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1. 1. Norah Jones strikes a blow for music

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 16 April 2004 THERE'S a very real sense in which the enormous international success of Norah Jones' Come Away With Me album - more than 18m copies sold, five Grammies won - represents a triumph of music over marketing.

2. 2. BBC Philharmonic - Shostakovich Film Music vol. 2 (Chandos)

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 01 April 2004 VOLUME One of The Film Music Of Dmitri Shostakovich was a little lack-lustre, as the great Russian composer wrote some of his screen scores simply to earn a crust.

3. 3. Toolshed's brave music

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 29 April 2004 'IT'S a bit of a 'we are unworthy' moment for me,' explains Toolshed's maverick instigator Graham Massey about his group's show supporting Joe Zawinul at The Bridgewater Hall.

4. 4. Music festivals 2004: Creamfields

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 28 April 2004 SUPERCLUB Cream may no longer be the be-all-and-end-all of Liverpool's clubbing experience in 2004 (as it was for the best part of the nineties) but the global rave brand still maintains a strong presence there.

5. 5. Spirit festival looks east

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 16 April 2004 YOUNG musicians from the UK's top specialist music schools and from Japan, are performing on stage together in Rochdale in a festival devoted to youth music.

6. 6. Calexico @ Bridgewater Hall

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 20 April 2004 "ALTHOUGH their music…sounds like the essence of Americana, Calexico are barely known over here" began the preview for Calexico's show in a local Manchester newspaper last Friday.

7. 7. Terry's all glum

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 30 April 2004 TODD Terry, as many readers will know, played a vital part in Manchester's house music heritage. Alongside home-grown talents such as Jon DaSilva, Pickering and Park e shaped the sound of The Hacienda with his frequent visits to these shores.

8. 8. Soul searching

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 13 April 2004 MARTHA Reeves doesn't much hold with all of the sexuality and nudity in the modern music industry. Things were done differently when Reeves led The Vandellas to a series of smash hits on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1960s.

9. 9. PD3...and relax!

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 21 April 2004 PETE Downes, leader of PD3, is predominantly associated with deep relaxation music.

10. 10. Chaplin's musical showcase

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 21 April 2004 CONDUCTOR-COMPOSER& Carl Davis performs live music by Charlie Chaplin and himself, with the Halle Orchestra, to accompany silent classic films by Chaplin, at the Bridgewater Hall on Saturday.

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