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Category Archives: Music

My Troubles – Digital commission by Rickerly

February 28, 2018by First Draft Mcr Leave a comment

Our second digital commission comes from fantastic Manchester-based musician and sound artist Rick Hartley – aka Rickerly. Rick’s amazing new tracks were inspired by the diaries of Victorian teenager Dora […]

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Audio, Music

Flim Nite’s guide to the Edinburgh Fringe

August 1, 2017by First Draft Mcr Leave a comment

Our friends at the brilliant Flim Nite have put together a handy guide to the Fringe this year – something we’ve been meaning to do at First Draft for YONKS. […]

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Comedy, Drama, First Draft news, Guest blogs, Music, Poetry, Spoken word, Theatre

Friends at the Table

August 3, 2016by First Draft Mcr Leave a comment

Musician and regular First Draft contributor Jez Hewes has created two music tracks for us in response to our Fan Club event this month. Read his short blog post and […]

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Blogs on our theme, Guest blogs, Music

In From The Cold

November 24, 2015by First Draft Mcr Leave a comment

Abi Hynes blogs about what’s next for First Draft, how lucky we are to be part of Manchester’s live literature scene, and our wintry call-out for creative submissions. It’s been […]

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Abi's blog, Comedy, Drama, Fiction, First Draft news, Images, Music, Non-fiction, Poetry, Writing

Certain Songs

March 19, 2015by First Draft Mcr Leave a comment

Musician and First Draft old-timer Jez Hewes brings us our final ‘Collections‘ blog ahead of our VAULTS event tonight. Hiiiiiii. I chose some songs and put them in a playlist […]

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Blogs on our theme, Guest blogs, Music

The Far Fire – Abi and Jez

August 29, 2014by First Draft Mcr Leave a comment

Need a bit of #FirstDraftFridays to brighten up your day? Don’t worry. We’re here for you. Always.* Here’s Abi Hynes and Jez Hewes performing some music and spoken word together […]

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Music, Poetry, Spoken word, Videos

Dance the Chorlston – Richard Lomax and FirstNameFrank

August 14, 2014by First Draft Mcr Leave a comment

Fancy a nice little #FirstDraftFridays treat to perk you up today? Well, you’re in luck… This week, we’ve got some music for you, courtesy of the very talented (and rather dashing) […]

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Music, Videos

This One Night – Egyptian Reggae

August 8, 2014by First Draft Mcr Leave a comment

Our brilliant (and bizarre) regular First Draft host, Andrew Williamson, gives us our next This One Night guest blog.  Mark Lamarr comes to the end of his DJ set in […]

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Blogs on our theme, Guest blogs, Music

Don’t Follow Me – Abi and Jez

July 11, 2014by First Draft Mcr Leave a comment

Well, looky here. It’s that #FirstDraftFridays time of the week again. Today, we’ve a cheery little murder ballad for you from writer Abi Hynes and musician Jez Hewes. I mean, […]

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Fiction, Music, Storytelling, Videos

Skinny Love – Ailish Breen and Jenny Browne

June 6, 2014by First Draft Mcr Leave a comment

We’re baaaaaaack!!! Did you miss us? There’s been all sorts going on with our very exciting Next Draft events, but we didn’t want to abandon First Draft Fridays for long. […]

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Music, Poetry, Spoken word, Uncategorized, Videos

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