Sheffield Live! 93.2FM

Doc/Fest tickets up for grabs
The Sheffield Doc/Fest starts today and once again the city is caught up in documentary film fever. Five pairs of tickets are up for grabs in the latest edition of the new sounding Film File with James McVeigh. Doc/Fest Film Programmer Hussain Currimboy joined McVeigh in the Film File to ...talk about this years festival. Competition question at the end of the interview. Listen back and email correct answers to competition@sheffieldlive.orgRead More

Once again 'Cornucopia Radio' returns to the airways of Sheffield Live 93.2fm on the 31st of October to present a six hour Halloween Marathon, starting at 1am and finishing at the first light of 7am. The show features brand new original short stories, play...s, monologues, sketches and Halloween music. And if you don’t... like it? Well, you must be already be dead…

There will also be a two hour highlights show broadcast later on the same Saturday at 9pm. Featuring the best items from this both this years and last years Halloween show. You’ll also be able to download the show direct from the sheffieldlive.org and cornucopia-radio.co.uk websites. You have been warned….Read More

It’s our Birthday!
Sheffield Live! 93.2 FM is celebrating it’s second anniversary on the
29th October 09. It’s been 2 years since we first went on air
full-time broadcasting to the City of Sheffield. We would love you to
come along and celebrate with us at the Ethio Cubana Restaurant on
Arundel Gate (near the academy and j...ust opposite TJ Hughes) from 8 - late on Thursday night. You will get the chance to met some of our DJ’s including Mauricio from Latino Times, Sergio from Pacha Mama and Andy Healy of Africa Beats.
We will also have some live music from the local scene. The resturant
will be open and sells gorgeous food at very reasonable prices and
there is a late licence going on until 4 in the morning if we want. We
are asking people to make a donation of £3.00 if they can afford it on
the night. So please come along with your party hat on and your
dancing shoes. We look forward to seeing you there.Read More

Sheffield Live! was on the Fourth Plinth too…

Antony Gormley's Fourth Plinth art project in London's Trafalgar Square came to an end today after 100 days and 2,400 participants.

On a day when we reflect on the highlights, successes and artistic merit of Gormley’s living sculpture project, Sheffield Live! is here to remin...d you that we were there too!

On Tuesday 21st July at 8pm, Alan Fransman broadcast a radio show from the Fourth Plinth on Trafalgar Square for Sheffield Live! 93.2FM. Fransman and the broadcast became part of 'One & Other' sculptor Antony Gormley's project to create an astonishing living monument.

The Sheffield Live! broadcast was heard not only by people on Trafalgar Square, but across Sheffield on 93.2FM, across London on Art Radio Art station, Resonance 104.4FM and on the internet.

Fransman read text messages from listeners in Kent, Scotland, New York, Germany, Sheffield and his audience in Trafalgar Square. The Twitter discussion during his broadcast is on this link: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23oneandother+radio

Alan used his opportunity on the plinth to demonstrate the creativity, initiative and resourcefulness that exists within the community media sector today. He shared a piece of Sheffield by playing a wide selection of music from local bands and artists rarely played anywhere else. A recent open letter from the community media sector to the Prime Minister, calling for an increased Community Radio Fund was also in the broadcast:
http://www.sheffieldlive.org/2009/07/open-letter-to-gordon-brown/

The video archive of Alan's session can be viewed here:
http://www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/Al/blog

A wide range of artists from Sheffield's vibrant music scene agreed to have their tracks played in the broadcast. Here is the full tracklist along with information about the artists.

Sheffield Live! from the Fourth Plinth 21/07/2009 20:00 Tracklist:

1. 'The Seventh Hill' by the Alex Hutton Trio
http://www.alexhutton.info/

Sheffield born jazz painist now based in London. Song taken from his latest album, 'Songs from the Seven Hills.' Described by the Guardian as a "set that will stand high among UK jazz achievements at the year's end."

2. 'If They Must Come' by Bare Knuckle Soul
http://www.bareknucklesoul.com/

Bare Knuckle Soul are a collection of poets, musicians and singers who met through the Sheffield music scene in 2002. They began work on a project rooted in and informed by the history of Groundbreaking black music, from Billie Holiday to Curtis Mayfield through The Specials and Fela Kuti ending somewhere around , D’Angelo, Soul II Soul and Outkast.

This song was exclusive to the broadcast and will be part of their
forthcoming album. Due for release in 2010

3. 'Sesifikile' by SOSA-XA!
http://www.southern-emedia.net/sosaw06/Site/Welcome.html

A local amateur choral group that explores the music of multiple Southern African languages. Following their entry in the BBC One 'Last Choir Standing' competition, Sosa-Xa! was referred to as "the UK’s first imbube intercultural choir working in South African languages, whose musical director Mandla Sibanda brings with him more energy than a nuclear reactor." Song taken from their album 'Manhanga'

4. ‘Friday Nights’ by Pistola Kicks
http://www.myspace.com/pistolakicks

Billed as "Devastatingly talented Sheffield rock foursome." by Freeq Magazine. Song taken from their debut EP, released in June this year.

5. ‘Parallel Schizophrenic’ - RepoMen
http://www.myspace.com/repomenuk

RepoMen: acoustic set from Sheffield post-punk new-wavers, putting down their electric guitars in favour of an acoustic and a double bass.
Song taken from their latest EP, released in April this year.

6. ‘Kelefa Jah’ –Rafiki Jazz
www.myspace.com/rafikijazz

Astonishing new Yorkshire-based 10 piece ensemble promise an electrifying collision of cross-continental cultures, where the sounds of key acoustic heritage instruments mix with an ecstatic babble of languages, voices and stories....plus thundering beats' n bass technology! This song was exclusive to the broadcast and will be part of their forthcoming album, 'At Yellow Arch:Live!' released in September this year.

7. 'Tu no sabes Nada' - Phuture Motion feat La Bruja
http://www.myspace.com/phuturemotion

PHUTURE MOTION is a new project from long-time music collaborators/djs/producers... Danny Mager, Levi Bussue and Chris Welch. Coming in from the latin wing but taking influence from many a dancing music sub-genre (this-a-step, that-a-beat, them-a-hop) along the way and sticking it all through the especially built phuture motion machine shot thru with that Sheffield sound. This song was exclusive to the broadcast and will be part of their forthcoming album, due for release in the autumn.

Alan said; “Although I was the only person standing on the plinth for that hour, the broadcast represented an incredible team effort and the generous contributions of many colleagues, friends and local musicians. I would like to thank Resonance 104.4fm for broadcasting the show in London and for helping me out with an amp at the last minute. Thank you to Ed Baxter, Chris Weaver and Joe Cushley. To the guys at Pipeten for supplying this fabulous laptop, Carl, Gavin, Dave and Matt. To everyone’s favourite independent cinema, the Showroom for supplying the vender’s tray. To the Community Media Association for flying the flag for our cause, for supplying the live stream and technical support in the lead-up to the broadcast. Thank you so much Grenville, Bill, Vanda and Jaqui. To the Sheffield Live! Team for all their support in helping to put this together. To Niels, Sangita, Dave, Steve and all presenters that helped to promote this broadcast on the plinth. To Dan Sumption for taking the pictures. To Nicky, Lol, Sean, Michelle, William, Colette and Yussuf for helping me out in London ahead of slot. Finally to the fabulous selection of musicians that agreed to let me share their music during the broadcast and bring a bit of Sheffield to Trafalgar Square.”Read More

Win a years supply of Lucozade!
Tune
in to ‘Talking Balls’ with Adam, Danny and James this evening at 6pm
for a chance to win a years supply of Lucozade! As part of get moving
week, Sheffield Live! has teamed up with Lucozade Energy Cherry to
offer o...ne lucky listener the chance to win a years supply of the drink, providi...ng you with the energy to do more. http://www.sheffieldlive.org/2009/10/win-a-years-supply-of-lucozade/Read More

FLY53 NME RADAR TOUR Competition

Tune in to 'The Breakdown' with Joel and Owen this Saturday for a chance to win tickets to the Sheffield leg of the Fly53 NME Radar Tour. Also up for grabs are a Fly53 jacket and a Fly53 t-shirt.

The Fly53 NME Radar Tour hits Sheffield on Sunday, September 27. Showcasing the best new tal...ent from the UK and the US, the infamous new music fest will be headlined by pop-psych London trio Golden Silvers with Welsh songbird Marina and the Diamonds. Breaking out of the US to join the Tour will be Local Natives and Yes Giantess.

That's 'The Breakdown' with Joel and Owen this Saturday at 3pm, only on Sheffield Live! 93.2FMRead More