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Now Then Manchester: July 2015
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Tuesday, 28 July 2015. Competition: Manchester Jazz Festival. The 20th annual edition of Manchester Jazz Festival. Launches this week with its ever-impressive array of time signatures and styles, continuing from Friday 31 July through to Sunday 9 August. While limelight stealers include the Robert Glasper Trio. And the Mercury Prize nominees Gogo Penguin. Elsewhere, there’s a strong local presence, both old and new, with the likes of Charlie Cooper and The CCs. And Lamb double bassist Jon Thorne. Making ...
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Now Then Manchester: May 2015
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Sunday, 24 May 2015. Review: I’ll Be Your Mirror by Una Baines and Keith McDougall. The pat response to hearing about a new graphic novel about The Fall frontman Mark E Smith would be to say that it shouldn't be too hard to do – he's already a cartoon. Decades of self-mythologising, abetted by journalists happy to colour the outline in familiar shades: a face squiggled with lines and a fag hanging out of the gob, gnomic pronouncements and scathing put-downs, drink and drugs and rows. Hopefully there'll b...
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Now Then Manchester: December 2014
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Monday, 22 December 2014. Beth Orton to lead February Wall of Sounds residency. Beth Orton has been named as the latest Wall of Sounds programme leader at Band on the Wall and applications are now open to female musicians, composers and vocalists from across the UK to join the week-long intensive residency. I am thrilled to be asked to support and take part in this exciting and important project," she said. "Getting the chance to mentor, or simply the opportunity to stand as witness to the diverse, a...
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Now Then Manchester: MIF Acoustic Stage @ Albert Sq, 04.07.15
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Friday, 10 July 2015. MIF Acoustic Stage @ Albert Sq, 04.07.15. The denizens of Manchester are enjoying these weekend festivals. Following the popularity of Manchester Day, it’s no surprise to find that Albert Square was thronged for the opening weekend of Manchester International Festival. In glorious sunshine illuminating the festival tent, balcony bar and acoustic stage, it's not just the food stallholders and ice-cream sellers who have smiles on their faces. Words and photos: Ged Camera. NB - if you'...
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Bittersweet Music Video | The Train Set Lifestyle
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The Train Set Lifestyle. As the cold weather draws in, it’s nice to be reminded of summer. Here’s the, distinctly summery, video for a track I recorded with Darkstorm. 8216;Bittersweet’ appears on Darkstorm’s Debut album, Mind Like Water,. Released on limited edition cassette and digital download. Format and tagged Bittersweet. October 14, 2014. Poet Sessions #4 at Library, Covent Garden – March 25th, 2015 →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public).
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Now Then Manchester: October 2014
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Wednesday, 22 October 2014. The Picture Of Doreen Gray @ Oldham Coliseum, 21.10.14. The Picture of Doreen Grey. Is a wilfully jumbled tale of a media personality who has, by the harsh standards of celebrity, passed her sell-by date. Fortunately for her she stumbles across a self-portrait she made while at school, which has been brought to life by some sort of supernatural occurrence. Trading places with her younger self kickstarts her career.but at what cost? Image: Courtesy of LipService Theatre. The su...
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Now Then Manchester: June 2015
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Friday, 5 June 2015. New Dawn Fades @ The Dance House, 22.05.15. Being a Scouser in Manchester I have on occasion come into contact with the Liverpool v Manchester ideology. It is a rivalry that has been fought for years, and I’m not entirely sure of how it started. Now and again I’m asked “what’s a Scouser doing in Manchester? 8221; followed by the predictable and over phlegmy impressions of “kaarm down”, “Steevie G! Playing roles of non-fiction always carries the risk of playing a caricature rather tha...
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Now Then Manchester: January 2015
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Wednesday, 21 January 2015. Spur of the Moment @ Re:play, 16.01.15. Would top the list of the most confabulated. Written by Anya Reiss at the tender age of 17, it is a play in which its characters are simultaneously toyed by relationships and distance, power and weakness, their truths and lies, all as a result of their desires. It's is a perfect recipe for controversy, and makes for delicious audience commentary. Image: Courtesy of HOME. Spur of the moment. Tuesday, 20 January 2015. A View From The Bridge.
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Now Then Manchester: February 2015
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Wednesday, 18 February 2015. Whitworth Art Gallery: The Launch in Photos. Rooftop pyrotechnics engulf the skies overhead. A photography exhibition lines the corridor. Images are projected onto the new building's wall, which will feature film screenings and displays in the future. Photos and video: Tom Warman. Scuttlers @ Royal Exchange, 10.02.15. The gangs of Manchester have often been represented via artistic media, as exemplified recently by the Brothers’ Day. Film launched at Moston Small Cinema.
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