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1. 1. Ravi's world of music

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 14 June 2005 LONG before Live Aid, Ravi Shankar was among the first to discover that music could feed the world. It was the renowned sitar player who persuaded his friend George Harrison to rustle up an all-star cast for 1971's Concert For Bangladesh, to provide aid for refugees. He plays the city on June 15.

2. 2. Various Artists - BBC Radio 3 Awards For World Music (Manteca)

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 14 March 2003 WITH so much diverse music from around the world to celebrate, it's surprising that Radio 3's laudable event is the first of its kind.

3. 3. Various Artists - The Rough Guide To Highlife (World Music Network)

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 07 February 2003 HIGHLIFE music, the upfront and upbeat guitar-led music of West Africa, enjoyed its heyday in the sixties and seventies, fuelled by a spirit of hope and expectation that marked the end of the colonial era.

4. 4. MUSIC: Portishead, Apollo, April 9

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 02 April 2008 IN THIS age of internet downloads, the music world is more accelerated than ever – bands can spring up from nowhere, release two albums, become global superstars, develop huge drug habits and then split up, all in the space of a few months.

5. 5. Music to fill the heart and museum spaces

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 27 April 2007 THE world premiere of Simon Bainbridge's Music Space Reflection - Manchester takes place on Saturday. It has been written specifically for the inside of the Imperial War Museum North, which is, of course, in Trafford and not Manchester.

6. 6. Javier Ruibal - Sahara (Riverboat Records/World Music Network)

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 05 September 2003 COINCIDENTALLY, a little over half of the tracks on the international debut from Spanish singer-songwriter Javier Ruibal were recorded in Tarifa.

7. 7. Dylan single 'top moment that changed the world'

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 04 August 2005 BOB Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone has come top of a list of 100 music, movie and TV moments that have changed the world. The magazine Uncut asked industry experts and movie and music icons to name their seminal moments from the past 50 years.

8. 8. Manchester music takes on the world

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 03 January 2003 IT'S crystal ball time for Rock Manchester. 2002 was the greatest year yet for our new stars, with Doves and Badly Drawn Boy establishing themselves as greats and the new wave making their biggest noise yet. As the Hogmanay chimes fade, here's how things look like panning out in 2003.

9. 9. Bez records World Cup rival

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 05 April 2006 WHILE one Manchester music legend has publicly slammed the choice of the new official World Cup song as "a travesty", another has taken matters into his owns hands and launched an unofficial rival.

10. 10. Duel due a date at music mecca

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 03 March 2005 THEY'VE come a long way since shivering on the streets of Manchester busking for coppers. Now Duel - Craig Owen and Greg Scott - the duo launched to stardom by pop impresario Pete Waterman after being spotted playing their violins in St Ann's Square, are to make their debut at the home of classical music, the Royal Albert Hall.

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