Rachael Neiman is currently studying for a PhD in English and American Studies at Manchester University, on the topic of DIY music. She also runs a small record label, hosts a monthly radio show on internet station Dandelion Radio and puts on the occasional gig. Here she tells MULE about her own DIY experiences.
This weekend two Manchester arts venues are holding special nights to raise funds for the Disasters Emergency Committee HAITI Appeal.
Manchester is often thought of as the queer hub of the North; with it’s own ‘gay village’, the Queer Up North International Festival, and the annual Pride celebrations. Its gay music scene, however, is often below the mainstream radar. Queer Noise: The Hidden History of Manchester’s Gay Music Culture, a one-off celebration of gay music in Manchester, is seeking to change this.
On Thursday 14 January three local punk bands will dominate the stage at Satan’s Hollow. The event is a fundraiser in support of MULE and features War Coma, Nephew Huzzband and Cash For Your Stories, who will also be launching their EP on the night. In anticipation of a night promising great local music, Alex Gallas reflects […]
The intimate, dimly lit Music Box was the perfect setting for a night of Jazz-based performances complimented by a talk from seasoned author and activist Martin Smith. He offered a thought-provoking insight into the genre, its connection to the black civil rights movement and its cultural legacy in shaping politics today.
This summer the Exodus Summer Festival brought together the city’s diverse refugee and asylum seeker communities in a celebration of arts and culture. This week the festival returns with an impressive and eclectic line up of musical acts, demonstrating the myriad talents of these socially marginalised and misrepresented communities.
Rachel Jackson, who covered the reopening of Band on the Wall in October, paid a return visit to find Breakestra and Polar Bear getting into their grooves before the appreciative crowds and anticipation growing for the city’s newest installation in praise of music, a Giant Graphic Equaliser for Ancoats.
