25.09.10John Rylands Library gigs

Last Saturday I did the sound engineering for a really lovely gig at the John Rylands Library on Deansgate in Manchester.

The gig took place in the evening – after the library usually closes. It was in the main hall – an amazing, ornate building, with incredibly high ceilings, and a really weird acoustic – kind of dead-sounding if you talked... [More]

25.07.10All Fm radio show on Monday night

We’re presenting another Unsigned Show from 11pm-1am on Monday night. You can listen on 96.9FM in the Manchester area and on allfm.org

We have live sessions from Sam and the Bathroom Crooners, plus We are Willow – who are made up of Chris Butler from Butler Williams, and Kathryn Edwards.

So it’s going to be a great night of live music, and... [More]

13.05.09Facebook, and an event tomorrow

Hi all you Facebookers! I’ve begun addiing notes from my blog directly onto Facebook… so if you just saw a load of notes from me in your news streams, then that’s why!

On another note – I’ve just created a Facebook Musician Page. More info will be added on that soon.

And finally – I’m running an event tomorrow... [More]

22.02.09Recommended gig tonight: Jeremy Warmsley at Moho Live

Hi everyone

Recommended gig for tonight is at Manchester’s Moho Live (owned by Danny McNamara from 90s band Embrace). There are some fantastic acts playing, and I’ll be doing the sound engineering so come and say hello if you’re planning on coming. It’s £5 in I think. Here’s some more info on the lineup – courtesy of Manchester folk outfit Mushaboom,... [More]

13.02.06Liam Frost and the Slowdown Family

Liam Frost is a Mancunian singer-songwriter who does a good live show and is rapidly gaining a cult following. Look out for the debut album, available on Amazon.

He’s done a string of live shows this year, including a residency at Night and Day, and an appearance at the Summer Sundae Festival.

07.02.06Liam Frost and co

As always in Manchester, loads and loads of great acoustic gigs are happening. Thursday 26th Jan saw the beginning of a four-week residency by Mancunian singer-songwriter Liam Frost, and his band the Slowdown Family.

Support acts Damon Valentine and Lisa Brown were on top form – Damon with some slow but beautifully crafted Damien Rice-style stuff and Lisa Brown (they’re... [More]

01.12.05Playlist for QT radio show

My new QT Radio show is being broadcast every couple of hours on QT Radio, Manchester.

It features tracks from the following compilations / labels: Juicy Cuts (Exeter) and RF Records (Manchester)

And bands / artists including:

• Trimorphous
• Zadkiel
• Obedient Bone
• Joe Williams
• Leer
• Matt Black
• Sid Peacock
• Noema

10.10.05Quiet Night Out

(update, June 2009: Quiet Night Out was a really great regular night at Fuel Cafe, Withington. It then moved to the Bay Horse for quite a while. Sadly, it’s not really happening any more, though I think Paul, the organiser, is still around and doing various music things in Manchester.)

Here’s my original post from 2005….

Just stumbled on a great... [More]