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1. 1. 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.

2. 2. Music to light up your life

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 21 February 2003 WHETHER as part of their fluid Creekdippers ensemble or going solo, Victoria Williams and Mark Olson's music has that homemade feel ' with love, affection and a little bit of "if you don't like it, so what?" attitude.

3. 3. Music man Mitch

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 21 February 2003 THE comedy circuit has a fair number of acts who combine their laughter-making with music-making, Mitch Benn is one of them.

4. 4. Stabb: This joke's on me (Music for Nations)

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 04 February 2003 ACCORDING to Stabb singer Belinda 'music should not be described in words - it's music, let it speak for itself'. However we found plenty of words to describe their latest single.

5. 5. Various Artists - The Rough Guide To Highlife (World Music Network)

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 07 February 2003 HIGHLIFE music, the upfront and upbeat guitar-led music of West Africa, enjoyed its heyday in the sixties and seventies, fuelled by a spirit of hope and expectation that marked the end of the colonial era.

6. 6. The value of music

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 24 February 2003 MODERN entertainment could be having a negative effect on society according to Steinway's managing director, Ron Losby.

7. 7. Putting the music first

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 21 February 2003 TO some it might seem as if Def Leppard are desperately unfashionable but most of the dates on their current tour, including Sunday at the Apollo, have been sold out for ages.

8. 8. Medicine8 – Rock Music Pays Off (Regal)

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 20 February 2003 ANOTHER slice of thumping house and crashing baselines, mixing soulful funk and a crashing dance tune in equal measures.

9. 9. Slam open the Music Box

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 06 February 2003 AFTER celebrating their first birthday with a visit from Andrew Weatherall that left stunned clubbers grinning into Christmas, pioneering techno slamdown Intergalactic Funk returns even deeper and funkier for 2003.

10. 10. Debussy Piano Music - Noriko Ogawa (BIS)

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 21 February 2003 SHE'LL be appearing in a world premiere with Kathryn Stott at the Bridgewater Hall in the extraordinary Piano 2003 festival in March, and on this disc Noriko Ogawa devotes her dazzling gifts to Debussy's first book of Pr'ludes.

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