February 2024 – All Across the Arts

DEAD GRATEFUL TO GRATEFUL DEAD

Matt Michell, one of the finest among many excellent writers at the Paste on-line site finally accepted the challenge of listing ´the best 20 tracks by the Grateful Dead (left) but prefaced his list by asking ´

culture and tradition, education, Visual Arts

THE ATLANTIC MUSEUM RE-OPENED

His art objects are therefore positive examples of nature conservation. His works contribute to improving environmental awareness and at the same time offer the opportunity to admire the natural beauty of the fascinating underwater world.

culture and tradition, Music, Performing Arts

INSTRUMENTS THAT STICK THEIR NECK OUT

The Theorbo is related to the liuto attiorbato, the French théorbe des pièces, the archlute, the German baroque lute, and the angélique (or angelica).

Music, Performing Arts, sidetracks and detours

SIMPLE MOTION

You pretty much know what you are going to get with an Eric Brace album – lovely melodies, splendid playing, insightful lyrics, great production, and in the case of his duo/trio records, wonderful harmonies. It is all there on this wonderful album

AATA

Sidetracks And Detours present PASS IT ON 41 Sunday Supplement 25 2 2024

an enticing book review from Michael Higgins, live Jazz previewed and reviewed by Trevor Bannister of Jazz In Reading, and we have found a place for poetry and we caran invitation from Claudie, one of our favouirite artists reminding us that ´home is where the art is´! Peter Pearson sets us off with a simple motion and then Norman Warwick ponders his presidential make-over

culture and tradition, Literary, Music, Uncategorised

WOMEN WRITERS:

This Woman's Work also features writing on the experimentalists, women who blended music and activism

culture and tradition, education, entertainment

MUSICAL FOLKLORE IN TIME AND SPACE

The programme celebrated the joy of creating the new to meet a need. the joy of creativity and that moment when we realise somehow creat something new

culture and tradition, Literary, Music

LONG LOST COUSIN WILCO

Norman Warwick hears of a LONG LOST COUSIN WILCO “Depending on how you look at it, the connection to The Bear was an unfortunate—or fortunate—coincidence,” singer-writer Jeff Tweedy (left) recently told Paste on line…

education, Music, Performing Arts

PLAYERS PICK THREE COMPOSERS

It felt strange to be sitting in a Lanzarote theatre waiting to welcome Britsh musicians to the stage. This was not a full size St. Martin In The Fields, but was of eight representatives who played beautifully

culture and tradition, Music, Performing Arts

INTO SOMETHING GOOD

There turned out to be a good number of artist who crept on to our playlists in 2023 simply because, to use another favourite phrase in the lexicon of Sidetracks And Detours, their names fell out in conversation.