Tag: music

Bez from the Happy Monday's DJing at previous MCR Rocks event

“Will be great to see faces, old and new… See you at the front” – Bez’s Homecoming gig at the Pendlebury

Spend a night in Salford with the legendary Bez this Christmas! MCR Rocks are back again with an amazing night […]

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“My professors would listen to my songs and they would encourage me to pursue music” – Salford Alumni James Holt talks his success since graduating

Singer/songwriter and Salford Alumni James Holt, believes his time at Salford University helped him to launch his career. James, who […]

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“Manchester is great, but people forget; Salford is where it started” – The Welly House Band breaking the music scene in ‘the other city’

The Welly House Band is a seven-piece group from Greater Manchester who found inspiration in Salford’s musical ancestry. Although none […]

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“I’ve never been this excited in my life and so grateful to be there” – TV performance was dream come true for Salford-born Jailhouse Rocker

Salford singer and prison officer, Pete Green, hit our TV screens at the weekend as the ‘Jailhouse Rocker’ for the […]

Adina Nelu playing the flute in group AMCG. Photo credit: Joe Stevenson. Permission for use from Adina Nelu

“It was really humbling to find out I was the only composer from the North West ” – Swinton composer Adina Nelu selected for Bafta and BFI programme

Adina Nelu playing the flute in group ACMG. Photo credit: Joe Stevenson. Permission for use from Adina Nelu Classically-trained film […]