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Radio: Brass Band Radio

Brass Bands England provides a regular weekly spot to talks about its work and feature its member bands.

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  Brass Bands England will be featured each week.

Brass Bands England (BBE) has launched a new radio show hosted on Brass Band Radio.

The programme will feature members of the BBE staff team, trustees and guests discussing topics, news stories and issues about what is going on in the brass band world.

Premiere

The first 'Brass Band England Show' was premiered on Wednesday 15th July (8.00pm), with a new show each week. It can be caught on catch up after it has been aired.

You can listen via Brass Band Radio https://www.brassbandradio.co.uk/listen.html

The inaugural show saw the team discuss the amount of positive banding activity that has occurred during lockdown, online Whit Friday celebrations and the adaptations the BBE team have had to make themselves to keep working hard.

Member band CDs

This new show will feature music exclusively by BBE Member bands. If you would like to see your music featured, you can send a CD to:

Brass Band Radio
Unit 2
16 The Village
Haxby
York
YO32 3HT

Send it in

Or if you want to send MP3 files of your band then please use www.wetransfer.com and send the files to studio@brassbandradio.co.uk

Brass Band Radio is a not for profit company, and free to access. If you wish to support them with a monthly or one off donation you can find out more at https://www.brassbandradio.co.uk/support-us.html

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