artist focus – Bread Records

Artist Focus: Dr Fabola ☀️

30th Jul 2021artist, bread, cream of the crop, gigs, live, local sceneLeave a Comment

we are also absolutely thrilled to be having the wonderful Dr Fabola back playing for us as part of Cream of the Crop: THE RETURN! next Saturday!

Dr Fabola’s tunes are laidback, relaxed and simply beautiful – such a prolific songwriter with some absolutely amazing songs! his guitar playing is so delicate and intricate, really inviting the listener into his headspace

you can find all of his music over on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/artist/4e25TiassbJrW4UZkOlA5e or you can find even more including covers on his YouTube!! we highly recommend “Sweetest Thing I Know”, an anthem of the Manchester music scene nowadays. we loved it as soon as we first heard it!

make sure you come down next Saturday the 7th August to The Thirsty Scholar from 1pm-5pm to catch a fantastic lineup of artists!! gonna be an absolutely insane return to gigs for us. we can’t wait! (ps, free entry!!)

Artist Spotlight – Scatterchild! ☀️

28th Jul 2021artist, bread, cream of the crop, gigs, live, local scene, new musicLeave a Comment

Cream of the Crop: THE RETURN! is A WEEK ON SATURDAY! we can not wait for our return to gigs – the open mics have been really fantastic as of late and we can not wait to see how these gigs turn out!

we will have the fantastic Scatterchild performing for us – we’ve covered their music a few times in the past and we’re really looking forward to their set! they’re a indie rock band with such a strong discography out, ranging from full on bangers to more serene and calming tunes (i.e. their last song, “No Sense To End”!)

you can find their releases in full over on their Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/artist/29A7KCgDgjYYadLf0UPXIi – definitely worth giving them a listen, drop them a follow and add some tunes to your playlists

Cream of the Crop will be returning to The Thirsty Scholar on the Saturday 7th August from 1-5pm.. we’ve got a fantastic lineup for you and it’s FREE ENTRY! absolutely made up!

An Evening For Anthony – artist focus!

30th Jul 2020artist, gigs, livestream, local scene, new musicLeave a Comment

We can’t wait for our gig on Saturday in aid of The Anthony Nolan Foundation alongside Manchester Women Songwriters!

Here’s a little post detailing each of the artists we’re going to have performing! It’s a stellar lineup if we say so ourselves!

First up, we have Run Remedy – a lovely songwriter whose been on the Manchester scene for a while now, she’s collaborated with many many musicians on the scene, accompanying people on violin, and guitar and vocals! Definitely one to keep an eye on. Her songs are wonderful! Check them out on Bandcamp here!

Nat Dempsey has been playing many of our gigs, especially over lockdown, and he always delivers a lovely set! We’ve had him featured on our Just The Crust segment for his new track ‘Last Call‘ which only highlights his songwriting ability – only a young lad, but with so much talent – go and check him out on Spotify.

Toria Wooff is one of our favourite people in the entire world – such a talented individual!! An absolute joy to catch live, with fantastic songwriting talent and beautiful delivery on each and every part of her songs. Her EP ‘Badlands‘ released last year was incredible (shout out to Sloe Flower Studio) and is definitely worth checking out! Go and drop her a follow on Spotify to keep up with any new music! (We highly recommend her cover of Alice Cooper’s Poison.)

Dora Noszkay is a regular Bread performer nowadays! We’ve had her perform for us many times, most notably at our Breadstock 2020 event, where she played us a blinder of a set 😊 her new single ‘Reset‘ was our Just The Crust feature the other week, a fantastic tune definitely worth listening to! Go and have a listen her over on Spotify – we can’t wait to see what she brings to the table this Saturday!

Laura Farrow is a regular on the Manchester scene, putting on a weekly open mic over at Lions Den Bar Deansgate, and performing across the city and with her band. We caught her EP launch the other year at Jimmys where she absolutely dazzled the audience with the full band set up and fantastic musicianship! We also featured her music on our Grain Radio segment – you can find her music over on Spotify!

Our final artist is our very own michael webster – most of you who are familiar with us will know of michael very well, so we don’t need to explain too much of his music here! His previous single ‘ibis hotel / collision course‘ was released in June, with great reviews coming out about it – and there’s a new single ‘linger, still / single malt‘ out on the 8th August! Go and check him out on Bandcamp and Spotify.

That’s all the artists we’ve got performing this Saturday! Big shout out to Manchester Women Songwriters for helping us organise another fantastic gig in aid of a very worthy cause. You’ll be able to find all of the livestreams on our Facebook page, or in our ‘Bread Social’ Facebook group! Definitely one to catch. See you guys on Sat from 7pm!

Cream of the Crop 20/06: Artist Focus! ☀️

18th Jun 2020artist, cream of the crop, gigs, livestream, local sceneLeave a Comment

Thought we’d do a little thorough post here about some of the artists we have performing for us at ‘Cream of the Crop 20/06’ this coming Saturday!

Tay Temple – we’ve known Tay for quite a while now and she’s only gone from strength to strength with every performance! A talented singer-songwriter originally from the North East of England, she’s made her home here in Manchester and has really honed her craft! Her direct and heartfelt songwriting accompanied by mellow guitarwork really sets her apart from the rest. You can find her debut single (out only three months ago) on Spotify or Bandcamp! Well worth a listen. We featured it in our last episode of Bread Radio!

Mark Pratt – Mark’s been on our radar for a few years now and his energetic and emotional performances are definitely not to be missed. His style of blues mixed with folk and even some elements of indie are a great combo that we over at Bread Records love! His self-titled debut album is full of great songs, one of our favourites has to be ‘She’s The Reason (Bay of Pigs)’ or ‘I Was Made For Loving You’ – you can find his music on Spotify or go and have a gander at his Bandcamp!

Dora Noszkay – we’ve only known Dora for a short amount of time but we love her music, and she’s an absolutely lovely person! We had her play Breadstock this year, where she astounded us with a fantastic performance 🙂 You can find her debut single ‘In The Morning’ (again, which we featured on Bread Radio!) on Spotify, or on Bandcamp! Keep up to date, we expect great things 💥

Daniel Clarke – to say that Danny is a cornerstone of the local music scene in Manchester is an understatement. He’s been hosting open mics, performing at various venues and in different bands since well before we came over to the big city! A top bloke with some absolutely fantastic tunes. Definitely check out ‘Victorian Terraced‘ (find it on YouTube!)! We even featured his band ‘Death to the Strange’ on our compilation CD ‘Born and Bread‘ back in 2017. Well worth a listen, you’ll be transported right into the Mancunian world. His track ‘Trampin’ Stampin” is available over on Bandcamp!

Some absolutely amazing artists performing for us this weekend. Go and catch it all over on Facebook at our page – or in our Bread Social group!