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Category: Music

Urban Nature by Blaney ticks all the boxes

Salford musician and all round character Ed Blaney has finally painted his masterpiece with the release of Urban Nature, ten tracks of pure pleasure. Ed is a regular...

Salford Choral Society Concert, Songs of Summer, Peel Hall, Salford University, 2 July 2016

An evening with Salford Choral Society of delightful music featuring three outstanding composers of the early 20th century. The programme will include From the Bavarian...

50 years ago: Eccles band Big Chuckles aim to crack the charts

SalfordOnline.com has looked at the careers of many local bands over the years and here we tell the story from June 1966 of a beat group from Eccles with lofty ambitions...

Return to the Carpet for local Northern Soul fans

Northern Soul devotees will once again converge into Blackpool this Bank Holiday Sunday to raise money for Cancer Research UK as they dance on the famous Comedy Carpet...

5* Review: Ocotillo, The King’s Arms Salford

By Danny Moran Marple-born Kirsty McGee remains something of an enigma on the local music map. Her Americana-inflected sideways take on the jazz standard, honed over...

Brits are ‘Crimbo Clueless’ according to this Christmas Quiz

Yo ho ho oh no …. Brits are festive flops when it comes to the history of Christmas, according to new research. One in seven UK adults believes Father Christmas –...

Manchester shows how to kick-start the Christmas season with incredible Switch-on event…

… and the Giant Santa can be seen from space… Thousands of people flocked to Manchester city centre for the annual Christmas Lights Switch-On, marking the start of...

Joy of Living, a tribute to Ewan Maccoll

by Andie Riley Salford born Ewan Maccoll died in 1989, having written some of the most beautiful songs in the English language. This is not a just another collection of...