Category Archives: Music

Last Week on Ujima – Crime, Cricket, Umbrellas & Protest

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Cheryl

With profuse apologies for the day, here are the Listen Again links for last week’s show. We started off with my friend Lucienne Boyce talking about her latest historical novel, Butcher’s Block. This is a new Dan Foster mystery novel, … Continue reading →

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Today on Ujima – Worldcon Interviews

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Cheryl

With so much of this year’s Worldcon centering on black women writers, and in particular Caribbean women, I was able to devote an entire show to interviews done in Helsinki. Ben the Engineer and I had a nice, quiet day, … Continue reading →

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Bristol Together For Grenfell

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Cheryl

By August 4th I am going to be in Finland, but the good people of Bristol have chosen that day to show their support for, and raise money for, the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire. It should be a … Continue reading →

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Pride In Action

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Cheryl

As Pride events become more and more popular, and more widespread, questions are being asked about what they are for. Are they too commercial? Are they just entertainment for the straights? Do we still need them? Why isn’t there a … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Afrometropolis

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Cheryl

Last night I was at The Arnolfini for an event curated by my friend, Edson Burton. Afrometroplis was a multi-media experience inspired by Afrofuturism. The idea was to create a futuristic and funkadelic city state inspired by African culture. I … Continue reading →

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Can’t Do Everything

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Cheryl

Being British, I feel very guilty whenever I say I can’t come to someone’s event because I am too busy. Practically, however, doing everything just isn’t possible. Today is a case in point. I would love to be at CN … Continue reading →

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Bath Celebrates Dylan, with CN Lester

Posted on May 21, 2017 by Cheryl

After the Stonewall event yesterday I stayed on in Bath to see CN Lester in concert at the Forum. Technically this wasn’t a CN gig. They were just a part of an event celebrating the work of Bob Dylan, but … Continue reading →

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Yesterday on Ujima – Cricket, Music, Blood & Activism

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Cheryl

I was in the Ujima studio again yesterday to do another Women’s Outlook show. Here’s what went down. My first guest was Lisa Pagett who is Head of Women’s Cricket for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club and also General Manager of … Continue reading →

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Fringe Tonight, And January Readings

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Cheryl

Tonight sees the return of the legendary BristolCon Fringe Open Mic, at which a whole host of lovely people get just five minutes to wow us with their fiction. I have to catch a train to Plymouth tonight because I’m … Continue reading →

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Yesterday on Ujima – Revolution!

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Cheryl

Yesterday’s show was a bit impromptu as I wasn’t expecting to be doing it. This meant a lot of music and no guests, but Ben and I got through it just fine. There was a little bit of content. If … Continue reading →

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Yesterday on Ujima – Radio Comedy, Allyship & Conferences

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Cheryl

Yesterday’s show on Ujima seemed to go OK, despite much of it being thrown together at the last minute as a couple of people I’d wanted were not available. We did have some technical issues at the start, but Ben … Continue reading →

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Yesterday on Ujima – International Women’s Day

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Cheryl

Yes, I know, International Women’s Day is actually on March 8th. However, Bristol Women’s Voice has a big event planned at M-Shed over this coming weekend, and I wanted to preview that. Here’s a look at yesterday’s show. First up … Continue reading →

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Today on Ujima – LGBT History Month

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Cheryl

It was great to be back in the saddle again, so to speak. I have been way too busy doing training and therefore not doing radio for quite a while. But today I was back with a full show dedicated … Continue reading →

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Today on Ujima: More Music

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Cheryl

Yes, I know it isn’t Wednesday. This week’s Women’s Outlook show should have gone out yesterday in the usual time slot, but once again technical gremlins intervened. So instead the show was run in the 10:00-12:00 slot this morning. You … Continue reading →

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Today on Ujima: Music, Music, Music

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Cheryl

Thanks to computers, it is no longer necessary for radio stations to have staff in over the holidays to do shows. Ujima is officially closed for the season, but it is not off-air. Many of us have pre-recorded shows to … Continue reading →

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All Gone Quiet

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Cheryl

There hasn’t been much bloggage, or even social media activity, from me over the holiday period. That’s partly because I have assumed that you lot have better things to do with your time than read about my holiday cooking (which … Continue reading →

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Yesterday on Ujima – Domestic Violence

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Cheryl

In the wake of last week’s protest at City Hall regarding provision of priority housing for women who are victims of domestic violence, I devoted most of this week’s show to the issue. For the first hour I was joined … Continue reading →

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That Was LaDIYfest

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Cheryl

I spent all of Saturday in Bristol at LaDIYfest, a one-day feminist conference. Most of the day was taken up with workshops at Cafe Connect. In the evening there was a gig at Roll for the Soul, the bicycle cafe. … Continue reading →

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Transgender Mythbusting Comes to Bristol

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Cheryl

On Saturday I will be running a workshop at LaDIYFest, a fabulous intersectional feminist event. The workshop will be an extended version of the Transgender Mythbusting thing I ran at the Womens’ Equality Party conference with a lot more time … Continue reading →

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Up On the Aqueduct

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Cheryl

My annual Year in Review post as gone up on the Aqueduct Press blog as part of their Pleasures of Reading, Viewing, and Listening series. So if you want a condensed version of what I have been up to, entertainment-wise, … Continue reading →

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