TOM RUSSELL: MUSIC, BODY AND SOUL.

´he’s a singer-songwriter with a powerful voice, but also a novelist, artist and academic

KATIE MELUA listening to musicians she hadn´t heard of

I came across that book by Dylan and, because I was able to highlight all the names in it that really mattered, I suddenly had a three-hour playlist.
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BARON WOLMAN: archive will endure and inspire

I go forward with a huge amount of gratitude for the many blessings bestowed upon me (family, friends, travels and more), with no regrets but with appreciation for how my photographs—my life’s work—have been received.

PASSENGER RIDES AGAIN

you can either just tap your foot and think that it’s a nice, sweet little song, or see that there’s a bit more darkness and depth to it, if you really want to go there.

WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH A STORM

British radio presenter, music writer and author Spencer Leigh wrote in the Independent newspaper: ´The psychedelia of 1966 held no interest for Gerry, and he was far too down to earth to follow The Beatles to Bangor to see the Maharishi.”
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EVITA revised, re-shaped, reformed

What a production this was, though, by a small provincial theatre company here on Lanzarote.
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A SONG IN THE HEAD

Then there was a glimmer of light when a friend, opera singer Andrew Staples, during a visit to her bedside noticed she seemed to be tapping her toes in time to the music of Brahms.

JOHN GRAEME LIVINGSTONE: more than words

raeme Livingstone’s music is about more than words on paper. Rather it is a piece of the heart of the man, and the best way to understand what makes him special is to catch him in concert
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THE LAST MAN, READING by Michael Higgins

Plague here brings eventually depopulation, migration and a total standstill of commerce, a little like our current situation but whereas governments in our day have instigated restrictions on gatherings and conducting trade, in Mary’s late 21st century commerce eventually dies through the steady tide of the plague itself.

LENDANEAR UNDER THE COVERS

Colin hits big notes as a performance and recording artist, but it is in the moments when he ´loses´ himself in a song and his voice sails downstream to faraway places that I most love his singing.