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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Croston: The Wheatsheaf

4:25pm Tuesday 19th August 2008

Potential suitors take note - the way to my daughter's heart is chips! Thick chips, thin chips, whatever, just providing they don’t resemble “roast potatoes” as served at The Wheatsheaf.

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: 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: 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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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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Ingol: The Ancient Oak

3:05pm Friday 8th August 2008

The last time I visited this pub, it was a warm Friday evening but it felt more like a Saturday afternoon at a fastfood outlet in town, full of wild kids and equally uncontrolled parents and pets. I was glad to escape.

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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: 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: 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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Interview: Phil Oakey of The Human League

11:39am Friday 1st August 2008

In the early 1980s the city of Sheffield shaped the music scene. The recently-announced Steel City tour aims to show modern audiences why. We spoke to one of those taking part, the Human League’s Phil Oakey.

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Interview: Simon Crowe of The Boomtown Rats

11:31am Friday 1st August 2008

Their first gig out of Ireland was in East Lancashire and now — after touring the world, having two multi-million selling no 1 singles and playing Live Aid — two of the Boomtown Rats are back. We spoke to drummer Simon Crowe.

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Interview: Jim McCarty of The Yardbirds

11:22am Friday 1st August 2008

Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty tells us about life as a music legend... and why he's fitter than David Beckham.

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Interview: Jane McDonald

11:17am Friday 1st August 2008

JANE McDonald admits she's a bit tired when she answers the phone for our interview.

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Review: Northern Chamber Orchestra @ Blackburn College. Blackburn

11:08am Monday 28th July 2008

IF there's a better way to round off a glorious weekend than an open-air concert by the Northern Chamber Orchestra set to fireworks, then I don't know what it is.

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Review: Echo & The Bunnymen @ King George's Hall, Blackburn

11:07am Monday 28th July 2008

A FREE show by a top band sounds like a great idea.

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Interview: Michael Jennings

8:20am Saturday 26th July 2008

THERE are the heavyweights of rock — and now we have the welterweights.

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Review: Afrika! Afrika! @ Trafford Centre, Manchester

1:56pm Friday 25th July 2008

I HAVE seen many shows over the years but I can honestly say that I have never seen a show like Afrika! Afrika!

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Interview: Kyla Brox

1:51pm Friday 25th July 2008

She’s one of the rising stars of the British blues scene and she’s heading to Colne next month. Kyla Brox tells us that the Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival has a special place in her heart.

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Interview: Anne Savage

3:19pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

THIS summer will see Burnley-born DJ Anne Savage spinning the decks at some of the world's hottest clubs in everywhere from Ibiza to Aya Napa.

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Interview: The Ryes

5:17pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

IT’S funny how the musical world goes around and around in big concentric circles.

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Interview: Chaka Khan

10:57am Wednesday 16th July 2008

Ten questions put to Chaka Khan about her new album ‘Funk This’.

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Review: The Taming of the Shrew @ Worden Park, Leyland

4:33pm Friday 11th July 2008

Sun shining, birds singing, home-cooked food and Shakespeare- these were definitely the right ingredients for a perfect evening.

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Interview: Mik Kaminski of The Orchestra

3:17pm Friday 11th July 2008

THE Orchestra are heading out on a UK tour this autumn.

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Brown hails France's stance on war

Updated 10:40pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Gordon Brown has praised President Nicolas Sarkozy's determination to carry on in Afghanistan, despite the loss of 10 French soldiers in a Taliban ambush.

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