East London's Hackney Colliery Band continue to reinvent the brass band sound for the 21st century with Sharpener. Comprised of trumpets, trombones, saxophones, sousaphone, marching percussion and ...

The National Coal Mining Museum welcomed the cast of and crew of Leeds Playhouse’s Brassed Off where they learned about the ...

GRIMETHORPE, England (Reuters Life!) - They sound as loud and confident as the day their mine shut, but 15 years on, the changes are plain - only two members of the Grimethorpe Colliery Band have ever ...

In the 19th and 20th centuries, nearly every coal mine in the U.K. had a brass band. They were intended to keep workers out of trouble, and were a... Britain's Brass Bands: A Working-Class Tradition ...

Dinnington Colliery Band has performed in county-wide competitions, but is lacking members A 120-year-old brass band has called for support after it was moved from its home due to town centre ...

A County Durham band has spoken about the “unbelievable feeling” of playing in front of 80,000 people as part of Sam Fender’s recent tour. Easington Colliery Brass Band were invited to join the North ...

The stars of hit British movie Brassed Off, the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, will come to Wolverhampton on Sunday when they headline the city's Grand Theatre. Sign up for the top news stories every day ...

East London's Hackney Colliery Band continue to reinvent the brass band sound for the 21st century with Sharpener. Comprised of trumpets, trombones, saxophones, sousaphone, marching percussion and ...

The world often feels full of fading traditions, from drive-in movie theaters to the dying art of good old-fashioned letter writing. For the British, add brass bands to that list. Traditional brass ...

The world often feels full of fading traditions, from drive-in movie theaters to the dying art of good old-fashioned letter writing. For the British, add brass bands to that list. Traditional brass ...