Every genre of music has made its mark on Manchester, including dialect ballads, classical, TV theme tunes and all the strands of post-punk. Welcome to the north-west sound
50 years ago this week, Freddie Mercury amazed the nation's households when Queen made their very first appearance on TV. How have other artists made their televisual debut?
As he releases his remarkable new album, Handwritten Miracles, Mancunian poet Mike Garry tells Stuart Clark about the impeccable rock'n'roll company he's bee.