RADIO JIVE AND LIVE JAZZ

RADIO JAZZ AND LIVE JIVE Crescent Community Radio broadcast all across the Rochdale borough. In a town where ethnic diversity was and is a well-managed yet nevertheless sensitive subject, the station is run by the Muslim community and aimed…

SPOKEN VOICE AND SOUNDSCAPE:

JUXTAVOICES: JUST BRILLIANT There is a large number of Rochdale-based arts organisations providing a wide range of fantastic services all across the arts. These organisations not only provide entertainment but also boost the Borough’s…

THE GREATEST GIG I HAVE EVER SEEN

GREAT STUFF FROM AN IMPORTANT BAND The preview in the September edition of the Cultural And Arts Agenda for the month had suggested that Orquesta Catacumbia would rock but nothing could have prepared me for what I eventually saw and heard…

WE ALL LOVE THE RADIO

PUSH BUTTON HEAVEN by Norman Warwick Track listing Is It A Monster? by The Automatic Listening to Leven by Marc Cohn You Turn Me On I´m A Radio by Joni Mitchel Listen To The Radio by Nanci Griffith Video Killed The Radio…

MUSIC THAT MATTERS TO ME; the Incredible String Band by Dave Espin

A STRANGE THOUGHT JUST CROSSED MY MIND by Dave Espin Norm (left) interviews Dave at Crescent Community Radio When Norm asked me to put together some personal reminiscences of a band we both admire greatly, I agreed with trepidation. …

PAINTING BY ´NUMBERS´

Track listings The Eyes Of a Painter by Kate Wolf Rene and Georgette Magritte by Paul Simon Let The Picture Paint Itself by Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris Maybe I Can Paint Over That by Guy Clark Matchstalk Men & Matchstalk…

ARE FIREWORK DISPLAYS AN ART FORM?

SKY ROCKETS IN FLIGHT The worlds of art and technology are moving ever closer towards each other. If you have already listened to my audio file interview with Evelin Toledano you will have heard us contemplating whether or not graphic design…

SALFORD: ART AND SOUL

When actor Timothy Spall brought to life one of Britain´s favourite artists, painter JMW Turner,  in the 2014 film Mr. Turner, he awakened public interest in Margate, a town so often at the centre of Turner´s work. Now, as Spall embarks…