Noise Music and Birmingham’s Growing Local Music Scene

| January 26, 2017 

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When it comes to live, local music, Birmingham is still in it’s infancy. Places like The Spring Street Firehouse, Saturn and WorkPlay have emerged as creative spaces where the city’s many talented artists can perform and make a name for themselves. Live music takes on many shapes: rock, blues, hip-hop, ambient and something called noise music. Sam Prickett, a reporter from the weekly newspaper Weld, makes a little noise about noise music in this conversation with WBHM’s Esther Ciammachilli.

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