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Open mic at The Grafton Arms☀️

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we had SUCH an amazing time for our first open mic down at The Grafton Arms on Tuesday – around 12 artists played, including a 12-person band, a trio, and plenty of fantastic solo artists 🤘

we’re so made up with how it went, a full pub, punters having a great time.. it’s all coming back in force isn’t it!?!? 😊 a big thank you to everyone for making it so great!!!

just a reminder here that we’re down there every Tuesday from 7pm with some of Manchester’s finest up-and-coming artists, there’s already some amazing musicians confirmed for next week, and walk-in slots available too!! 🪐

drop michael webster a message for a slot, or find out more at our event Open Mic at The Grafton Arms!! 🍞

michael webster – ‘left to speak’ (Live for DriftBeat Studios)! ☀️

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have you seen the new live video from michael webster for ‘left to speak’? 🤘 recorded over at The Old Pint Pot with DriftBeat Studios, it looks and sounds boss!

head over to YouTube at https://youtu.be/eQEU5_AKUrE to find the full video in all its 4K glory – what do you guys think of it?! 😊

tonight marks the first open mic that michael is hosting too, over at The Grafton Arms – starting up at 7pm, we’ve got some amazing artists already confirmed, it’s gonna be insane! 🍞

Cream of the Crop: THE RETURN! 🤘🤘🤘

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we told you it was coming… 🥯

SO made up to be able to announce our first gig back at The Thirsty Scholar. you guys made our mid-lockdown ones last year so great, having to turn people away cause we ran out of seating space, and just a blooming lovely vibe in that whole chaotic year! 🥰

on the Saturday 7th August we’ll be returning with a stellar lineup, including Minervadaisy (with full band!) Scatterchild Harrison Rimmer Dr Fabola and our very own Olivia Browse and michael webster! 🤘 this is shaping up to be one of our best gigs yet. can’t wait for it!

make sure you come on down during the day, 1-5pm (love the daytime vibe!) to catch it all! 😊 find out more at our event Cream of the Crop: THE RETURN!🍞

(ps. covid restrictions should have calmed by this point, but if not, make sure you bring a mask, give space, and adhere to any guidelines in place!) 🎧

Listen to Minerva Daisy on Spotify!
Find more of Scatterchild’s music here!
Harrison has loads of tunes, check em!
Only feel-good vibes from Dr Fabola ☀️
Olivia Browse, queen of sad bops 💫
you already know michael, right? 🍞

Final virtual open mic!

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it’s going to be our final virtual open mic over in Bread Social this coming Thursday! 🤘 as always, hosted by our very own michael webster! don’t worry, it’s still Turtleneck Thursday…

we’ve had a lovely time over the past year hosting these, they’re been such a lush way for musicians to keep performing through lockdown but alas it must come to an end as next Tuesday (A WEEK TODAY!) we have our first open mic at the Grafton Arms ☀️

we can’t wait for this one, it’ll be weekly Tuesdays – find out more at Open Mic at The Grafton Arms!! 😊 there’ll be plenty of walk in slots, cheap and quality pints, food available to order and it’s all coming together nicely!

photo taken here by the fabulous Farrow Films & Photos at Royal Oak, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy (capturing our michael mid-angry strum) 🍞

Knead To Know: Farrow and Friends Promotions 🌞

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Our feature for today’s Knead To Know is the fantastic Farrow & Friends Promotions 🤘 they host various open mics across Manchester and they’re a real cornerstone of the scene!

During the pandemic last year they hosted open mics over at Lions Den Bar Deansgate each Friday and provided a fantastic covid-secure environment for performers to keep going, with busy nights each week with some of Manchester’s finest artists and really kept the scene alive during a tough time! 🌞

They now host two open mics – the Friday one down at Lions Den as previously mentioned and also one on a Sunday at Royal Oak, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy 🤘 they have featured artists for each one, if you want to perform just drop them a message! 😊

This is all run by Laura Farrow who is a fantastic musician in her own right, she’s been on the scene for a good few years now and has plenty of lovely tunes available to listen to over on Spotify 👊 head over to https://open.spotify.com/artist/1zTTCcF9TkWOOoaQHpUkJ7 to find her EPs which are lovely listens 🥰

Definitely one to check out here and a top friend of the label – fantastic stuff so head down to a gig as soon as you can! 🍞

📸: Marc Gallagher

Open mic at the Grafton Arms! ☀️

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we’re super super stoked to be able to announce our brand new open mic at the Grafton Arms!! ☀️

each Tuesday we’ll be down with our very own michael webster hosting – we’re doing around 7-11pm, walk in slots available so just turn up and play, or alternatively drop michael a message to reserve a slot! 🤘

this is gonna start up on the Tuesday 13th July – we’re sure that it’s going to be fantastic. make sure you get down! even more on the way as well 💫

covid restrictions apply – please bring your own microphones and instruments if possible, and ensure you have masks on you! find more information at our Facebook event Open Mic at The Grafton Arms! 🍞

Check out all of our features! ☀️

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just a lil reminder today that you can find ALL of our features here on our website! 🤘 we’ve covered so much music here in the North West, so many great musicians and so much talent. 😊

well worth checking out these ones, and you can find all the info on our roster of artists, merch, upcoming gigs (soon to be announced!!) and basically just a one-stop-shop of bread puns and everything we do 😎

head over to www.breadrecords.co.uk to find it all! 🍞

New music call-out 🤘

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Anyone with new music, gigs, videos, collabs.. get in touch! We’re always keen to feature new and upcoming talent on the North West scene 🤘

We have six online features now and we’ll be looking for artists to perform across Manchester over the next few months or so, depending on restrictions – there’s so many new artists popping up all the time it’s hard to keep up with it sometimes! 🌞

Drop us an email at michael@breadrecords.co.uk – easily the best way to get in touch with us and we’ll sort you out with some lovely opportunities 🍞

ME and Deboe – ‘You Are’ (live) review! ☀️

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today we’re stoked to be bringing you the brand new single from ME and Deboe – ‘You Are’ from their Sound Network session! 😊

released just yesterday, this lovely live rendition of their song ‘You Are’ really captures their performance so well, blending lovely harmonies with their acoustic and electric guitars to really bring you a heart-wrenching session. with lovely lyrics, minimalistic yet powerful guitar playing, this is definitely one to watch on this lovely sunny Sunday afternoon! 🤘

head over to their YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUfOYxE12Hg to find the track in full, what a lovely performance. drop them a follow here on Facebook to keep up with what ME and Deboe are doing – we’re fully expecting them to be playing across Manchester very soon and wowing audiences with their folky storytelling! 😎 (you can also find this track over on all streaming sites as well!)

ps, find all of our features and the such here on our website at www.breadrecords.co.uk 🍞

michael webster // Anyone’s Ghost update!

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Absolutely made up with the reception that we’ve had from the recent Anyone’s Ghost and michael webster releases 🤘

We’ve had two lovely releases out over the past month and we’ve stoked to be able to say they’ve been some of our best ❤️ it’s super boss to be putting out such great music – it’s been 4 weeks since michael’s release and 2 weeks since the Anyone’s Ghost release 👻 so great!

Thank you all for such amazing reception on these! We sold out so quickly on the t shirts and we also have hit like 6k streams so quickly on the EP! You’re all amazing – find it all on our linktree at www.linktr.ee/breadrecords 🍞🍞🍞

📸: Olivia Browse