Bands & Gigs
Online Music Review: The Cavern Live, The Cavern Club, Liverpool
For a venue synonymous with The Beatles and well-used to packing out its basement, 2020 has seen its acts playing to an eerily empty room. But The Cavern Club in Liverpool is still going strong.
“I think we can go on record and say we’re the only metal band influenced by Kanye West.” Cameron Wilson, Lure In
There’s a lot going on in Manchester.
“It was pure, undiluted pleasure.” HOME’s Jason Wood and Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley chat to Northern Soul about Café Exil
By day, Jason Wood is the creative director for film & culture at HOME in Manchester and his friend Bob Stanley is one-third of beloved British pop band Saint Etienne.
Twisted Disco: Classical Music Meets Rock. Yllwshrk’s Ian Anderson talks to Northern Soul
Today, we enjoy more variety of rock than a Blackpool gift shop.
“This chart brings us closer to the mainstream.” Manchester launches the Official Folk Albums Chart
Last weekend saw the launch of the new Official Folk Albums Chart in Manchester, produced by English Folk Expo and presented by Manchester Folk Festival.
Glaston-BURY: the annual music festival is coming to your front room
The small town of Bury has given a lot to the North West over the years.
Harp & a Monkey: The Ballad of Wisbech Museum
As the people of Britain embrace the partial reopening of our ‘houses of heritage’, the award-winning song and storytelling Ramsbottom trio Harp & a Monkey are making public the fruits of a new project that celebrates the value of our public museums, galleries and archives.
I Want Your Love: Northern Soul talks to singer/songwriter Wendy James
For those of us in the late 1980s who didn’t subscribe to the domination of the Stock Aitken Waterman bland factory pop, Wendy James was a beacon.
Revel in the Drama: Ren Harvieu chats to Northern Soul
Releasing that difficult second album is always a big moment for any artist. For Ren Harvieu, though, it holds a special significance.
Album Review: I Am Not A Dog On A Chain, Morrissey
As those who can still be bothered to care continue to fume at his flirtationship with the far right, Morrissey presses on with the insouciance of a thrice-wed gaslighter, essentially putting down the dog whistle he’s been tooting on for the past quarter of a century, holding it behind his back, while summarily serving up an album of such solicitous pop savvy as to protest he’s been decent all along.
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