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1. 51. Box of delights captures Detroit sound

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 06 December 2007 A RECENT addition to the club scene, Detroit Public Radio finally finds a new semi-permanent home at The Music Box tonight.

2. 52. They're all fired up

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 11 October 2007 A MANCHESTER-based collective of musicians and DJs united by what they describe as 'a relaxed and open-minded approach to making and sharing music', Mind On Fire have been putting together fascinating and varied nights in the city since September 2004.

3. 53. Dulcimer

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 26 October 2007 WITH it's wood panelling, stripped floors, and folk music, this new bar on Wilbraham Road is a Chorltonite's ideal home.

4. 54. Free coaching with strings attached!

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 08 June 2007 THE Danels, the University of Manchester's quartet-in-residence (pictured), repeat this weekend their invitation to amateur music-makers of all hues to get free sessions of coaching and performance.

5. 55. Channel M special for Nine Black Alps

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 29 November 2007 BIT of a biased gig of the week this - Channel M being media cousins of CityLife - but in the pasty ear, their week night City Centre Social music programme has firmly proven that top-notch independent music TV is alive, vital and doesn't have to rely on Alex bloody Zane to present it.

6. 56. Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana - Spohr (Hyperion)

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 27 September 2007 BACH interwoven with Spohr and Beethoven was the Mikado's idea of a punishment meet for the unassuming music hall singer in his 'object all sublime' song, according to W S Gilbert, but today it often seems as if poor Louis Spohr has been forgotten by the classical music establishment. In mid-Victorian times he was ranked alongside Mendelssohn as a composer of the front rank, and much more wholesome than that strange headcase, Schumann.

7. 57. RNCM to get season underway

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 27 September 2007 MUSIC gets under way in earnest this weekend in Manchester, with the first of a series of concerts at the Royal Northern College of Music celebrating Edward Gregson's final year as principal.

8. 58. Halle Orchestra @ Bridgewater Hall

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 09 March 2007 I WONDER how many of the Halle's audience walked into the Bridgewater Hall expecting to hear Bizet's music in its usual "Carmen Suite" incarnation?

9. 59. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Trip The Light Fantastic (Universal)

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 22 May 2007 WITH Rachael Stevens' music career in neutral and Kylie in the recording studio, pop music needs a female star capable of shaking up the charts.

10. 60. Fleshing out the dark side of the Moon

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 18 May 2007 ONE of the more unexpected Manchester music hits on video website YouTube has been the debut single from rising stars Smith 6079. They play here tonight.

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