10 years of Melodic Records
Kenny Borland talks to the label's founder about a decade of cool tunes and survival in the digital age
O2 size music venue for Manchester?
Sankeys' boss has some very big gig ideas for the city…
Win Le Creuset cookware worth £185
Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet is giving away two pieces of cookware plus a DVD of Julie & Julia
John Robb on the city's ever-expanding gig circuit
Talented young violinist Valeriy Sokolov plays Beethoven at the Bridgewater Hall
Lynda Moyo joins Tim Burgess in the Boon army antics
Lauren Murphy finds the time-travelling club nights in the city
Gordo reviews an opening event in Manchester via London in his own inimitable style
Jonathan Schofield finds his soul on Swan Street
John Robb's new record label Modern English is launching this Wednesday in the Northern Quarter
John Robb wonders where all the Manc frontmen have gone and looks to the future of the city's rock and pop
Sankeys' boss has some very big gig ideas for the city…
MOJO are hosting a gospel concert in aid of Amnesty International – this Wednesday
Jonathan Schofield catalogues the Versus Cancer gig at the MEN Arena with Snow Patrol, Happy Mondays, Kid Brit...
A Mr Scruff party, plus Daddy G of Massive Attack and loads of December club nights
Georgina Hague wonders whether Kasabian have got what it takes to step into the space left by Oasis
Lynda Moyo watches the UK soul queen give 100% at The Bridgewater Hall
Ben Patey meets the singing supernova, Mr Hudson and Lynda Moyo says TFI Friday after meeting the Saturdays
Lynda Moyo goes back to the roots to uncover the rise of UK hip-hop at Urbis
Here's a load of great music in Manchester best new old venue
Lynda Moyo enjoys good tunes and good entertainment at the Ritz
Oxjam festival featuring Peter Hook as a DJ and Suzuki Method – this Sunday in the Northern Quarter
Confidential crash a tea party with Clint Boon and the boys from Scotland
John Robb on writing books and a moment of insanity in Manchester's music scene
The Xfm radio presenter shares his love of indie, dance and hip-hop
Jonathan Schofield finds it all very lovely but insists the kid is not his son
Guess who is in the news today, oh boy? Angie Sammons samples the new digital Beatles
Noel Gallagher finally says "see yoh latoh" to the band he's led for eighteen years
Like karaoke but with the volume turned up to 11...try it at a Five Stars party in September
Yvonne Shelton, who has sung with Puff Daddy, The Spice Girls, George Michael and loads more, selects a funky,...
The renovated music venue has just announced more artists for its launch showcase
Phil Griffin appreciates David Nolan's attempt to put Mr Manchester's life into order
Manchester gets Elbow, Salford gets Chris de Burgh....
Cheaper, smaller, and more intimate.... Kelly Ormesher thinks Kendal Calling could be a festival circuit hit
And your votes could make it the winner
Jo Nightingale enjoys Temptation followed by Love Action but still has time to get stuck into the Lexicon of L...
Rochdale's links with John Peel, Kurt Cobain and The Stone Roses to be celebrated with blue plaques and event ...
Lynda Moyo is shocked to discover that the Ritz really is where the party’s at
Kid British's Adio gets straight to the point with a crowd-pleasing playlist
Sarah Tierney is well impressed by the Young@Heart chorus at RNCM
Jonathan Schofield interviews the Durutti Column composer about his Manchester International Festival tribute ...
Laura Marsden loves a complete operatic experience, the highs, the lows, the sets: as Rufus Wainwright premier...
With Sleuth still away, Jonathan Schofield goes down to Castlefield Arena for a ‘lovely’ (that’s the perfect w...
The Twisted Wheel bassist tells us what music he goes mad to
Gordo writes of Elbow, orchestras and toffee caramels
Helen Clifton enters the weird and wonderful world of this androgynous act
Mark Garner gets dewy eyed over trains, kisses and classical music
Bassist from The Stone Roses is celebrating their 20th anniversary. Hear what he’s been listening to lately…
Jonathan Schofield enjoys a spin at the Velodrome with the German masters of the machine
Choose 7 songs, share with friends and be in with a chance of winning £1,000
It's cheap, close to home and the line-up ain't half bad either...
Two fans tell us what they thought of last week's two big concerts. Georgina Hague sings along with Manchester...
Doves are playing a free gig for Manchester City fans – find out how to get tickets
Geriatrics singing Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen? Sarah Tierney looks forward to one of the odder events of M...
He may have supported Pete Doherty at the Ritz, but the singer from The Kings is more fond of classic Motown t...
Lynda Moyo finds that Mad Ferret is more than Finley Quaye anyway
We've got news of music legends playing at Band on the Wall when it reopens in September
Alastair McCall on the Gallagher brothers' big boozy bash at Heaton Park
Charlene McAuley reports on a Salford music conference that's not all about the next big thing
Georgina Hague goes out of control for Cheryl Cole and co.
Russell Chadwick from We7 explains why ad-funded music is a better option than the pirate sites
Matthew Frost watches Morrissey on his fiftieth at The Apollo on Friday 22nd May
He's famous for his photographs of Oasis and The Verve, but will they make it into his list of favourite music?
The Mighty Diamonds are live at The Picket this Sunday
It was 20 years ago today – The Stone Roses' classic album re-released
The man behind new gigs listings site Get Your Ears Out tells us what he's been listening to lately
Rachel Winterbottom joins an audience of smoochy couples at the MEN Arena
Manchester artist and supermodel sister, Emily Deyn, shares her eclectic mix
Kelly Ormesher speaks to singer Tom Gray about recording their new album in the Virginina woods and why songwr...
Lynda Moyo enjoys, a gig, a rave and a theatrical production all in one night
LIFE PR co-partner Joanna Simpson wonders when her favourite music moved into the 'retro' category
Salford's new music festival is back with a new stage from Radio 1's Huw Stephens
The director of MOSI on why Simon and Garfunkel's 'Cecilia' reminds him of serving in the army in Sierra Leone
Sarah Tierney tunes into a radio station that's taking the sound of Manchester way beyond the M60
The group director of pathology at BMI Healthcare shares her musical secrets
Jonathan Schofield interviews Jimi Goodwin of Doves as their new album Kingdom of Rust launches - and we've go...
Colette Bernasconi enjoys a new monthly gig night in Fuel, Withington
