Monthly Archives: April 2017
Review: Nancy & Beth, Palace Theatre, Manchester
On paper, it sounds confusing. Two American women perform songs that span rap (Gucci Mane, Run DMC) country (George Jones) and tunes from classic songwriters (Joni Mitchell, Rufus Wainwright).
The Northern Soul Awards 2017: a celebration of culture and enterprise in the North of England
The Northern Soul Awards 2017 – a celebration of culture and enterprise in the North of England
Northern Soul chats to Richard Littler about Scarfolk, online humour and the absurdity of modern values
Online humour can be a fickle sort of business.
Book review: Ascent by Jed Mercurio
Now and again you come across a novel so closely published to your own specifications that you strongly suspect the publishers have secretly focus-grouped you to within an inch of your life, and then wiped all memory of it from your mind.
Review: Indique, West Didsbury, Manchester
Name your ten best Indian restaurants in Manchester. This and That for value for money and good cooking, obvs, and…actually they’re pretty much all the same.
Review: The Unthanks, RNCM, Manchester
One of the many fine and fascinating things about The Unthanks is how they manage to fearlessly represent the very epitome of the folk tradition yet at the same time are so extraordinarily adventurous.
Review: The Story Giant, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
You can’t escape from stories these days.
Review: Twelfth Night, Royal Exchange, Manchester
As someone from Stratford-upon-Avon, I’m no stranger to Shakespeare. Walking through the quaint town centre, you can’t shake a feathered quill without bumping into a street performer bellowing lines from King Lear.
The book that changed my life: Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
I read the book that changed my life, the one I can’t stop telling people about, last year.
Michael Rother talks krautrock, NEU! and David Bowie
These days, no-one would bat an eyelid if a hotly-tipped new band declared that they were heavily influenced by krautrock.
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