwell and Malcolm Taylor for British independent HajduKino Productions (c) 2018. For more details check out: www.georgebutterworth.co.uk
Due to copyright restrictions some of the music used in the radio show does not feature in the podcast version. Check out the spotify playlist on the blog to hear the tracks.
Title music: 'Café connection'(excerpt) by morgantj (c) copyright 2009 and licensed under creative commons.
This show was first broadcast on 28th May 2019 on Switch Radio 107.5FM, DAB & Online.
The New Curiosities Box is written and presented by James Sandy and is a King of the Buttons Production 2019.
Sunday May 26, 2019
The New Curiosities Box: Show Twenty Eight
Sunday May 26, 2019
Sunday May 26, 2019
In this show we catch up with the electronic landscapes of musical trailblazer Rosie Tee as she launches her new EP 'Chambers, we unpack the delights and variety of Birmingham's Flatpack Festival with Director Ian Francis and figured it all out through a new single and chat with singer songwritier Sean Duggan.
'Wax & wane' and 'Chambers' by Rosie Tee appear courtesy of the artist, copyright 2019. All rights are observed with inclusion by kind permission.
'She's got it all figured out' by Sean Duggan is copyright 2019 Wobbly Music and appears with kind permission.
With thanks to:
Mac Birmingham
448 Creative
The Soundlab
The New Curiosities Box is written and presented by James Sandy and is a King of the Buttons Production 2019.
Due to copyright restrictions some of the music used in the radio show does not feature in the podcast version. Check out the spotify playlist on the blog to hear the tracks.
Title music: 'Café connection'(excerpt) by morgantj (c) copyright 2009 and licensed under creative commons.
This show was first broadcast on 30th April 2019 on Switch Radio 107.5FM, DAB & Online.
Friday Apr 12, 2019
The New Curiosities Box: Show Twenty Seven
Friday Apr 12, 2019
Friday Apr 12, 2019
In this show we talk to Derek Bishton about 'Handsworth Self Portrait: 40 Years On' an exhibition presenting original photos taken from a studio on Grove Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham in 1979.
We also catch up with Aziz Zerai, Programme Manager of the freshly formed Salaam Pakistan Film Festival 2019 as it runs at MAC Birmingham taking in some of the classics and new work from British Pakistani film makers.
Due to copyright restrictions some of the music used in the radio show does not feature in the podcast version. Check out the spotify playlist on the blog to hear the tracks.
Title music: 'Café connection'(excerpt) by morgantj (c) copyright 2009 and licensed under creative commons.
This show was first broadcast on 26th March 2019 on Switch Radio 107.5FM, DAB & Online.
The New Curiosities Box is written and presented by James Sandy and is a King of the Buttons Production 2019.
Friday Mar 08, 2019
The New Curiosities Box: Show Twenty Six
Friday Mar 08, 2019
Friday Mar 08, 2019
In this show we take on a refreshing new production of Joe Penhall's modern classic 'Blue/Orange' by way of a conversation with director Daniel Bailey and cast member Ivan Oyik as they bring its themes of instituional racism, power play and mental health to Birmingham's Rep.
We speak to Birmingham-born experimental actress and spoken word poet Kate Joyner about performance piece 'The Blood Tales' and its part in re-wiring narratives of women’s moon blood prior to it's London & UK premiere on International Women's Day Friday 8 March 2019.
And we consider a celebration of contemporary plays by African women through a new collection of work from leading female playwrights with Dr Yvette Hutchison from the University of Warwick as our guide.
The New Curiosities Box is written and presented by James Sandy and is a King of the Buttons Production 2019 for Switch Radio.
With thanks to:
Daniel Bailey & Ivan Oyik and the team at The Birmingham Rep
MAC Birmingham
M Seven Public Relations
Kate Joyner at Silver Moon Theatre Co.
Yvette Hutchison
The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
University of Warwick
Title music: 'Café connection'(excerpt) by morgantj (c) copyright 2009 and licensed under creative commons.
This programme was first broadcast on 26th February 2019 on Switch Radio 107.5FM, DAB & Online.
https://www.switchradio.co.uk/jamessandy
Due to copyright restrictions some of the music used in the radio show does not feature in the podcast version. Check out the spotify playlist on the blog to hear the tracks.
Monday Feb 18, 2019
The New Curiosities Box: Show Twenty Five
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Monday Feb 18, 2019
In this programme we catch up with longtime friend of the show Birmingham singer songwriter Dan Whitehouse, consider the dream like art of Matthew Krishanu through his exhibition 'The Sun Never Sets' and talk to folk legend Martyn Joseph as he fires out thoughtful tunes once again through his new album 'Here come the young'.
"State of the English" and "Frozen" taken from "Diversions Vol.1" by Dan Whitehouse are copyright Dan Whitehouse 2018 and released in association with Reveal Records and appear with kind permision. All rights are reserved.
"Matthew Krishanu: The Sun Never Set" runs at First Floor Gallery, Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) Birmingham until Sunday 10th March 2019.
For more information on the artist visit: http://www.matthewkrishanu.com/
"Here come the young" and "Loves majority" from the new album "Here come the young" by Martyn Joseph are copyright 2019 Pipe Records and appear with kind permision. All rights are reserved.
'The New Curiosities Box' was written and presented by James Sandy and is a King of the Buttons Production 2019.
This programme was first broadcast on 30th January 2019 on Switch Radio 107.5FM, DAB & Online.
Title music: 'Café connection'(excerpt) by morgantj (c) copyright 2009 and licensed under creative commons.
All rights are reserved and any artwork/photography reproduced with kind permission.