Delivered by VisitManchester, Manchester Music Speaks is a series of six podcasts about the local music scene.

Each 10-minutes clip looks at ‘Manchester music icons and the city that shaped the sounds’ from a different point of view, with Mike Joyce, John Robb, Peter Hook, Liam Frost and Guy Garvey giving the guided tours.

I’ve just listened to John Robb’s, which was pretty interest. He believes that Manchester is ‘a people city’ where people shouldn’t come if they want to look at buildings. He visits Oxford Road and Chorlton and mentions some old music venues I’d never even heard of.

The Smiths’ Mike Joyce talks to Oly Bayston from Keith in Dry Bar and visits the Salford Lads’ Club, which has a room full of photos of tourists striking their best The Queen is Dead poses.

Three of the Manchester Music Speaks podcasts are available now (for the price of your email address), with the remaining three released month-by-month.