Listeners to shmuFM's Band of the Week Show will be well familiar with Lizabett Russo and Jaimie Wren - two female singer-songwriters who proved very popular with our audience - but it seems the wider music world is starting to take notice too.
We've certainly been enjoying a celebrity line-up on shmuFM's Culture Club show in recent months, with presenter Angie Joss securing interviews with the likes of Professor Brian Cox, Ruthie Henshall, Andy Kershaw and Liz Lochhead.
shmuFM is to air its first locally-produced radio play this week as part of a move to promote spoken word broadcasting in the city. Recorded at the shmuSOUND Studio in Tillydrone, the play is titled ‘Black Ice’ and involves local actors who all auditioned for the parts several months ago. The first airing of the play on radio will be this Friday (July 12th) from 7-8pm on 99.8FM.
shmuTV were asked to produce short films to be screened at the Star Awards ceremony. Staff from Aberdeen City Council were treated to a lavish awards ceremony to celebrate and recognise staff achievement. Employees of the council were celebrated across all departments and the night was a huge success for all.
This year shmuTV visited Dublin to take part in a European exchange programme. Community broadcasters from across Europe met to discuss current practice and how to share content. shmuTV are also presently working on a bid for the local community TV license which will be up for grabs in the NE of Scotland this year.
Torry's Keith Meisner - aka The Exile of Elgin - never imagined that one week after recording a new track with the shmuSOUND team, he would be doing TV appearances in London and playing live at Wimbledon.
A participant who was one of the first to sign up to ADJUST has celebrated his one year anniversary since being released from prison. This landmark occasion provides recognition of what the right support can do at a time when you’re ready and motivated to change, and have the determination to stick at it.
Woodside resident Aiysha Jebali tells us about her experience of linking up her teaching project in Hungary with the work going on in shmu's recording studio in Tillydrone, as part of the shmuSOUND project:
