Photo of the Day 4th March 2025.

Close-up of a man with short dark hair, wearing a red shirt and black pants, playing a set of drums. Gold-coloured cymbals seem to hang in midair in front of him. The wall behind him is black.

Roy Turnham, drummer with the Liverpool-based band Atonal, at a gig at the Slaughter House, Liverpool, 2002 or 2003. In later years, Roy became a sucessful Paralympian, representing England at Visually Impaired 5-a-Side Football, as well as representing England at Visually Impaired Cricket, AND England Men’s champion at Visually Impaired Tennis. In music, not only is he a fantastic drummer, he is an accomplished singer and guitarist.

A man with short blond hair under a black corduroy cap, and wearing a black leather jacket over a red shirt, playing a black and amber acoustic guitar, is on the left of the frame. A microphone on a stand is placed off to one side of his head. On the right is a woman with shoulder-length blonde hair and wearing a white summery dress that leaves her arms and shoulders exposed, singing into a microphone held in her right hand. Black timber supports hold up the roof in the background.

Bleachbaby performing at a Manchester Records showcase night at Jabez Clegg, Manchester, 10th August 2007. No idea who these, or most of the bands on the bill were, but my cousin was signed to them, and I went down to support her. I wasn’t actually planning on taking photos this night, I just had my camera in my bag, and the label’s photographer didn’t make it, so I was asked to fill in.

A woman with red hair, wearing a white t-shirt and black trousers, her midriff exposed revealing a red belly-button piercing, singing into a microphone held in her right hand. Her left hand is held up to her left shoulder. On the left of the frame, the head of a guitar is visible, held by someone off screen. On the right is a red bass guitar and the right arm of the person playing it, just peeking in to frame. Black walls fill the background.

Laila K, lead singer of Manchester’s Sonic Boom 6 at a punk all-dayer at The Star And Garter, Manchester, 23rd March 2003.

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