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THE WAVE: BEN WARD (SWAYS RECORDS)

THE WAVE –  Silent Radio’s feature where we speak to the city’s venue owners, promoters and new music advocates. The guys (and girls) behind the magic and probably the very people responsible for one of your favourite music experiences… Ben Ward (Sways Records): Meeting Ben Ward, one of three leaders of Manchester/Salford record label Sways […]
– THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER – As I enter the musical cave that is The Ruby Lounge I can say that I haven’t seen it this busy in a long time. The atmosphere is great, people queuing for the bar, waiting for the band to start and the loud noise of chatter. Once Kult Country […]

LIVE: CROCODILES / KULT COUNTRY – 28/08/2013

NEWS: KULT COUNTRY – NEW SINGLE ‘AMONGST THE DEAD FOREVER’

Kult Country front man Yousif Al-Karaghouli is someone who makes things happen. Within a week of arriving back to Manchester from a spell in France he’d become part of burgeoning cult label Sways Records, within two he’d formed Kult Country with a disparate bunch of souls whose number and identity still isn’t quite clear, and […]

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ALBUM REVIEW - VARIOUS: SOMETHING FOR THE LONGING - SCOTTISH INDEPENDENT POP 1985-1999
ALBUM REVIEW - VARIOUS: SOMETHING FOR THE LONGING - SCOTTISH INDEPENDENT POP 1985-1999
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ALBUM REVIEW - SYSTEM 7: FLOWER OF LIFE
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ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 17 APRIL 2026
LIVE REVIEW - BELLE AND SEBASTIAN: MANCHESTER ALBERT HALL - 11/04/2026
LIVE REVIEW - BELLE AND SEBASTIAN: MANCHESTER ALBERT HALL - 11/04/2026
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