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1. 1. Music to fill the heart and museum spaces

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 27 April 2007 THE world premiere of Simon Bainbridge's Music Space Reflection - Manchester takes place on Saturday. It has been written specifically for the inside of the Imperial War Museum North, which is, of course, in Trafford and not Manchester.

2. 2. Ella Fitzgerald - Forever Ella (UCJ Music)

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 23 April 2007 WITH Amy Winehouse wowing music fans with her 'ye olde' vocal tones, what better time to rediscover a celebrated female jazz musician. The late Ella Fitzgerald would have been 90 and to celebrate, this album includes all of her greatest hits.

3. 3. Heard the one about the pianist and the cellist?

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 27 April 2007 CLASSICAL music isn't always seen as a laugh-a-minute business, so it's a surprise to find a line-up of musicians as distinguished as it gets at Manchester's Comedy Store on Monday.

4. 4. Ashley jam is toast of city

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 30 April 2007 FORGET run-of-the-mill karaoke - a host of stars are planning the mother of all music jamming sessions in the city centre.

5. 5. Urbis date for special one Shaft

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 27 April 2007 LEGENDARY DJ Mike Shaft has no doubt about the important role he played in Manchester's music scene. "I've always known what I was doing was special," he says, a matter of days before a rare performance in the city.

6. 6. Urban cuckoos ruffle a few feathers

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 27 April 2007 WHEN you go down to a Manchester acoustic folk night, the very last thing you'd expect to see is the saviour of Manchester urban music. But that very thing seems to be occurring right now - thanks to rising Manchester Urban collective To Sophia.

7. 7. Another chorus for The Earlies

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 13 April 2007 THE Earlies seem to be a band hard to define, a band that have been embraced by fans of both indie and dance music. They play here again tonight.

8. 8. Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Mozart Serenades (Linn)

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 06 April 2007 GOOD to see that some people are still playing rare Mozart, after the orgy of completism over his works last year - but this collection of his lighter music does raise questions about the attractiveness of an undiluted diet of such things.

9. 9. Jamie T @ The Ritz

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 01 April 2007 JAMIE T may be about to be a star but he doesn’t yet behave like one. On record Jamie T makes the music of a man who listens to a lot of old reggae records, a little Dizzee Rascal but just happens to play the guitar.

10. 10. Look out, here's Female Trouble

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 30 April 2007 FEMINISM is no longer a dirty word to fashionistas. Baking is no longer a dirty word to feminists. And Female Trouble are the sylish feminist collective, partial to baking cupcakes, set to feminise Manchester's music scene.

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