Pooping bravely away at a Sousa march, a brass band marched down the Potsdamerstrasse last week toward Berlin’s great Sportpalast. A marching band is the commonest occurrence in Nazi Germany, but at ...

ONE of the region’s brass bands is going on tour to a mining area of Germany, which is twinned with County Durham. The Durham Miners’ Association band is touring Wesel, which has been twinned with ...

Local musicians are competing to be crowned champions of this year's National Brass Band Championships this weekend. The event, which takes place on Cheltenham Racecourse, will see Swindon Brass from ...