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I GLORIFY SPOTIFY

Spotify allows me to create playlists of those songs and artists I enjoy. Furthermore folks, it even creates playlists on my behalf based on the searches I have made and my own created lists.
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ON MEETING LEANNE BATTERSBY

have happy memories of conducting a live interview with Jane Danson in front of around 400 people at the 2015 Annual Rochdale Literary And Ideas Festival
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WHEN HAYLEY CAME A CROPPER

When researching a story biography for a forthcoming subject on these pages I was, for reasons that will subsequently become obvious, reminded me of the fictional Coronation Street character of Hayley Cropper.
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Manchester´s Biggest Ever Awards Ceremony:

The inaugural I Love MCR Awards brought together over 750 most-loved people in what was the biggest awards event the city has ever seen.
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THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN

The Jesus and Mary Chain are set to return with a new album in 2024
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HELLO DOLLY: THE ROCKSTAR.

For the project, Dolly Parton enlisted a number of the world’s most celebrated rock stars to perform new versions of their greatest hits. The result is a staggering tracklist that looks like it just stepped off the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Parton shines alongside Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the last two surviving members of The Beatles, on a nostalgic rendition of their hit “Let It Be” that also features Peter Frampton and Mick Fleetwood. Her voice is a perfect match for The Police’s “Every Breath You Take,” with backing vocals provided by the band’s frontman and bassist, Sting, and meshes beautifully with Elton John on his soaring ballad “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down on Me.”
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BEAUTIFUL BASSOON DANCES ON STRINGS

In 2008 Miguel joined the Gustav Mahler Jugend Orchestra, in which he enjoyed working with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Sir Colins Davis, etc in a large number of auditoriums and various halls at European level such as Musikverein (Vienna ), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Royal Albert Hall, (London), National Music Auditorium (Madrid), among others. 
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THE SOUL OF GOSPEL

Joshua Nelson is Black and Jewish and he goes by the nickname “the prince of kosher gospel,”
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NOT HIS BEST,  BUT STILL LIT BY GEMS

This box set purportedly aims to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Dylan’s first shows in Japan and, yet, those shows took place in late February and early March, making its release date more in step with holiday shopping than historical accuracy. Bob Dylan is, at this point, an institution, and this box set, more than anything, continues to drive that point home.
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KATE DAVIS:  Done Looking Back

For the first time, she feels like she has a better sense of what she wants, sonically, and had more control of what the final arc of the record was going to look like.