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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
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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.
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Sidetracks and Detours present PASS IT ON 40 Sunday Supplement 18 2 2024

In the album liner notes Darrell Scott says " My wish is for you to slow down for 52 minutes. I believe there is pure beauty here. These songs are perfect examples of song as literature. Ben's songs are timeless. I loved getting right in the middle of these songs and offering my best. These are great songs: period."
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WHERE THE DEVIL DON´T STAY

 Where the Devil Don’t Stay is more than the story of a great American band; it’s a reflection on the power of music and how it can frame and shape a larger culture

ON THE BELL,..WHO´S THERE?

McCartney is no stranger to writing playful, tongue-in-cheek songs
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BEST OF BORN AGAIN BOB

The general consensus about what transpired is that Dylan, while wallowing in a bit of a swale in both his personal and professional life, had some sort of revelation that made him go all-in with Christianity. This meant that his music would reflect that. Many fans were dumbfounded at the time, and to this day there are Dylan diehards who don’t know quite what to make of it.
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ILDEFONSO  AGUILAR,  ARTIST

Aguilar is an artist who has shown his vision of Lanzarote internationally and has received numerous awards and exhibitions of his works in different countries inside and outside Europe, such as: Germany, Belgium, Holland and the United States
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JASON ISBELL: following The Drive By Truckers

“Most of my favorite stories—whether they’re books or movies or songs—throughout history, have happened at this moment of transition, when there’s a person—who is writing this or creating this—who isn’t completely certain of what’s going to happen next,”

sidetracks and detours present PASS IT ON 39 weekly walkabout supplement 11 2 2024

Like all ancient festivals, which are deeply-rooted in the life cycle imposed by nature, the Lanzarote Carnival has, since ancient times, been a way to celebrate the end of winter and, in turn, the end of harvest, the new sowing season and the hope of new springtime fruit.
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EL TIMPLE CANARIO 

The Timple Canario is the coolest, sweetest little guitar in the world – in the Canary Islands that is!