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SHE WASN´T BAD FOR A GIRL by Helena J Summerfield

SHE WASN´T BAD FOR A GIRL Jazz Camp for Girls By Helena J Summerfield. As a young, female saxophonist I lost count of the number of times that I was told whenever I played that ´you’re good for a girl´ or ´you don’t sound like…

OF CONCERTS IN CASTLES

OF CONCERTS IN CASTLES Yul Ballesteros Quintet – Castillo de San Jose a review by Norman Warwick The Castillo De San Jose stands on the waterfront of Arrecife. Once a lookout point to warn off the sailing vessels of invading Moors…
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INALA: A ZULU BALLET

INALA: A ZULU BALLET By Norman Warwick Ladysmith Black Mambazo The a capella group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, were first put together by Joseph Shabalala in the early nineteen sixties and won the love of their national audience, before…
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THE SONGSMITHS: a crowd-funded success

THE SONGSMITHS: a crowd-funded success By Norman Warwick Pablo & Humberto We have reported on these pages, in the past, one or two spectacularly successful crowd-funding initiatives. Some of these appeals really do deliver vibrant…
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STORIES WRITTEN FROM THE ART

STORIES WRITTEN FROM THE ART a compare and contrast by Norman Warwick Eileen Earnshaw, poet,all across the arts, The Rochdale Observer When we recently published Eileen´Earnshaw´s article about her ´virtual´ creative writing workshop…
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A THOUSAND TIDES TO ANOTHER PLACE by Andrew Moorhouse

A THOUSAND TIDES TO ANOTHER PLACE A Personal View of Laurence Edwards’ ‘A Thousand Tides’ and Antony Gormley’s ‘Another Place’: By Andrew Moorhouse The human body. From swaddled birth to shrouded death. Flesh and blood.…
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A BROADCAST FROM FRIENDS IN BERLIN

A BROADCAST FROM FRIENDS IN BERLIN Natalija Nikolayeva (left) has been a good friend of this Sidetracks and Detours blog since we reviewed a concert of Romantic Souvenirs she played in Tias earlier this year with her musical partner,…
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ARTS RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGE

ARTS RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGE By Norman Warwick Live performances would have been the natural culmination of the second edition of the Festival de Teatro Escolar de Lanzarote, an initiative promoted by the area of Culture of the Cabildo…
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HER NAME, BEVERLEY BEIRNE, FELL OUT IN CONVERSATION

RIDICULE IS NOTHING TO BE SCARED OF By Norman Warwick and Steve Bewick He was simply a dandy, showing us he was handsome, but with his painted face and a ribbon in his perma-waved hair he was inviting merciless teasing. Nevertheless,…
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DRAMA STUDENTS SHOWCASE SKILLS ON LINE

THEATRE SCHOOL SHOWCASED ON LINE Live performances would have been the natural culmination of the second edition of the Festival de Teatro Escolar de Lanzarote, an initiative promoted by the area of Culture of the Cabildo of Lanzarote and…