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1. 61. MTV Base: Spanking New Music @ MMU

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 15 April 2005 AT last year's 'Spanking New Music' series of live showcases, the magicians at MTV managed to pull a certain buck-toothed Natasha Bedingfield out of the hat, thus launching her on the road to fame and fortune.

2. 62. Katherine Jenkins – Rejoice (UCJ Music)

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 23 November 2007 LIKE many operatic stars on the Christmas conveyor belt, ex-primary school teacher is now dabbling in pop after four albums of classical music. But like Russell Watson’s That’s Life, it does not always pay dividends. 

3. 63. Karine Polwart - The Fairest Floo'er (Hegri Music)

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 20 December 2007 AFTER staking her claim to be one of the most potent voices of contemporary folk music through the truly wonderful albums Faultlines and Scribbled In Chalk, Polwart will deliver up another album of new songs in March.

4. 64. The Beauty Shop - A Desperate Cry For Help (Believe Music)

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 01 November 2005 A DESPERATE Cry For Help is a slice of chirpy country music that would have been well suited to the soundtrack of the Littlest Hobo.

5. 65. Celebration of contemporary music

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 18 February 2003 IT'S hard to imagine now, but when the Royal Northern College of Music first opened its doors in the '70s there were dark mutterings in some quarters about its open commitment to contemporary music.

6. 66. Le Concert Spirituel - Water and Fireworks Music (Glossa)

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 06 June 2003 THE desire for "authentic" performance of historic music has come a long way since Hamilton Harty penned his very civilised arrangements of Handel's Water Music and Music For The Royal Fireworks, which were a big Halle recording hit in their day.

7. 67. Roger's music is better

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 17 July 2003 THE& electro-disco acts of Manchester are proving more arousing than the forced happenings hyped up in the national music press.

8. 68. Boost for Manc music scene

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 09 January 2004 MANCHESTER'S live music scene is hoping to get a boost from a government task force.

9. 69. Carolling - Music of Walter Carroll and other Manchester composers (Forsyth)

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 11 December 2003 ASK almost anyone of a certain age, who learned the piano as a child, about the first music book they had - and Scenes At A Farm, by Walter Carroll, will be fondly remembered.

10. 70. Power of music ‘can change the way we live’

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 10 January 2003 COMPOSER Robin Walker is a man with fire in his belly and a conviction that music could be used to change the course of history.

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