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Music news and reviews

• Jack Bruce & His Big Blues Band, Grand Opera House, York, March 26

  PINK Floyd’s Roger Waters rates him “probably the most musically gifted bass player there’s ever been”. read more

• The Unthanks, Pocklington Arts Centre, May 13

  NORTH Eastern folk favourites The Unthanks will play An Intimate Evening at Pocklington Arts Centre on May 13. read more

• Malton District Male Voice Choir seeks new members

  Malton District Male Voice Choir is urging men of all ages to add another New Year resolution to their list, namely to sing, not only for their supper but for the good of their health. read more

• New season celebrates 20 years of The Shed

  RYEDALE’S flagship arts hub, The Shed, will be 20 years old in June. read more

• Album of Specials cover versions will raise money for cancer charity

  YORK ska expert, concert promoter, website administrator and biographer Paul Williams had a light-bulb moment as he watched a TV programme on health care. read more

• Review: Opera North in Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Grand Theatre, Leeds

  As operatic power-struggles go, the bitter sibling rivalry between Cleopatra and Tolomeo for the throne of Egypt takes some beating. read more

• York band reach Next Brit Thing regional finals

  A YORK band are through to the regional finals of the national music competition Next Brit Thing. read more

• Jazz notes

  THE Musicians’ Union (MU) has celebratory news: the Live Music Bill was passed in the Commons last Friday. The Bill states an exemption to the Live Music Act should apply to audiences of fewer than 200 persons. read more

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