York’s newest folk export arrives in Manchester…
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PREVIEW: Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Manchester Academy 2, 23/2/12
February 21st, 2012 
SimonBland 
Posted in Events, Featured, Live, News, Previews 
Tags: 2012, Academy 2, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, debut album, February, Finger picking, folk, full band, Guitar, indie, Last Smoke Before The Storm, London, Manchester, Manchester Academy 2, new single, Pictures, Radio One, Roosty, Shepherd's Bush Empire, songwriter, UK Tour, XFM 
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LIVE: Laura Marling, Manchester Cathedral, 24/10/11
October 27th, 2011 SimonBland Alt-folk lady Laura Marling stops off at Manchester Cathedral…
Posted in Events, Featured, Live, Reviews Tags: 2011, A Creature I Don't Know, Alas I Cannot Swim, All My Rage, alt-folk, Don't Ask Me, folk, Goodbye England (Covered in Snow), Guitar, I Speak Becasue I Can, I Was Just A Card, Laura Marling, Live, Manchester Cathedral, My Friends, My Manic and I, new song, Night After Night, Northern Noise, October 2011, Pray For Me, Rambling Man, review, Simon Bland, Sophia, The Beast, The Muse, When The Bell Tolls Tour No Comments »
LIVE: Ben Howard, The Ruby Lounge, Manchester, 20/10/11
October 22nd, 2011 SimonBland Ben Howard brings his rootsy debut Every Kingdom to Manchester Ruby Lounge…
Posted in Culture, Events, Featured, Live, News Tags: alt-folk, Ben Howard, Black Flies, debut album, Diamonds, Every Kingdom, folk, Further Away, Gracious, Guitar, Keep Your Head Up, Live, Live Review, Manchester, new single, Northern Noise, October, Old Pine, Simon Bland, Strings, The Fear, The Ruby Lounge, The Wolves, Under The Same Sun No Comments »
LIVE: Two Gallants @ Night & Day Café, Manchester 22/7/11
July 30th, 2011 SimonBland Two Gallants reunite and return to Manchester. Here’s what you missed…
Posted in Featured, Live, Reviews Tags: Abner Jay, Adam Stephens, Broken Eyes, Cover, Despite What You've Been Told, Drum, Fans, Guitar, I'm So Depressed, Journalist, Las Cruces Jail, Live, Live Review, Long Summer Day, Manchester, new songs, Night & day cafe, Night and Day Cafe Manchester, North, Northern Noise, Nothing To You, reformed, Seems Like Home To Me, Simon Bland, Steady Rollin', The Blacker The Berry, The Throes, Two Gallants, Two Years, Tyson Vogel, What The Toll Tells No Comments »
UNSIGNED: Switchboard Spectacular
May 6th, 2011 SimonBland Here’s May’s featured unsigned act – Switchboard Spectacular. We catch up with this Northern four-piece.
Posted in Featured, Unsigned Tags: Andy Palfreyman, Arran Lomax, Ash, Austria, band, Barrow-in-furness, bass, Beth Pawson, Blackpool, Blue Room, Dan Clayton, Entertainment, EP, Foo Fighters, gig, Guitar, Hayseed Dixie, Incubus, Keyboard, Kings of Leon, Leeds, Like I Need You, Manchester, Milo, Moho, Preston, prog rock, Ready To Rumble, Reel Big Fish, Snowbombing, Switchboard Spectacular, Sympathy, Take What You Want, The Nines, Trumpet, Unsigned No Comments »
