Music in Leicester and the East Midlands 2012

This is the home page or the music section

You will find a wide range of music in this magazine. From classical to heavy rock, from jazz to hip-hop ... it's all here, all year round. Use the guide below to find the type of music that suits your taste. This page is the starting point to find 100s of pages about music, bands and music-related content.

We have a dozens of pages that will bring you the latest news and information about all kinds of music in Leicester and the East Midlands. All major pages to do with music, bands and singers are linked into this page. Minor pages are linked into the major home pages for each of the sections listed below. There are various listings pages that index material in alphabetical order.

On this page: | Top pages | News | Clubs and venues | Feature articles | Festivals and competitions | Live music | Recorded music | Regular columns | Resources and lists |

Music by type of genre

Rock & pop	Folk and world	Jazz & Blues	Classical	Urban and hip-hop	Singers and Soloists	Open-mic and acoustics	Lists and resources

The organisation of this page has changed. Details of our music-related content are now on the home pages for each of the sections by type of genres or by type of content.

Use the links below to go to the home pages for each of the genres.

Most popular pages

Complete list of all pages relating to rock music in Leicester

Bands - list of all known local rock bands

Choral music and choirs

Festival dates 2012

Gig reviews

Music diary

OBS bands reviews

Rock music in Leicestershire

News about music and bands

Bands news

News about the Original Bands Showcase (OBS)

News about venues

News about new bands

Surface Unsigned festival news

Pages about live music

These pages are not specific to any genres.

OBS for bands 2012 reviews

Music diary - notes and jottings about music shows, concerts and events we attended

2011 - we look back at the gigs that stood out last year

Feature article: Music First Promotions

Pages about recorded music

Bands playing live on YouTube in 2011

New tracks, singles, songs reviews 2012

Record Reviews 2012

Festivals, showcases and competitions

Competitions (feature article)

Festival dates 2012

Fringe Festival

Glastonbudget Festival

NxLevel contest

Oxjam Festival

Original bands showcase (bands)

OBS Unplugged (singers)

Surface Unsigned

Strawberry Fields Festival

Resources and listings

Bands list (rock)

Bands in 2009 (archived page)

Hire a band for your private party

How to get a gig in Leicester (aimed mainly at out of town bands.)

Gigs list (rock)

Music services (generally)

New bands 2012

Signposts (to common resources - all genres)

Vacancies for musicians

Feature articles (all genres)

Kasabian talk about their biggest gigs

Kieran Edmonds talks about live music in Leicester

Music issues are often covered in our editorial page

Our article on promoting live music in Leicester

Feature: The roots of rock in Leicester.

Record labels and recording studios

The City of Leicester Singers (choir)

Columns

Sound engineering at gigs in our Backstage Column

Gig Chat column: views on live music

See our new column - Gig Chat - where we invite local artists to talk about gigs and performing live.

Clubs and venues

Leicester venues (full list)

News about venues

Night clubs

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