by Ngaio Anyia | Apr 14, 2023 | Community, Culture, Events, Music
Last week I ran the latest Empowerment Programme with Bristol Beacon discussing feminism and empowerment with young women and non-binary people. Over the 3 days, we dissect what feminism means to us individually, how it supports a variety of identities in society, and...
by Ngaio Anyia | Feb 22, 2023 | Music
One thing I know about myself, I really don’t enjoy not being good at things! Music has always come naturally to me. Singing, improvising, and finding harmonies, I never had to work at it! So when it comes to learning a new skill around music, I get very...
by Ngaio Anyia | Nov 6, 2019 | Music
Wow. Just wow. I am so utterly blown away by the amount of people who came and supported the release of We Fly. 150+ of you singing Blackbird back to me was what the dreams of 9 year old me were made of. I am so happy to have the fantastic Vanessa...
by Ngaio Anyia | Apr 28, 2016 | Music, Music Reviews
Pray You Catch Me The album opens with Beyoncé looking down with graffiti in the background, presented in fur and corn rows. A vulnerable admission of infidelity begins: ‘I’m praying to catch you whispering, I pray you catch me...
by Ngaio Anyia | Apr 20, 2015 | Culture, Music Reviews, Reviews
Last month I went to see George The Poet at Start The Bus but before I write about the show let me just give you a bit of background. I’ve been following George’s career for a hot minute. Like most, the first I heard from him was ‘My City’...
