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1. 1. Iain Archer - Flood the Tanks (Bright Star)

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 19 May 2004 Not, as you might think, a tribute album to the great lamented Scottish football journalist, but instead the first album from the latest entrant to the celtic new world order of music.

2. 2. Oldham celebrates its Parklife

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 28 May 2004 THE music festival Love Music Hate Racism planned for Castlefield may have been moved to Liverpool, but there's still plenty of free music and family entertainment in Greater Manchester this Bank Holiday weekend at Oldham's Parklife festival.

3. 3. Oi Va Voi have va-va-voom

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 14 May 2004 THE intoxicating music of Oi Va Voi is about an identity that respects the best of the past while shamelessly celebrating and confronting the future head on.

4. 4. Flowered up!

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 19 May 2004 LED by the man the mighty Bono christened 'the best white soul singer in the world', The Hothouse Flowers have been firm favourites with fans of traditional Irish music for more than fifteen years.

5. 5. Boy from Brazil is trained to thrill

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 04 May 2004 JAIR Oliveira is the son of legendary musician and composer Jair Rodrigues. He followed in his father's musical footsteps and became a young star in the `80s with a pop group, which went on to sell more than ten million albums. And now he's coming to Manchester.

6. 6. Introducing…Parker

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 24 May 2004 IN 2002, Salford five-piece Parker were the first band ever to win the Manchester Evening News' Search For A Star competition, which previously helped launch the careers of solo artists Gary Barlow and Lisa Stansfield.

7. 7. Martyn prevails

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 07 May 2004

8. 8. Cult hero who knows how to split his fans

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 24 May 2004 SOMEHOW, it is difficult to picture Richard Thompson, a Londoner and lover of English folk music, at home in Pacific Palisades, a well-heeled, clean and safe suburb of Los Angeles. "It is a fairly bland place in terms of culture. It is fairly neutral," Thompson says, not exactly over-selling the delights of his adopted home in California.

9. 9. Faultline - Wild Horses / Biting Tongues (EMI)

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 10 May 2004 AS something of a friend to the stars, David Kosten - aka Faultline - has called upon names such as Michael Stipe, Chris Martin and The Flaming Lips to work their magic on his music.

10. 10. New label aiming for top of the class

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 24 May 2004 SALFORD has already given the world bands like New Order and The Happy Mondays. Now the city has its very own professional record label to help develop the superstars of the future.

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