STAY FRESH FEST RETURNS TO DEAF INSTITUTE

Keeping on top of the mountains of new bands is a full-time job, and even here at Silent Radio we need a hand every now and then to find the diamonds in the rough. Thankfully, the good folks at the Deaf Institute are as committed to new music as we are, and on 29 September, […]
 The debut album launch will take place at The Soup Kitchen on January 22nd They say youth is wasted on the young. It’s something Walter, the late grandfather of guitar-wielding and song- writing troubadour of Manchester based Laurie Hulme, would probably have agreed with. As nom-de-plume Songs For Walter, Laurie’s eponymous debut album is a […]

SONGS FOR WALTER ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM

LIVE REVIEW: FESTIVAL NO. 6 – 15/09/2013

– SUNDAY 15/09/2013 – It’s half five in the morning and the wind has now been giving our tent a bit of kicking for the last hour or so, so I decide it’s time to go outside and make sure all the tent’s guy ropes are still intact. As it turns out most of them […]
Laurie Hulme’s alter ego, Songs For Walter is back with Nick’s Song, a sly nod to one of the greatest songwriters of all time. This latest release is a non-album track, available as a free download via soundlcloud and the Red Deer Club website or listen right here! Building a momentum to release a free single ‘every […]

NEWS: SONGS FOR WALTER – LISTEN TO ‘NICK’S SONG’

NEWS: 2022NQ AT CANAL FESTIVAL – SEP 7TH & 8TH

A free, outdoor mini music festival will take place at Brownsfield Mill on Port Street, in Manchester’s Piccadilly Basin on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 September. The line-up includes DJ sets from XFM DJs Clint Boon and Gareth Brooks and performances from some of the city’s most talented unsigned bands along with a bar hosted […]
The profusely prolific Laurie Hulme keeps on pumping out those hits, his alter ego ‘Songs For Walter’ has committed himself to giving away a free track each month. His last singles ‘Tougher Than A Soldier’s Boots’ and ‘Moon / Two Out Of Ten’ gained multiple radio plays by Lauren Laverne, Steve Lamacq and Tom Ravenscroft. […]

NEWS: SONGS FOR WALTER – NEW SINGLE / FREE DOWNLOAD ‘FAMILY HOLD BACK’

NEWS: SONGS FOR WALTER – FREE DOWNLOAD OF NEW SINGLE ‘MOON/TWO OUT OF TEN’

Songs For Walter alter-ego Laurie Hulme has been bashing out new songs as though they’re going out of fashion. Released just a month after his last single ‘Moon/Two Out Of Ten’ is the latest offering from the Manchester based singer songwriter. Rather than a biographical account of his Grandfather’s life the song focuses on Walter’s […]
From time to time, one of our contributors will recommend an artist/band they think deserves to be brought to your attention. No record labels, PR companies, bands or band’s management will ever have made these recommendations. It is simply one music fan putting their taste on the line in the hope of sharing good music. […]

WHO ARE YA? SONGS FOR WALTER

LIVE: THOMAS TRUAX / SONGS FOR WALTER / SILVER – 28/09/2012

– THE CASTLE HOTEL, MANCHESTER – I’m not really sure what support would be fitting for a Thomas Truax gig when I think about it, but for some reason I am quite surprised to see this shy, sad seeming girl with purple hair and a red top playing some sort of ultra reverb guitar with […]