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BBC News
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
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YouTube jazz pianist, 84, plays in Northampton market stall
An 84-year-old jazz pianist who made a name for himself on YouTube during the coronavirus lockdown has taken up residency at a tiny arts centre, based at a market stall, in order to meet other Kemp started an online channel to help with his mental health during the Covid-19 about his new audience online, he said: "If lockdown hadn't occurred, my career would have come to an end because of my health."Mr Kemp's stint at the centre, alongside Northampton-based artist Musetta Seagrove, continues until the end of Saturday. The Creative Place (TCP) arts centre, run by Northampton Film Festival, opened six months ago in Northampton's refurbished Market lockdown, Mr Kemp said he collaborated online with other musicians said he wanted to do the residency to meet other YouTubers, musicians and filmmakers, to learn how to improve the technicality and reach of his "intricacy" of constructing videos and experimenting with different editing software like GarageBand provided a distraction and "comfort" to him during that time, he added."People always ask me, 'Have you been playing all your life?' And I say, 'Not yet'," he said. Mr Kemp, originally from Coventry, worked in electronics before playing piano with a jazz said he enjoyed his job in electronics but it "felt like [I] was wearing somebody else's shoes".Mr Kemp said it felt like he had not worked "a day in his life" since 1960 when he began his music career. Becky Carrier, who runs the arts centre, said it promoted "connection, inspiration and creativity"."Everybody has a story to tell and everybody has a unique voice," she said."It is for people that have a creative bone in their body, but also for people that just want to try something new."It is really nice for people to use their ears and their eyes to experience quite different things." Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
06-03-2025
- Entertainment
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Northampton Film Festival to offer 80 screenings in a week
An organiser of a film festival said visitors could choose from more than 80 screenings during the week-long Northampton Film Festival, now in its fourth year, begins on Friday with a gala event at the town's Delapre will be a variety of films, from feature-length to shorts and animations, as well as those made by school Becky Carrier said the festival had "really grown" since it launched in 2019. The first festival had 14 events with about 700 people attending, while this year they are hoping for more than 1,200 admissions. Speaking to BBC Radio Northampton, Mrs Carrier said: "We are about shouting about the county."Northamptonshire has uniqueness flowing out of us, in our history, now and in the future."Films are a way to shout about that."But she added submissions for the festival were not restricted to the county - with filmmakers from around the UK taking part. As well as Delapre, the festival will be hosting events at the University of Northampton, the Northampton Filmhouse, the town's Guildhall and its own Creative Space on the Market festival also has three international Women's Day events including a women in TV and film people library, where those in attendance can have a one-on-one conversation with someone from the film still adding the finishing touches to this year's event, which finishes on 15 March, Mrs Carrier said she was "already starting thinking of next year" and doing "something special" for the fifth edition. Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
11-02-2025
- Entertainment
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Northampton Film Festival to put on teaser screenings in market
A series of films are due to be screened at a town centre's mini arts shows at The Creative Place on Northampton's Market Square are being offered as a taster in the run-up to the town's film will be able to pick the movies they watch at some of the Northampton Film Festival will take place at various venues across the town. The Creative Place blends in with the stalls at Northampton market and was installed as part of the square's £12m was designed to give local artists a chance to display their work and host special events. The free screenings will take place from 12 February to 7 March and will include family-friendly sessions as well as access screenings with flexible lighting, sound and seating will also be opportunities to see trailers of the films which will be included in the festival's youth board have selected local films for the screenings, and the filmmakers themselves will be there to talk about how they got into the Film Festival starts on 7 March and will showcase 80 movies. The director of Northampton Film Festival, Becky Carrier, said: "We are really pleased to be bringing these award-winning, local and British short films to local audiences for free this month, in the run up to the festival."While the festival in March will take place at a range of venues, this taster event of pre-festival screenings will be held at what we consider to be the world's smallest arts centre." Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
