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1. 1. Review: Matt Schofield Band - Band On The Wall

   CityLife, Wednesday 05 May 2010 These are happy times for lovers of blues guitar. These grizzled hordes – and they are usually men of a certain age – stand like disciples in wait of a new messiah; the next Clapton, the new Stevie Ray Vaughan.

2. 2. Review: Matt Schofield Band - Band On The Wall

   CityLife, Wednesday 05 May 2010 These are happy times for lovers of blues guitar. These grizzled hordes – and they are usually men of a certain age – stand like disciples in wait of a new messiah; the next Clapton, the new Stevie Ray Vaughan.

3. 3. Original boyband Take That still shine

   CityLife, Friday 26 June 2009 A BOY band dancing their way towards middle-age, Take That are more popular now than ever before, with five dates at Lancashire County Cricket Club part of the fastest-selling tour the country has ever seen. Paul Taylor looks back over the career of the original British boy band.

4. 4. Credit crunch comfort from retro nibbles

   CityLife, Friday 06 March 2009 We are comfort-eating our way through recession. But are we also seeking out brands from our childhood, nibbling a bit of nostalgia in uncertain times? Make mine a Tizer and a packet of Monster Munch, says Paul Taylor.

5. 5. Going in pursuit of The Fallen

   CityLife, Friday 19 September 2008 IN the motley cast of characters now known as The Fallen, drummer Karl Burns was its "Lord Lucan". So says journalist Dave Simpson who spent two years hunting down 46 musicians hired and, in most cases, fired by The Fall's enigmatic leader, Mark E Smith.

6. 6. XX Teens - Welcome To Goon Island (Mute)

   CityLife, Thursday 24 July 2008 A GREAT name, but perhaps an ill-advised Google search, XX Teens scream their art school origins from the off.

7. 7. XX Teens - Welcome To Goon Island (Mute)

   CityLife, Thursday 24 July 2008 A GREAT name, but perhaps an ill-advised Google search, XX Teens scream their art school origins from the off.

8. 8. Man with a special Power

   CityLife, Tuesday 06 May 2008 HE claims to have received messages from the other side about a litany of infamous killings, including Rhys Jones, Helen McCourt and Lynsey Quy. But Joe Power is well aware of the credibility gap he has to overcome.

9. 9. City date for explorer Dave

   CityLife, Friday 25 April 2008 ONE thing, so the saying goes, often leads to another, and that's something comedian and writer Dave Gorman knows all about. He's here today.

10. 10. Barry Adamson - Back To The Cat (Central Control International)

    CityLife, Thursday 03 April 2008 MOSS Side-born Adamson is one of those rare artists who has ploughed his own musical furrow.

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