MUSIC SOCIETY CELEBRATIONS by Graham Marshall

HEART AND MIND AND FINGERTIPS by Graham Marshall Graham Marshall l Rochdale Music Society LUKA OKROS pianoforte Heywood Civic Centre  2020 review This was the third in what is proving to be a musically most rewarding…

MUSIC FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES

MUSIC FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES A Meeting Of Timples, Teatro Tias, January        2020 review The annual La Canderlaria and San Blas religious festival in Tias always presents a plethora of arts that…

SONGS OF PRAISE, GOSPEL STYLE

SONGS OF PRAISE GOSPEL STYLE ! Lanzarote Gospel Choir, Teatro Tias, January 2020     review My wife and I had spent the previous hour in a wonderful new restaurant Arreyate un Millo, just around the corner from Teatro…

a dinosaur goes into a library and says……

 DINOSAUR ROAMS ROCHDALE I lived in what was a hot-bed of hot bed of artistic creativity in the UK for sixty years of my life, and as an adult collaborated with other artists I much admired to produce works that were intended to be…
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CONCERTS AT THE CAMEL HOUSE

SLEEPING BEAUTY UNDER A MUCKHEAP Kirsty Wark How closely Lanzarote might resemble the desert island for which BBC Radio 4 castaway Sir Ernest Hall once selected his musical and literary preferences with Kirsty Walk is hard to say.…
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ARTS: BETWEEN COMMUNITY & DIVISION

ARTS: BETWEEN COMMUNITY & DIVISION The story turned about to be about a travelling production of a play called Trojan Horse that was playing at the time at Oldham Coliseum Theatre as part of a national tour. Two years ago the play had…
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WORDS FROM THE WRITER: LARRY YASKIEL an exclusive interview for Sidetracks And Detour

JUKE BOX JUDGE AND JURY Diligently undertaking the depth of research our readers demand of us, I googled Larry Yaskiel before conducting our interview with him, and unearthed an extensive on-line presence, though some of those entries that…

LARRY YASKIEL AND A CLUB JUKEBOX

LA ROCOLA del BAR RUMBA Book launch by Larry Yaskiel – Cic El Almacen We had convened in the wonderful artsy gallery and buzzing pub and restaurant that is Cic El Almacen, in Arrecife, on Lanzarote. This was to officially announce the…
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DRAGONS, DRAMA & DRAWINGS

DRAGONS ROAM THE STREETS; THE RAT LOOKS ON a quick catch up The Year Of The Rat is the first sign in the Chinese zodiac cycle. According to the Chinese zodiac story, in the competition held by the Jade Emperor to decide the zodiac…
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STREET SCENES praised by Steve Bewick

STREET SCENE by Kurt Weill: Opera North Grand Theatre, Leeds, January 18th 2020 The synopsis for the Opera North production of Street Scenes, which opened at ´The Grand Theatre,´ Leeds on Saturday 18th January 2020, of one of Kurt…