It’s not every night you can say, “right, I’m off to an evening of Northumbrian pipes and clog dancing”. Well, apart from last Monday, that is. Kathryn Tickell has recorded more than a dozen albums,...
Read MoreIn 1936 Charlie Chaplin made a film that is today regarded as a cinematic masterpiece. Last month, the ever innovative Royal Northern College of Music (along with the Manchester Science...
Read MoreAs Michael Nyman silently took his place at the piano stool, any notion of an amiable saunter through the composer’s back-catalogue with cosy anecdotes about Peter Greenaway or Jane Campion had already been dispelled. I...
Read More“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, And live like it’s heaven on earth.” This (now, somewhat clichéd) sentiment by...
Read Moren his publicity shots, Ólafur Arnalds looks like a model in a Topshop advert. But at his concert at the Royal Northern College of Music he was more rugged, befitting someone who had spent two weeks travelling and sleeping...
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