Author: Kevin Bourke
Welcome to the Age of Dissolution: Northern Soul chats to Michael Timmins from Cowboy Junkies
Amid all the flash and bombast that defined the late 80s, Cowboy Junkies proved there was an audience waiting for something quiet, beautiful and reflective with their compelling 1988 classic, The Trinity Session.
Music Review: Manchester Folk Festival 2018
Last year, when David Agnew opted to move the English Folk Expo and its public-facing concerts to central Manchester after several years based around Bury Met, there was a certain amount of discreet breath-holding as to whether its delicate balance of intimacy with a worldwide mission to spotlight English music and artists could work as well in this new context, right in the vibrant heart of the city and spread around several venues.
Review: Literary Manchester Walking Tour with Anne Beswick, Manchester Literature Festival
When Manchester recently bid for and won UNESCO City of Literature status, part of its success was undoubtedly based on the thriving Manchester Literature Festival, an annual reminder to the world that Manchester was the city which built the UK’s first public lending library and gave the world the work of great writers including Elizabeth Gaskell, Anthony Burgess, Howard Jacobson and many more.
“I’ve grown old with Rebus.” Northern Soul talks to best-selling crime author Ian Rankin
When the best-selling crime writer Ian Rankin brings his Investigating Murder: An Evening with Ian Rankin to Manchester’s HOME, the intention, he says, is not simply to talk about his new book In A House Of Lies (incidentally, one of the best thrillers of the year if you ask me) then sign some copies.
Review: Everything that happened and would happen, Mayfield, Manchester
Before you’ve even stepped properly inside Everything that happened and would happen there’s a palpable sense of awe, not to say slight intimidation, at the setting.
Theatre Review: Dishoom! at Oldham Coliseum
Dishoom! is the sound of a punch or a bullet from 70s Bollywood films, much like ‘Kapow!’ from American comic books.
Theatre Review: Queen Margaret, Royal Exchange, Manchester
Typical. You wait ages for a Shakespeare mash-up on one of Manchester’s main stages then two come along at once.
“I am an outsider.” Northern Soul talks to crime writer Will Dean about his debut Dark Pines
Will Dean’s Dark Pines is one of this year’s hottest crime debuts, and with a back story that’s nearly as intriguing as the book itself.
Theatre Review: The Return of the Soldier, Hope Mill, Ancoats
Rebecca West’s novella The Return of the Soldier, published in 1918 when she was just 25-years-old, was a striking debut.
Review: Tipping Point/Switch, Upper Campfield, Manchester
While its Oxford Road site is renovated, the ever-innovative Contact theatre is staging productions at partner venues.
The Northern Soul Awards 2018
Are you an individual or an organisation based in the North of England? Why don’t you come to this year’s Northern Soul Awards? It’ll be a brilliant evening – 15th November at Manchester Cathedral. Tickets available here: https://awards.northernsoul.me.uk/buy-tickets/
The Northern Soul Poll
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