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1. 11. Rich Harvest for music fans

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 09 January 2006 THEY toyed with rock 'n' roll pomp, touring with their own 90-piece symphony orchestra. And they foundered on the time-honoured rock 'n' roll "musical differences", splintering into two incarnations of the band. But at least Barclay James Harvest never fell victim to that other rock 'n' roll clich' of drug excess.

2. 12. New Order to record Curtis film music

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 04 January 2006 DANCE veterans New Order are working on new material for the highly-anticipated biopic of former Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, reports NME.com.

3. 13. Sway - Little Derek (All City Music/PIAS)

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 17 January 2006 SWAY’S organic rise is something of a rags to riches story straight out of Hollywood.

4. 14. Music festivals 2006: Bestival

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 04 July 2006 ALL you need to know about this weekend's Bestival festival.

5. 15. Rammstein - Mann Gegen Mann (Universal Music)

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 09 March 2006 SEEING as the song is in German, I'd struggle to tell you about the deep feelings within the lyrics, and the message that the Berlin power rockers are trying to get across to the unsuspecting public.

6. 16. Gary Numan - Jagged (Machine Music)

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 10 March 2006 OFFICIALLY now cool (the press release features testimonials from Marilyn Manson, Trent Reznor, David Bowie, Beck and others) Numan now ploughs a familiar furrow through the doomy backwaters of synth rock.

7. 17. Jerry Gonzalez And The Fort Apache Band - Rumba Buhaina: The Music Of Art Blakey

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 16 March 2006 IF you believed Latin jazz was merely a polite way of embellishing the jazz form, think again! Jerry and Andy Gonzalez grew up in the south Bronx listening to Afro-Cuban and post-bop rhythms and are equally at ease in either idiom.

8. 18. Dpercussion @ Castlefield

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 07 August 2006 DESPITE a last-minute funding hitch, the Dpercussion music festival celebrated its 10th anniversary in Castlefield on Saturday. Take a look at some of the action, here.

9. 19. Buzzcocks win top Mojo gong

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 06 June 2006 Music veteran Sir Elton John, newcomer Corinne Bailey Rae and Manchester veterans the Buzzcocks were among the winners at the Mojo music awards.

10. 20. A punk platform for the 'kids

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 13 January 2006 THE period after Christmas and New Year traditionally sees something of a lull in the music biz. One exception to all this, though, is rising Manchester music empire MancPunkScene.

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