Latest research undertaken by PRS for Music, the leading copyright and royalty collection society representing 65,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers, has revealed that Bristol has ‘produced’ more musicians by size of population than any other town or city in the UK. PRS for Music conducted the research to see which regions produced the most musicians as opposed to where they currently live. Whereas London has the greatest number of musicians living there, it didn’t make the top 20 for musical births, coming in at number 26.

Top Ten Places for Producing Musicians:
1. Bristol
2. Cardiff
3. Wakefield
4. Glasgow
5. Cheltenham
6. Edinburgh
7. Manchester
8. Paisley
9. Doncaster
10. Londonderry

Bristol has gained a reputation as one of the UK’s leading producers of both professional and amateur musical talent. Music is engrained into the culture with some of the best pub music in the country – Clifton’s Coronation Tap was voted UK Music Pub of The Year  two years running!

Commenting on the results, Ellis Rich, chairman of PRS, said; ‘Bristol has been a long standing contributor to the British music scene, constantly injecting its unique pizzazz of trip-hop and rock bands. The city’s culture has always warmed to an eclectic music dynamic, paving the way forwards for many of the Country’s greatest venues whilst also inspiring a hot bed of music talent.’

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