Shaq has been at Supertonic, the coolest Barbers in St Paul’s, Bristol for over 6 years. Sharpening his skills after school and on Saturdays, Shaq has built up a tasty following on Tik Tok with over 500 million Likes, this Bristol Barber is set for success!
Shaq has always wanted to be a barber, and started cutting hair at just 10 years old. His first trim was his dad, and he went from there. His proud dad is Lucky House Management’s Jade Fearon and is Shaq’s biggest fan, and said he’s in awe of his work ethic.
On his afternoons and evenings off, he’s been visiting a number of schools in Bristol where young pupils rush to watch his skills with the clippers. Shaq’ille has been to Fairfield School, Downend School and Bristol Met, and his TikTok videos in a ‘Pulling Up To UK Schools’ is getting tens of thousands of views each time as he cuts hair outside the schools for free.
Watch this space for more news about this social media sensation, @barbershaq
Make sure you follow him on socials to see what happens next!
The Cause Bristol is a community organization formed in 2020 based in the city of Bristol.
Made up of a team of like-minded individuals from different backgrounds with various assets, qualities, skills, and life experiences, who all share a mutual passion for The Cause Bristol to promote Unity, Equality, and Opportunity.
Aiming to create a community that works for everyone, striving to find effective solutions, and inspire change for the future, through collaboration, regular discussion, and proactively challenging ongoing underlying issues.
The Cause Bristol also places young people at the heart of what they do, as they want to create numerous opportunities in order to support and nurture voices, ideas, and creativity.
The Cause Bristol believe divisions still exist between people of different class, race, age, sexuality, gender identity, disability & minority groups, and even as people move towards a more compassionate society, there are still those who are left behind.
Whilst there are organizations that do great work to promote inclusion on behalf of single demographic groups, inevitably that means some people, often the most marginalized in society, find themselves under represented.
The Cause Bristol aim to promote an inclusive culture that can exist between ALL, and rather than just imposing their own ideas and philosophies, they will collectively listen, understand, to then take action that actually achieves goals.
Priding themselves in the ongoing development of people, from 1-2-1 mentorship, small to large group settings, and taking a holistic approach to those with specific and additional needs.
The Cause Bristol work to put empowerment and making a real difference first, striving to ensure the knowledge and tools that will enable individuals to see and feel the benefits of continuous progression, are available to those who require it most.
The Cause Bristol have weekly Creative Youth Sessions that are located in various Youth Centres around Bristol and offer the opportunity for young people to express themselves mentally and physically freely through the means of
creativity.
The Cause Bristol Creative Workshops are designed to give people the chance to explore their creativity within music production, vocal recording, live performance, DJ-ing and video / photography and opportunities to learn more about the creative industries.
The Cause Bristol also facilitate community events, pop ups, and collective discussions in order to find effective solutions to barriers many face, as they believe different ideas along with aligned principles can strongly contribute to change.
The Cause Bristol is a self funded organization and are always looking to partner and collaborate with individuals and other organizations who may have their own ideas but share the same principles as theirs to promote Unity, Equality, and Opportunity.
Ujima Radio’s DJ’s Mum, Lorna Da Angel, has global success with hit single!
Mum of Docta Flex, Lorna Da Angel recently released her hit single “Hot Gyal Step Out” and has been played all over the world!
Lorna has been featured on Ujima since her single was released and performed at Ujima’s Christmas Party at The Mount Without and again at the Ujima Sisters Takeover on International Women’s Day at Cosies in St Paul’s, Bristol.
Lorna is enjoying her moment in the spotlight with her song being played all over the world. Lorna Miles released, her debut single Hot Gyal Step Out under the name Lorna Da’Angel.
Now it’s been played in the United States to Holland and France.
Lorna said: “I feel great to know that my talent is taking my single places that I have never travelled before.”
Harbouring a musical talent? Applications are open to perform at the 2023 Bristol Harbour Festival
Bristol Harbour Festival is calling out for local talent to perform at this year’s harbourside celebrations
The iconic city-wide Bristol Harbour Festival will return from the Friday 14 – Sunday 16 July 2023 and organisers are calling for singers, songwriters and performers to submit their applications to perform before the deadline on Friday 21 April.
Previous editions of the Bristol Harbour Festival have seen more than 80% of the acts and entertainment on offer coming through the Expression of Interest application form. Once again, festival organisers are on the look-out for even more artists and entertainers to wow crowds and communities from across the city in the unique setting of the harbour.
Bristol Harbour Festival is one of the UK’s biggest free-to-attend events, attracting around 250,000 people across the weekend in what is a fantastic opportunity to showcase Bristol’s rich musical, maritime and cultural heritage. More information about this year’s festival will be announced shortly.
The wide-spread stages that create the iconic festival include stellar acts including multiple music stages, a theatrical stage bursting with circus performers and trapeze and the much-loved on the water entertainment.
To submit an application and join in the city’s celebrations, head to the Bristol Harbour Festival website and complete the Expression of Interest form before 5pm on Friday 21 April 2023. To keep up to date with all Harbour Festival news, follow them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
New focus single from Stormzy’s third #1 album “Need You” featuring Afropop sensation Ayra Starr & rising star tendai to be released on 28th April.
Further to achieving the #1 position with his critically acclaimed, third album “This Is What I Mean”’ and offering up a stand-out performance at this year’s BRIT Awards, British musician Stormzy has returned with a new single “Need You” featuring Afropop sensation Ayra Starr & rising star tendai.
Over the course of his expansive, heartfelt and defiantly sprawling #1 album, the BRIT and Ivor Novello award-winning, Stormzy delivered an undeniable classic; effortlessly condensing any number of disparate styles and genres into music which bravely broaches any gap between modern Black British music, soul and hip-hop
A bold and courageous leap forward from his critically acclaimed previous two #1 records, “Gang Signs & Prayer” and “Heavy Is The Head”, this isn’t music simply for the pop charts but rather, an intimate and sincere love letter to music. He speaks on forgiving his absent father on the mellifluous “Please” and refers to his challenges with paranoia, depression and self-doubt on penultimate track, “I Got My Smile Back” – which also features a guest vocal from the incomparable India.Arie
It’s a record which showcases intensely personal and lyrical themes which in turn lay bare the vulnerabilities, regret, frailties, healing, joy and triumph in a manner and to an extent that reframes the notion of what rap artists traditionally might do and be
The confidence which drove the album stemmed from a deeper and far more spiritual place than we have seen from Stormzy previously. For all the success and awards that he has accrued during his brief, meteoric career, the lockdown that ensued from the coronavirus pandemic gave him one commodity he’d long lacked: time. And thanks to his sense of accomplishment following Glastonbury he was, for the first time, in a position to make the most of it
Much of the creative energy that shaped the album emerged from a Stormzy music camp in Osea Island – a remote island in the Essex estuary that’s only accessible via a Roman Causeway for four hours a day at low tide
Surrounded by leading-edge producers and musicians (who will all be unveiled in due course), each and every morning they would eat and pray together and then spend the rest of the time driven to creative heights by each other’s talents
“When you hear about music camps they always sound intense and sombre,” says Stormzy. ““People saying: “We need to make an album.” “We need to make some hit records.” But this felt beautifully free. We’re all musicians but we weren’t always doing music. Some days we played football or walked around taking pictures. And the bi-product to that was very beautiful music. Because when you marry that ethos with world class musicians and the best producers, writers and artists in the world, and we’re in one space, that’s a recipe for something that no one can really imagine. You can’t even calculate what that’s going to come up with. And it came up with a big chunk of this album.”
The net result is that while “This Is What I Mean” sounds very much like Stormzy, it sounds like no Stormzy album you have ever heard before!
A unique outreach project has brought Carnival to residents at a South-Bristol retirement village.
Community Elders and pupils from Fairlawn Primary School, joined residents at St Monica Trust’s Monica Wills House Retirement Village for a screening of a film celebrating the roots of St Pauls Carnival.
Inna Wi Carnival: Reflections of a Generation was directed by St Pauls Carnival Community Outreach Worker, Keziah Wenham-Kenyon. The film explores the culture and tradition of the St Pauls Carnival from the 1960s to the present day, as told by the generation that helped create it.
Keziah’s role has been funded by the St Monica Trust since 2021 with the aim of providing outreach to Community Elders and preserving the traditions of Caribbean Carnival for future generations.
As well as the film, other community development projects delivered by Keziah include digital inclusion workshops and the creation of human libraries.
Keziah said: “The initial stage of the project was about engaging with the older generations in the St Pauls community and combating the social isolation caused by the pandemic.
“We then continued working with the same group of elders to capture and preserve the stories of the generation that brought carnival over to the UK from the Caribbean.
“There were a number of ways we could have gone about it, but after a discussion with the elders and the team, we decided that making a documentary was the best way of preserving their memories for future generations.”
St Monica Trust residents were greeted with a steelpan performance by Year 5 pupils, followed by a screening of the documentary in the activities room. Afterwards, Community Elders and residents swapped their own memories of St Paul’s Carnival.
Keziah is working towards an online release of the film later in the year, plus arranging more community screenings, such as the ones taking place across the St Monica Trust this week.
There are also plans to design a workshop for schools that will see the film screened as part of an active learning programme, which will include talks given by the community elders.
Keziah said: “I feel truly honoured to have delivered such important work and am overjoyed by the positive impact it has had on those involved.
“It is a really special thing for the elders to see their stories reflected on the big screen and it means a lot to their generation that their stories are still valued and being celebrated.”
“Our thanks go to the St Monica Trust for funding such a special project and supporting Carnival’s long-term commitments to our elders.”
The St Monica Trust has been supporting the lives of older people in Bristol and the surrounding area since it was established more than 100 years ago.
The Trust’s Charitable Impact Team helps tackle a variety of issues by distributing hundreds of thousands of pounds to individuals, families and organisations across Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and Bath & North-East Somerset.
Director of Charitable Impact, Adam Rees said: “The Charitable Impact Team have been working alongside St Pauls Carnival since 2019 when we first funded their Elders Brunch on the morning of Carnival. We are delighted to have provided £50,000 of funding over the last two years for Keziah’s important work with Community Elders.
“The funding has helped ensure that the traditions and history of Bristol’s iconic Carnival celebrating African-Caribbean culture are secure and that these traditions and skills are passed on through the generations.”
Siren founder Tom Hoyle joins The Word with Miranda this Friday 21st April between 4-6pm!
Siren’s Friday night with global icon Sean Paul has sold out in 10 days
Thursday (Fabio and Grooverider + The Outlook Orchestra and Roni Size) and Saturday (Hospitality On The Harbour) tickets are selling fast and are available here
Siren festival will be taking over Bristol’s iconic amphitheater again this July. The award-winning hitmaker Sean Paul will be headlining the sold-out show on Friday 28th July.
The dancehall star will perform at the Bristol harbour for the ultimate summer party. In his 20-plus years of music-making, Sean Paul has earned several Grammy and Billboard Music award nominations for his extensive repertoire of hits. In addition, he is the recipient of an American Music award, MOBO awards, Soul Train awards and is the only Jamaican artist to have won an American Music award (2006) for Favourite Pop/Rock Male Artist.
Tickets are selling fast, but Thursday and Friday tickets are still available to buy here. Thursday headliners Fabio & Grooverider and The Outlook Orchestra will be joined by special guests and South West legends DJ Roni Size and Dynamite MC, plus David Rodigan and local MC Gardna. Some of the best in local DNB, Intrigue and Invicta Audio, will host a second stage on Thursday and Saturday respectively. The godfathers of the scene, Fabio and Grooverider, will deliver an eclectic set transformed by classically trained musicians. The specially curated score covers momentous anthems from pinnacle moments in the scene complete with guest vocalists. The Outlook Orchestra is sure to spark the imagination of generations of music lovers in Bristol’s prestigious open-air venue.
Returning to Siren Festival for the second year in a row, ‘Hospitality on the Harbour’ is hosting the chart-topping record producer behind ‘Afterglow’ with Becky Hill. Wilkinson will be fronting the jam-packed bill of Hospitality curated talent to finish off the biggest Siren festival yet. The drum and bass giant is joined by A.M.C, DJ Marky, Flava D and new Hospital collaborative act LINK for an esteemed evening of the finest DNB on the harbourside. Grab the last few Saturday tickets, here.
Tom Hoyle, Co-Founder of Siren said, “Sean Paul is an international superstar and one of the biggest names in dancehall music so having him on the Siren stage this summer is an incredible honour. He’s an act whose output over the last 20 years has connected with so many different audiences and we’re really excited to be bringing him to Bristol for the first time in over 12 years!”
From the founding moments of jungle and drum and bass to reshaping seminal underground music for the globe’s festival stages, each act brings a distinctive energy from their corner of the industry. This three-day spectacle in dance music also celebrates the two-year anniversary of Siren.
Siren Festival will take place from the 27th July – 29th July 2023. Tickets are on sale here: https://www.sirenbristol.com/
Festival fans can keep up to date with all news and updates from Siren on the website and Instagram.
Bristol Flyers claimed a clean sweep over the Plymouth City Patriots winning their final regular-season meeting 99-60.
Tevin Olison led six Bristol players in double figures with 23 points on 61% shooting, ably supported by Brandon Mahan with 19, which included five three-pointers.
Spurred on by a vocal crowd, Bristol jumped out to an 11-2 lead, capped off by back-to-back scores from VJ King.
Plymouth’s struggles continued in the first period. Unable to register a field goal in the first eight minutes until James Hawthorne Jr. connected.
The Patriots had missed their first 13 attempts until that score whereas the Flyers fared better, leading 25-7 after the first, shooting 45% from the floor.
Flyers were certainly comfortable in the second quarter, enjoying a 38-16 lead with 3:27 remaining thanks to a basket from Olison.
And the lead only grew larger at the half as the Flyers maintained their solid field goal percentage, while Plymouth shot 22% leaving them trailing 54-20.
Bristol seemed to be on cruise control in the third quarter, as the lead grew to 69-29, leading to a strong finish to the period from the visitors.
The Flyers though still led 71-40 after heading into the final quarter and secured a comfortable victory to stay second in the BBL Championship table.
Bristol Flyers will now have a weekend break, before returning to action on Friday, March 31st with a road trip to Leicester Riders.
They will then return to SGS to face the league-leading London Lions on Sunday, April 2nd. Tickets for this game are completely SOLD OUT, but fans will still be able to watch on the BBL YouTube channel.
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Ujima Radio are looking for volunteers of all ages to join our exciting community media hub.
Ujima Radio is Bristol’s leading Black arts and media social-enterprise broadcasting 24/7, 365 and run by a team of over 100 volunteers
We are a non-profit organisation supplying Bristol with local news,
lively discussions across a range of topics, with art and music from Bristol, the Caribbean, Africa and the rest of the world.
Ujima is the Swahili word for “collective work and responsibility” and this principle is at the heart of all we do.
We are looking for volunteers to help in all areas of the radio station from presenting, producing, researching, technical skills, social media, admin, sales and so much more. If you can spare some time to keep the beating heart of Ujima ticking in return for some training then email us at: ujimaoffice@gmail.com with Volunteer in the subject bar.
