Compliments to all who were present at the Love Haiti concert held at The Cavern on Friday the 29th of January.

Its heartening to witness so many rallying around and giving their time and donations to assist in one of the biggest humanitarian crises in decades, The Haiti Earthquake.

Congratulations and a big pat on the back must go out to the organizer Clair Chapman for her desire and commitment in getting the Merseyside musicians together in such a short time. All of who demonstrated their sincerity, generosity and willingness to get involved. … More

Busker is a brand new programme created exclusively for Band In A Box TV. Busker is a gameshow styled piece where we send two musicians are sent out onto the streets to entertain the public for an hour with their music. Acting as buskers, the musicians’ aim is to earn the most money they can from the general public. The winner is the artist with the most cash at the end of the show.

In this episode of Busker the two musicians we sent out onto the streets of Liverpool, they are Pete Murphy & Helen Maher. Pete is an established guitarist for the band Fidel Afro and is influenced by the grunge era of Nirvana and the alternative pop sounds of REM. Helen however is a singer/songwriter who plays the accordion and takes her influence from Parisian style and Gypsy roots. … More

This is a video feature recorded at the Band In A Box Studio. As part of the interview we were kindly invited by Stephen to his exclusive, personal and extremely intimate last performance of 2009 at Studio 2 in Liverpool.

Stephen made his festival debut at The Wicker Man in 2007 and was asked back in 2008. He sold out the 500 capacity Liverpool O2 Academy 2 and went on to become the first unsigned singer songwriter to headline the O2 Academy main room. He headlined there no less than 3 times throughout 2008.

Having played at numerous venues around the UK as a solo performer Stephen now also comes accompanied by a full band. This has developed his songs and his style further in the pursuit of music that captures his vision. … More

The second part to our Ian Prowse series is now available. In this we hear about the birth of Amsterdam, his experiences compared to Pele & working with Elvis Costello.