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1. 1. Prague Philharmonic - British Light Music Discoveries 5 (White Line)

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 10 October 2003 HERE we go again, with another volume of the British Light Music series with which former Northern Ballet Theatre conductor Gavin Sutherland has charmed a new generation of listeners.

2. 2. Music that makes you Finka

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 31 October 2003 FOR most of his mature life, Finka's singer and ringleader, Jimmy Frith, has been a hardened Glastonbury festival-goer.

3. 3. Lemar - 50/50 (Sony Music)

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 30 October 2003 LEMAR boasts a wonderfully soulful voice. It undulates with all the grace of a Cumbrian fell.

4. 4. The All American Rejects - The Last Song (SKG Music)

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 23 October 2003 HARMONIOUS falsettos lead us gently into the standard jigga, jigga, jigga guitar-style which is in vogue among American college types at the moment.

5. 5. All That Jazz birthday...nice!

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 08 October 2003 "WE'RE number one in a field of one," says Lee Speed about his night, All That Jazz, taking place on Saturday, October 11 at The Music Box, Oxford Street.

6. 6. Babushka assaults the senses

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 15 October 2003 BABUSHKA, the latest addition to the thriving Manc music scene - situated in that soulless temple to hedonism The Printworks - aims to plug a glaring gap in the local market.

7. 7. University unveils £6m concert hall

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 10 October 2003 A NEW purpose-built concert venue does not open in Manchester every day of the week, and the £6m, 350-seat Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall at Manchester University was given a fanfare, written by music professor John Casken, to launch its official opening last weekend.

8. 8. X hits the spot!

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 03 October 2003 RICHARD X is probably the most important person in pop music at the moment. So when& we found out the elusive producer was coming to Manchester to play a rare DJ set for Bugged Out! we had to track him down.

9. 9. Robotic movement

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 17 October 2003 IT'S all too rare these days to find a united and buoyant local music scene that's as approachable as it is brimming with musical potential. But even rarer is it to find some people who completely embody that community-minded ethos. Meet Alan Lewinsky and Rachael Elwell, the Manchester electro scene's self-elected "odd couple" (both romantically and professionally). <BR>

10. 10. Mavericks steer a fresh course

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 17 October 2003 FOR lovers of classic American music, full of exhilarating melodies and driven by one of the most versatile rhythm sections around, all fronted by the husky, honeyed tones of Raul Malo, it was great news that The Mavericks were back recording and touring together.

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