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   Manchester Evening News, Monday 05 August 2002 G:Percussion rocked - Mr. Scruff was dynamite and 808 state, well...what can I say?

2. 2. Rock in harmony

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 30 August 2002 UK Garage star Ms Dynamite, local heroes Doves and long-time anti-racist campaigner Billy Bragg are just some of the headlining acts on a multi-racial bill at Sunday's Love Music - Hate Racism, a one-day free music carnival organised by the Anti Nazi League.

3. 3. Roots - Eva Cassidy and Bebel Gilberto

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 23 August 2002 TO those of us who always hope to see a good song, well-sung winning out over the marketing, image-making and spin of the music business, the phenomenon of Eva Cassidy has been heartening.

4. 4. RSL at Gpercussion

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 02 August 2002 As the Commonwealth Games nears a climax and the cynics admit that, yes, it was pretty special after all, Manchester music will get a look in at G-Percussion, the returning dance all-dayer at Castlefield Arena.

5. 5. Classics - Bruch and Britten

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 23 August 2002 REALLY, it should be called the Liverpool Symphony. Max Bruch, the German composer whose violin concerto has a good claim to being the favourite piece of classical music in the world ever (it's always top of the Classic FM popularity list), spent the years 1880 to 1883 as conductor of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society.

6. 6. Search for the Big Mouth recluse

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 10 August 2002 A TEAM from Granada TV has started on a quest for the holy grail of music - an interview with reclusive Smiths' frontman Stephen Morrissey.

7. 7. Various Artists: Twisted Nerve Zoo (Twisted Nerve)

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 21 August 2002 Nearly three years ago, Twisted Nerve pooled their nascent resources on the Modern Music For Motorcycles compilation. On little more than that EP's strength, they were hailed as 'the new Factory'.

8. 8. Ash at the Leeds and Reading festival

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 23 August 2002 This weekend sees the live music event of the summer, the Reading and Leeds festival, with a line-up crowned by the welcome return of planetpop's Band Of The Year 2001 - Ash.

9. 9. The Coral - The Coral (Deltasonic)

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 09 August 2002 UNUSUAL candidates for the Next Big Thing treatment, The Coral are six young lads from Hoylake in The Wirral with an album which seems to entail a good deal of ironic larking about, but which has already won them a deserved Mercury Music Prize nomination.

10. 10. Icehouse pop

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 16 August 2002 DUBBED by some as "the next gay phenomenon," IceHouse are a brand new pop act causing a stir on the music scene.

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