Review: High School Musical Mania @ Thwaites Empire Theatre, Blackburn

12:37pm Tuesday 19th August 2008

PUPILS of Little Voices wowed the crowds with their performance of High School Musical Mania.

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Interview: Nuno Mindelis

3:12pm Friday 15th August 2008

NUNO Mindelis — aka The Beast from Brazil — is coming to the Colne Rhythm and Blues Festival for the first time.

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Interview: Albert Lee

3:13pm Friday 15th August 2008

Legendary guitarist Albert Lee may have been making music for over 40 years, but, as he tells us, he confounds expectations.

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Interview: King Pleasure

3:16pm Friday 15th August 2008

One of Britain’s best party bands are heading back to Colne next weekend and, as band leader King Pleasure told us, it’s going to be quite an occasion.

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Interview: Linda Gail Lewis

3:18pm Friday 15th August 2008

WHEN it comes to Linda Gail Lewis, you’re talking rock ’n’ roll royalty.

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Interview: Nomad Jones

3:09pm Friday 15th August 2008

Damon Valentine works in a bar by night and Nomad Jones writes music by day waiting for his big break.

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Review: Stereophonics @ King George's Hall, Blackburn

1:02pm Wednesday 13th August 2008

IT may have been a warm-up for this weekend’s V Festival but by anyone’s standards, this was pretty hot stuff.

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Review: Album - Noah And The Whale - Peaceful The World Lays Me Down

9:00am Monday 11th August 2008

FOLK these days comes in many forms and this is a very good example of the broad church available.

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Review: Album - The Levellers - Letters From The Underground

3:24pm Friday 15th August 2008

IF there’s one band who have remained true to their principles all these years it has to be The Levellers.

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Interview: Rick Guard

12:10pm Saturday 9th August 2008

LIONEL Richie is one of his biggest fans, he has performed for the Queen and his albums have now gone platinum.

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Interview: Chris Davies of the Electric Circus Band

1:23pm Friday 8th August 2008

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of The Electric Circus Band, a place submerged in a melting pot of influences and styles, with a touch of magic too. We spoke to Chris Davies as his Blackburn-born band begin to take the Manchester music scene by storm.

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Interview: Maupa

1:24pm Friday 8th August 2008

DESCRIBING Maupa in their own words: “There’s loads of them and they’re from Accrington.”

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Interview: John Wilson of Taste

1:19pm Friday 8th August 2008

RETURNING to Colne for The Great British R&B Festival will be a trip down memory lane for Taste drummer John Wilson.

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Review: Album - Man Like I - Natty

9:00am Monday 4th August 2008

IF country is an area much overlooked, the same could be said of reggae.

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Review: Album - Randy Newman - Harps and Angels

9:00am Monday 4th August 2008

WITH all his success with film scores it’s easy to overlook Randy Newman the songwriter.

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Review: Album - Ron Sexsmith - Exit Strategy Of The Soul

1:42pm Friday 8th August 2008

Ron Sexsmith is a Canadian singer songwriter who has been quietly going about his business for some time.

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Over-60s outnumber children in UK

Updated 5:05pm Thursday 21st August 2008

Children are outnumbered by the over-60s in Britain for the first time ever, official figures show.

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