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After the frantic madness of the January Sales and over indulgencies of Christmas food, drink and family tv, what better way to relax and chill-out before you go back to the grind than to listen to last years ‘most relaxing song ever’.
Manchester trio Marconi Union worked with sound therapists to create the soothing tune, which [...]

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Here is a just released video of what happened when Tinie Tempah met the street magician Dynamo backstage at his recent gig at the Academy in Manchester.
The video covers a bit of the gig (at 3:35 into the video), but mostly includes some eye popping street magic that has Tinie praising Dynamo as [...]

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Having gained recognition for his songwriting skills in the late sixties, most notably writing the song I’m A Believer that launched the career of The Monkees, Neil Diamond had to wait until 1970 and the release of Cracklin’ Rosie for his own US number one single.
The song taken from the album Tap Root Manuscript also [...]

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Pixies formed in Boston in 1986 and enjoyed moderate success, soon becoming the darlings of the college rock scene and earning cult status world wide for their style of music and are credited along with Dinosaur Jr as the forerunners of the Grunge alternative rock explosion at the start of the nineties.
When the Pixies broke [...]

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One of the last great tracks from U2 from the excellent album Achtung Baby. That was way back in 1991, although this version is from 2005.
U2 – One

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