Beyond The Music reveal 70 new acts
As the 2024 Beyond The Music festival and conference fast approaches, organisers have revealed 70 new artists for the music line-up.
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Manchester Jazz Festival 2018 – our top tips
With Manchester Jazz Festival launching in just a few days, we’ve come up with our top tips for the annual event. There’s a whole host of acts (almost 100) performing across a range of venues in Manchester at this year’s mjf and there’s plenty of free performances! But we’ve picked out eleven acts as our…
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This week’s Manchester gig tips – 25 September – 1 October 2016
Jodie Abacus Sunday 25 September – The Deaf Institute Currently putting the finishing touches to his debut album, Jodie Abacus (pictured) tours the UK (opening at Manchester’s Deaf Institute) blending disco-infused pop with soulful vocals. This summer, Jodie has supported Luara Mvula at her Somerset House performance, and appearing at numerous UK festivals including Secret…
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The pick of this week’s gigs – 7 February – 13 February
Sunday 6 January – Nailed It! – The Castle Ben Williams’ Nailed It! night returns to The Castle with an outstanding lineup (as always!) featuring the incredible vocals of Charlie Cooper as well as Caitlin Gilligan and William Barstow. The monthly event has truly become the place to catch high quality talent in an…
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Previewed: Manchester Jazz Festival 2015
With Manchester Jazz Festival 2015 about to start, we decided to take a look at some of the highlights which we can expect from one of Manchester’s leading annual events. Spread across ten venues throughout the city centre and northern quarter, MJF 2015 has something for fans of all types of jazz, with world premieres,…
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In Review: Charlie Cooper at Manchester Jazz Festival
As The Manchester Jazz Festival 2014 entered into its final evening, it was the turn of Charlie Cooper to co-headline by performing, alongside her band the CCs, the first set of an outstanding double bill, which featured a second set performed by the Hackney Colliery Band. Charlie Cooper brings a blend of soul, jazz and…
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Manchester Jazz Festival set to open
Today sees the launch of Manchester Jazz Festival 2014 – 10 days of jazz, 88 bands, more than 500 artists from across the UK and abroadand eight venues. Today, jazz takes over Manchester. Albert Square is set to become a throbbing hub of jazz as the Thwaites Festival Pavilion takes centre stage at the…
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In Interview: Charlie Cooper
Fresh from her knockout performance at Matt and Phreds, where Charlie Cooper launched her incredible debut EP, Needs Must (When The Devil Drives), we met up with Charlie Cooper to discuss the EP, her career so far and what the future holds for such an incredible talent. The last time we met was for your EP…
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In Review: Charlie Cooper at Matt and Phreds
In recent months, Charlie Cooper has been featured on Craig Charles’ Soul and Funk Show on BBC Radio 6 as well as on BBC Radio 2 and was selected by Jools Holland himself to open his O2 Apollo gig in December 2013. So, last night we headed down to Matt and Phreds to catch her…
