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Add this programme to your calendarMagpie Brown’s Treasure Nest
Each Sunday night at 6, join Magpie Brown in a cozy corner of the Treasure Nest, and enjoy. Anything goes in our treetop shrine to audio joy, as long as it’s good! There’s music from around the world, special guest sets and interviews, and the occasional Treasure Nest exclusive. Join the Facebook group for regular updates, or visit Magpie Brown to find out more.
About Magpie Brown
Magpie Brown’s fledgling years were spent as a smoky eyed goth, enamoured of Nine Inch Nails, and squawking along to the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel and Joni Mitchell.
She shed her downy feathers, learned to fly, and landed in a favela in Sao Paulo State. At a concert in the industrial suburbs of Santos, she discovered the furtive, sexy rhythms of forró, and fell in love.
An extended stopover in Cambridge ruffled her feathers, as the mix of folk music, hip hop and cheesy student beats brought new meaning to the tunes her parents had played her as a chick. She could not shake the Brazilian fever, however, and migrated to Rio.
In Copacabana, this sociable magpie tripped between baile funk parties guarded by smiling gangsters in the hills of Santa Teresa, and reggae nights in Lapa. She rediscovered forró in the Feira Nordestina, and lost her mind to Os Mutantes, Caetano Veloso and Chico Buarque.
Maracatu parties fuelled by sweet red wine in Recife, and Olodum’s samba reggae in Salvador drove her wild. She fled to Cuba, where her adventures continued in pitch black block parties and derelict discotheques, to the tune of salsa, son, reggaetón and kizomba.
Now settled in Birmingham, she has lined her nest with treasures from her travels. Add to this Brum’s unique gypsy rhythms, a touch of dub, and a sprinkling of afrorock, and you get an idea of what Magpie’s Treasure Nest is all about.
