When we think of areas of Greater Manchester associated with modern music, some wouldn’t feature highly on the list.

Music with a message may not dominate the charts, but it has found a home in nooks and crannies around the country, and the rest of Europe, in the shape of Roxanne de Bastion.

Opera North’s ’whistle-stop’ series has been praised for breaking down the ‘uncool’ tag that classical music retains with young people by a local teacher.

A new student-run record label is aiming to help more young people take their first steps in the industry.

After four critically acclaimed albums, remixes from hot-right-now producers, as well as global tours, Submotion Orchestra have become respected stalwarts of English organic electronica.

Macclesfield-born musician Jake Evans rounded off his UK tour on Friday night at Manchester’s Deaf Institute.

The Great Hall of the Royal Exchange Theatre is set to be brought alive by a new set of artistic commissions designed to respond to the historic space.

Music and neurodegenerative disease awareness have been known to dovetail effectively in recent times.

The bluedot festival – a nod to Carl Sagan’s pale blue dot – will take place in the shadow of the iconic Lovell radio telescope at the Cheshire observatory between July 22-24.

Withington’s music scene has the potential to develop and see growth similar to the Northern Quarter, according to the diverse duo who run a record shop entrenched in the community.

Sydney rockers DMA’s have been described as Britpop revivalists and 90s obsessives, but there’s more to the Aussie trio than meets the eye.