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GYSPY JAZZ CARAVAN THROUGH JULY 2021

The Gypsy Jazz Festival is billed as a ´Memorial Celebration Of Jazz Guitarist Ian Cruickshank´to be held on Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st July.

CONFESSIONS OF A CRITIC standing the test of time

there were occasions when I felt disappointed in a work I had been looking forward to, though I have come to realise that I would very often grow to love a piece that I had initially not taken to. With understanding comes wisdom and all that !
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TALKING BEAT POETRY

Historians hold different views about why this style of writing was dubbed beat poetry. Some claim the writers felt beaten down and tired by the consumerism and lack of societal values. Others say beat poetry refers to the musical beat of jazz used in oral recitation. Still others claim Kerouac coined the term Beat Generation to describe his circle of friends.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL NOISE

I remain pretty sure that when I say I Can Hear Music what I have in mind is a Beautiful Noise.
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POET & PROPHET? HEARD IT ALL BEFORE?

‘Sing in me, oh Muse, and through me tell the story’.”

PICKING THEIR FAVOURITE DYLAN

Dylan gave me the blueprint for my career of a solitary figure on stage, holding a mirror up to the world and the idea that a song can’t change the world but can change someone’s perspective.
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PARA LARA :

Por supuesto, lo que hace que una Musa sea tan deseable es su propia insaltabilidad.
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PARA LARA: a song to a Muse

´By representing the Muse’s presence in painting, writing, dancing, sculpting, or drawing, we can begin to reunite with the piece of us the muse represents´.

COME FOLLOW YOUR ART

one of the outstanding ensembles of today in historicist interpretation, with an international reputation acquired in more than more than 30 years of performing and recording.