MACHESTER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2023

Manchester Music Festival returns for another season of world-class classical music! Season 49 will see the return of festival-favourite performers, but will also have some fresh faces and new experiences for audiences to enjoy. 
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ISN´T HER GRACE AMAZING?

Cheryl Wills, the granddaughter of a Gospel singer, at last shines a spotlight on these spectacular women of song

MANRIQUE: the musical + plus music from elsewhere

a new generation of island musicians adapted the music of Lanzarote to those Euro-pop traits to their own Spanish, Canarian, Lanzarotan and Latin American sounds. I swear we even had a Bo Diddley beat in one particular song and, too, a sample from an opera in another.
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ISLAND IN THE SUN: remembering Harry Belafonte

“When you grow up, son,″ Belafonte remembered his mother telling him, “never go to bed at night knowing that there was something you could have done during the day to strike a blow against injustice and you didn’t do it.″
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HOW HAPPY I AM to see a new book on The Incredible String Band

The Incredible String Band evoke love and devotion to all those who fall under their spell. Their world is not ours, but a land of mythical creatures and fey beings.
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REMEMBERING GUY CLARK: Sidetracks and Detours pointed out by Peter Pearson

Now, in Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark, writer, producer, and music industry insider Tamara Saviano chronicles the story of this legendary artist from her unique vantage point as his former publicist and producer of the Grammy-nominated album This One’s for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark. Part memoir, part biography, Saviano’s skillfully constructed narrative weaves together the extraordinary songs, larger-than-life characters, previously untold stories, and riveting  emotions that make up the life of this modern-day poet and troubadour.

BACKPACKING: With Peter Case

Then John Prine goes, "Let's write a song about the first monkey that went into outer space. What he's been doing since his 15 minutes of fame."
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Knopfler Kronikles part 1:POETIC LYRICS OR LYRICAL POETRY?

Sometimes a poem will make a good song lyric, but don’t be surprised to find that your lyric makes a bad poem. It all has to do with the difference between words that are meant to be spoken (or sung) and words meant to be read.

A NEW CONTRIBUTOR

An emotional and unforgettable evening of music came to a close with a funky portrayal of Leon’s favourite animal ‘The Leopard ’, a Greening original and a fitting final tribute to the father he loved so dearly.
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HER COUNTRY

In country music, the men might dominate the radio waves. However it's women, like Maren Morris (left), Mickey Guyton, and Kacey Musgraves, who are making history.