Shining Star is a march with shades of works played by Salvation Army bands with nods to O Come All Ye Faithful and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. The program’s longest work, Christmas Festival, was ...

The National Theatre of Scotland is to mark the 40th anniversary of the miners' strikes with the premiere of a new play ...

Bad Cactus Brass Band's new album includes songs by Destiny's Child, Culture Club and TLC. Here's how to attend the release ...

Bad Cactus Brass Band's new album includes songs by Destiny's Child, Culture Club and TLC. Here's how to attend the release ...

There are three main things The Soul Rebels look for in new members. First, you need to be an excellent musician. Second, you ...

At the time of their farewell show in October 2015, Bad Cactus Brass Band were playing 150 shows a year in metro Phoenix, from rock clubs to RV parks, farms, parades and public pools.

It is widely believed that brass bands originated with coal miners and other industrial communities in northern England and Wales between the 1830s and the 1850s. New evidence rewrites this ...

The story of the origins of Britain's brass bands needs to be rewritten in the light of new evidence linking it to the ...

The senior highlighted this week is Aiden Kelly. He has an intense passion for music and performance and hopes to pursue a ...

The Island will welcome a performer regarded as one of the finest flugel horn performers in the banding world this weekend. Helen Williams will take to the stage with the Douglas Town Band at St ...

The military began to experiment with all-brass bands from the 1810s, and by the 1820s civilian brass bands were being created, many mentored by military veterans [Reuters] The story of the ...

Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars established Britain’s first brass bands earlier than previously thought, new research reveals. The study undermines the idea that brass ...