Lucy Rose has announced a return to Manchester with a gig at the Royal Northern College of Music following the release of her third album Something’s Changing. The 20-date headline run follows her current Worldwide Cinema Tour and sees the British folk artist...
Saint Etienne come to Manchester's RNCM next week in support of their new album Home Counties which is released today. Home Counties comprises sixteen new songs Saint Etienne have written about a day in the life of a Home Counties resident. Moving from the life of a...
Kip Moore, Drake White and Marty Stuart have announced Manchester gigs at the O2 Ritz and Royal Northern College of Music. The announcement sees Kip Moore returning to Manchester following his incredibly receive gig at Manchester Academy. Over the last few years, Kip...
Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music has appointed Manus Carey as Director of Performance. The role at the RNCM commences in September 2017. Manus Carey is currently Executive Producer at the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, having held this position since...
Vocal ensemble The Swingles are set to celebrated the 55th year of the group's existence by releasing their new album Folklore, which is due for release on 24 March. For more than half a century, The Swingles have pushed the boundaries of vocal music. The seven young...
The Royal Northern College of Music Chamber Festival brings three days of Hungarian music to Manchester next month. BudaFest: The Music of Hungary and the Spirit of the Csárdás takes place at the RNCM from Friday 10 until Sunday 12 March, showcasing the depth and...
RNCM staging first oratorio Manchester's Royal Northern College of Music is to stage an oratorio for the first time as RNCM Opera presents Handel's Theodora. Theodora is widely recognised as one of Handel's masterpieces. The story, in English, recounts the tender...
RNCM Opera to present Offenbach’s work The glitz and glamour of Paris comes to Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music in the run up to Christmas as the RNCM Opera presents Offenbach’s La Vie Parisienne featuring students from the School of Vocal Studies and...
Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music has won the title for Outstanding International Student Strategy at the 12th Times Higher Education Awards for its Read with the World Project. Read with the World is designed to help international students at the RNCM...
Fresh from the release of Shine A Light, Billy Bragg and Joe Henry will be performing at Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music. The album was recorded in the course of a 65 hour journey whilst travelling across American by train and features songs originally...
Having recently release his latest album Fingers Crossed, Ian Hunter is set to perform at Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music. His latest album comprises of ten new, self-penned songs including his homage to David Bowie, Dandie. Recorded at HOBO Studios in...
Seth Lakeman is set to release his eighth studio album, Ballads of the Broken Few, ahead of a performance at Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music. The album, produced by Ethan Jones and with harmony vocals by the emerging trio of Wildwood Kin, is due to be...
With Manchester Jazz Festival 2016 set to launch on Friday 22 July, we take a look at where the action is to be found. As normal, whilst the main hub of Manchester Jazz Festival is being hosted at the Hobgobline Festival Pavilion and Square at Albert Square). MJF...
Pete Waterman, Alasdair Tait and Gary Carpenter awarded Fellowships Music producer and songwriter Pete Waterman OBE is amongst the Royal Northern College of Music’s 2016 list of Honorands. The Coventry-born entrepreneur, who has sold over 500 million records during...
Seth Lakeman has announced a brief run of UK tour dates for Autumn 2016 in support of his new album Ballads of the Broken Few. Seth has successfully steered English folk music into the mainstream with high-energy performances and a series of best-selling albums over...