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Music Review: The Blinders, Gorilla, Manchester
If you’re on here and haven’t heard of The Blinders yet then there’s really no excuse.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery and Review: Everything Everything, O2 Apollo, Manchester
Everything Everything performed to a packed O2 Apollo in Manchester proving, once again, that they are one of the most consistently compelling and unsettling bands around.
Read the full story..Review: Shostakovich and the Triumph of Art, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Last week Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé Orchestra added another illustrious chapter to their long and successful history of performing the works of Dmitri Shostakovich.
Read the full story..Review: Graham Gouldman, Stoller Hall, Manchester
Somehow, Salford-born songwriter Graham Gouldman remains an undervalued figure.
Read the full story..Review: John Bramwell, Royal Northern College of Music
At this time of year, there are some traditions that I can take or leave.
Read the full story..Review: Mark Lanegan, Church, Leeds
A chilly evening and an almost equally sub-zero venue are not putting off devotees of Mark Lanegan tonight, the assembled throng resolutely wrapped in winter garb inside Church, Leeds.
Read the full story..Review and Photo Gallery: The Charlatans, 02 Apollo, Manchester
A quick look at Setlist.fm – and I can heartily recommend this site, dubbed ‘the setlist Wiki’, for a fan-generated database of gig setlists from the past 30 years – shows that The Charlatans changed the order of their songs for their Manchester gig to start with Just When You’re Thinkin’ Things Over.
Read the full story..Review: Jesca Hoop, The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Resplendent in a remarkable red dress which makes her look part flamenco dancer and part Dalek, Jesca Hoop takes to The Stoller Hall stage for something like a homecoming gig.
Read the full story..Review: Rag‘n’Bone Man, 02 Apollo, Manchester
I’m one of those people who has a playlist for every occasion.
Read the full story..Music instead of muddle: The Hallé and Shostakovich Symphony No.4, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Somehow, the Hallé Orchestra’s Beyond the Score series slipped under my radar.
Read the full story..Editor's Picks
- Image Gallery: Jade Magenta Williams, A Smart Price way of life, PAPER, Manchester
- Exploring the North via video games
- Book Review: Excavate! The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall
- “Around lunchtime, you’d break out all the bangers that everyone knows.” Northern Soul talks to buskers about life under lockdown
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