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Posts tagged with: music

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The Best Music Venues in Salford

So, the week is coming to a close, and you’re looking for some live music to end the week in […]
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Science and Industry Museum: Use Hearing Protection

We are so lucky at the University of Salford to have a huge range of arts and culture on our […]
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The Soul of Salford: Victoria Jane’s journey to Radio 1 DJ

Salford alumna Victoria Jane graduated from Broadcast Journalism at the University of Salford three years ago. Since then, the 23-year-old […]
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EP Launch: Q&A with music student Tyler

Tyler Kent is a Popular Music and Recording student at the University of Salford who has just released his new […]
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Q&A with Popular Music and Recording graduate – Rachel Lasham

Rachel Lasham graduated from our BA Music: Popular Music and Recording course back in 2009 and is a drummer and […]
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HM Royal Marines concert: Interview with student conductor David

HM Royal Marines Band Scotland performed at our very own Maxwell Hall on Wednesday 12th of February, offering a free […]
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Motivational Songs to Get You Through Your Assignments

With the end of semester one done and dusted, and a new batch of modules ready to launch next month, […]

Ones to watch: Salford’s genre-fluid electronic duo

Genre-fluid electronic duo YAANG formed at the University of Salford less than a year ago. Their music is a mixture […]

The soundtrack to my life: Meet Adina Nelu

Recent graduate Adina Nelu studied MA Music, with her specialist pathway of composition here at Salford – after completing her […]

Rising stars at Salford: Velvet Shakes

“Cosmic Pop-Disco” band Velvet Shakes are the current ones to watch in Manchester’s music scene. Formed whilst studying Popular Music […]

India’s top picks: the best music venues in Manchester and Salford

One of the big plus points of studying at the University of Salford is being right at the centre of […]

The Salford Alumni duo ready to take on the Alt-Pop world.

Liv Westhead and Chris Abbott formed their band Edits back in 2013 in what they describe as the “legendary crumbling […]

One man band: Music student Michael Bloomer

First year student Michael started his student experience with a Music Foundation Year, and is now studying BA (Hons) Music: […]
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India’s top picks: who played @salforduni? 1980s

Continuing my series of great artists who played the University of Salford, here’s a timeline of my favourite bands from […]
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India’s top picks: who played @salforduni? 1960s & 1970s

Being an avid gig-goer and music fanatic, I was interested to find out just who has played inside the four walls […]

India’s Top Picks: Who played @salforduni? 1980’s, 90’s & 00’s

…continuing from my previous posts on the 70’s and 80’s, here is a timeline of artists who have played the […]

Meaningful music and mental health

Today is University Mental Health Day. At some point in life many of us will experience some kind of mental health […]

BLOG: 7 things I learnt from #Lifehacks with NME

As a huge music lover and enthusiastic NME collector, I was delighted to be invited to the University of Salford […]
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Top 5 venues to see live music in Manchester

Renowned for its musical history, it’s no surprise that Manchester boasts a range of top music venues. Whether you’re into […]

BLOG: My 2016 in music

From Jeremy Corbyn to Donald Trump; Olympic glory to Euros misery; it’s fair to say that 2016 has been an […]