ALBUM REVIEW – C DUNCAN: IT’S ONLY A LOVE SONG

From its earliest days, pop music’s number one topic has been love. Now in an era where politics and social interactions seem ever more divisive and views are screamed with greater vehemence into echo chambers, the need to take solace in love songs is understandable. The fifth album from Chris Duncan, ‘It’s Only A Love […]
Having supported the likes of Elbow in the past, C Duncan returns – this time with his debut album ‘Health’. One of the reasons why this little gem of the music industry has not yet been fully discovered, is perhaps because Elbow’s demographic is maybe people who are above the teenage/twenties group. C Duncan is […]

ALBUM REVIEW: C DUNCAN – HEALTH

FIELD MUSIC ANNOUNCE 2018 TOUR WHILE TICKETS FOR THIS YEAR’S MANCHESTER ALBERT HALL PERFORMANCE STILL AVAILABLE

Field Music, helmed by brothers Peter and David Brewis, have just announced a series of UK shows for 2018. The dates include a special night at the Barbican in London with strings, horns, woodwind and assorted percussion provided by the Open Here Orchestra. A new Field Music album – set to the be the group’s […]
Delving into more expansive and experimental territories, Glasgow’s prodigious talent C Duncan released his second album The Midnight Sun last October to critical acclaim. Blending electronic elements and sweeping synth sounds with his signature layered vocals and dreamy instrumentation, the follow up to his Mercury Prize nominated debut Architect won huge praise from the likes of The Guardian, […]

C DUNCAN DROPS LATEST SINGLE B-SIDE ‘NOTHING AT ALL’… LISTEN HERE

LIVE: ELBOW – 19/03/2017

– O2 APOLLO, MANCHESTER – Music forms the soundtrack to our lives, the bedrock beats that orientate us through relationships, friendships, heartache, like fluorescent buoys in the sea. An example. I began (re)dating my high schoool sweetheart in early 2006 – around 25 years after the first time – and just around the time the […]
This year’s festival from North Wales has announced Hot Chip, Bastille and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds as headliners this year. The festival has commissioned No.6 composer-in-residence Joe Duddell to work with the world-class Manchester Camerata chamber orchestra on an exclusive David Bowie Reimagined performance. Joe and Manchester Camerata’s last collaboration was providing the strings for New Order’s incredible new album Music:Complete. Their exclusive No.6 performance will feature arrangements of […]

FESTIVAL NO. 6 ANNOUNCES HEADLINERS FOR 2016

LIVE: C DUNCAN – 22/07/2015

– THE EAGLE INN, MANCHESTER – C Duncan’s career has been transformed in the past few weeks. He released his debut album Architect and has had his lead single ‘Garden’ played a number of times on BBC6Music – and it’s probably playing now. This increased exposure, explains why there are just six tickets left on […]