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up Pandora’s box in terms of what a musician can be. I’ve spent a
lot of my career working with young musicians and I think often they

look at the future and just see us a few very narrow prospects, but
what the likes of Adam and Rakhi [from Manchester

Collective] have done and what Amina is doing at Manchester

Camerata is saying: oh no - everything is for the taking - and I love
that.

“We all know that for all of us in some regard, music has lifted us. It

has directed us, it has consoled us, it has saved us to some extent.
We don’t talk about that very much.”

Abel Selaocoe - A 20223 RPS Award Winner(Image: Ask Knotek)

The Inspiration category is decided by an open vote - and the

North has done rather well in this year’s shortlist. A category that

grew from the efforts of both professional and amateur musicians
during the pandemic to ‘keep music alive’, is now a staple of the

event.