Better Songs Productions

16/05/2024

Tonight!

Kicking off is our Better Songs Productions trailblazer event & original commission, Séance at The Deaf Institute

Featuring spoken word from Testament Homecut, Better Songs will transform the deaf institute into a space of connect

Last minute tickets available here 👉 https://manchesterjazz.com/events/seance/

Don't miss out on this unique piece of work!

24/04/2024

A moving musical performance & night of connection! We are proud to present the world première of originals commission in collaboration with Better Songs Productions

Séance 👉 https://manchesterjazz.com/events/seance/ 🔮

Built from voicemail messages of lost loved ones, this is a trailblazer event set to launch our festival this year! It also features a special musical performance from the award winning Testament Homecut & sonic visionary Matthew Bourne ✨

28/04/2023

It was a fantastic experience performing How to Build a Spaceship with the incredible Khadijah Ibrahiim and Malika Booker at two wonderfully atmospheric venues- Chapel FM and The Leeds Library. Thanks to all came along and you can now listen to it here: https://www.mixcloud.com/bettersongs/how-to-build-a-spaceship/

03/03/2023

Hello all, we'd love to invite you to our performance of 'How to Build a Spaceship' featuring live spoken word from the amazing Khadijah Ibrahiim and Malika Booker, as well as sounds from us Verity and Rosie. It would mean such a lot to have your support- (very reasonably priced) tickets are available via the link below. Do share too!

March 18th - Chapel FM Arts Centre, Seacroft
March 24th- The Leeds Library, Commercial Street, Leeds.

A live performance blending spoken word, electronic sounds, tape machines, turntables and music, we invite you to join us on a voyage of discovery, backwards and forwards through time.

27/05/2021

**OUT NOW**
The Memento Mori podcast series creates sonic stories from the work of photographer Peter Mitchell, who captured the demolition of Quarry Hill flats in the late 1970s. Built in the 1930s in Leeds, the flats were the UK’s largest social housing complex at the time. Mitchell’s book Memento Mori collected fragments of their history alongside images of the flats’ demolition.

In this four-part podcast series, you’ll hear stories about the work and hear about at Quarry Hill in Leeds’ history and present. As well hearing the voices of former Quarry Hill residents, you'll also hear diary excerpts recorded for the time by Peter himself.

The project was recorded entirely during lockdown and was funded by Leeds City College Arts Fund.

‎Arts · 2020

27/04/2021

Sonic Stops launches tomorrow! Two audio journeys tracing the city's musical landscape - join us at 7pm.

Book a free ticket via Eventbrite ⬇

Join us for the Virtual Premiere of 'Sonic Stops' by Better Songs: an audio-visual response to the Sounds of our City exhibition

12/04/2021

Looking forward to sharing our soundscapes in response to the Sounds of our City exhibition at Abbey House Museum. Details below to join the online premiere with Music:Leeds on 28 April ⬇️

28/02/2021

All 6 episodes of The Story of Leeds Jazz are now live on our website as well as Mixcloud. Enjoy :-)

Supported and funded by Leeds Inspired, part of Leeds City Council, this six part podcast series is a discovery of how Leeds became a centre for UK Jazz and how it continues to have an exciting and thriving scene today. It shares the stories of often overlooked artists and influencers who have contr