Adventures in Grassroots Music

27/09/2026

20/03/2025

AIGM episode 12 - TODAY on Slack City between 5-7pm with Jay Taylor in conversation with Damian Morgan he of 70twenty10, dbs Institute Manchester and more besides.

Tunes and tasters... Mulatu Astatke, The Walker Brothers, the importance of Afflecks Palace then and now, The Divine Comedy and perfect songsmithery, Transmission Towers, Altin Gun, Luther Vandross, and peak fandom with Frankie Vaughan.

Direct your dials and browsers towards www.slackcity.org.uk // DAB Radio

19/03/2025

Adventures in Grassroots Music returns to Slack City tomorrow between 5-7pm with Jay Taylor in conversation with Damian Morgan he of 70twenty10, dbs Institute Manchester and more besides.

Tunes and tasters... Mulatu Astatke, The Walker Brothers, the importance of Afflecks Palace then and now, The Divine Comedy and perfect songsmithery, Transmission Towers, Altin Gun, Luther Vandross, and peak fandom with Frankie Vaughan.

Direct your dials and browsers towards www.slackcity.org.uk // DAB Radio

20/02/2025

Adventures in Grassroots Music returns to Slack City tomorrow between 5-7pm with Jay Taylor in conversation with Hey! Manchester maestro Chris Horkan.

Tunes and tasters... Jeffrey Lewis and L*D, Animal Collective, Sounds from the Other City, Ólafur Arnalds, Grizzly Bear, the Beards of Manchester calendar, Hachiku, Julie Byrne, Jens Lekman, Nick Drake and promoting 100 shows a year.

Direct your dials and browsers towards www.slackcity.org.uk // DAB Radio

19/02/2025

Adventures in Grassroots Music returns to Slack City tomorrow between 5-7pm with Jay Taylor in conversation with Hey! Manchester maestro Chris Horkan.

Tunes and tasters... Jeffrey Lewis and L*D, Animal Collective, Sounds from the Other City, Ólafur Arnalds, Grizzly Bear, the Beards of Manchester calendar, Hachiku, Julie Byrne, Jens Lekman, Nick Drake and promoting 100 shows a year.

Direct your dials and browsers towards www.slackcity.org.uk // DAB Radio

17/02/2025

Adventures in Grassroots Music returns to Slack City this coming Thursday 20/02 between 5-7pm with Jay Taylor in conversation with Hey! Manchester maestro Chris Horkan.

Tunes and tasters... Jeffrey Lewis and L*D, Animal Collective, Sounds from the Other City, Ólafur Arnalds, the Beards of Manchester calendar, Hachiku, Julie Byrne, and promoting 100 shows a year.

Direct your dials and browsers towards www.slackcity.org.uk // DAB Radio

23/01/2025

Adventures in Grassroots Music returns to Slack City this TODAY between 5-7pm with Jay Taylor in conversation with Jordan Vincent, master of live music, programming and all things operations at Manchester institution Matt and Phreds.

Tunes and tasters... Kazutoki Umezu KIKI Band, Isaac Hayes, the Leslie Nielsen Motown connection, GoGo Penguin, grassroots programming and risk taking, Grant Russell Quartet, how to get 18 musicians on a bijou stage, Sergio Mendes and more.

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22/01/2025

Adventures in Grassroots Music returns to Slack City this Thursday 23/01 / 5-7pm with Jay Taylor in conversation with Jordan Vincent, master of live music, programming and all things operations at Manchester institution Matt and Phreds.

Tunes and tasters... Kazutoki Umezu KIKI Band, Isaac Hayes, the Leslie Nielsen Motown connection, GoGo Penguin, grassroots programming and risk taking, Grant Russell Quartet, how to get 18 musicians on a bijou stage, Sergio Mendes and more.

Direct your dials and browsers towards www.slackcity.org.uk // DAB Radio

13/01/2025

Previous adventures are available here:

https://tinyurl.com/AIGMRadio

Next broadcast 23/01/25

For the uninitiated, AIGM is two hours of sounds and stories from the grassroots live music frontline - every 4 weeks on Slack City // DAB Radio

27/12/2024

Available audio now. Yesterday’s Adventures in Grassroots Music episode featuring Jamie Alsop and Laura Howkins talking all things Voltalab Sound Studios and more on Slack City.

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