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BRUCE CHATWIN

Charles Bruce Chatwin FRSL (13 May 1940 – 18 January 1989) was an English travel writer, novelist and journalist. His first book, In Patagonia (1977), established Chatwin as a travel writer, although he considered himself instead a storyteller, interested in bringing to light unusual tales. He won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel On the Black Hill (1982), while his novel Utz (1988) was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2008 The Times ranked Chatwin as number 46 on their list of "50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945."
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ABORIGINAL SONGLINES

There is another, more grounded perhaps, definition of a songline, sometimes known as a dreaming track. These are amongst the paths across the land (or sometimes the sky) within the animist belief systems of the Aboriginal cultures of Australia.
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LED ZEP’S MOST ICONIC SONGS,…

Em Casalina, writing recently in American Songwriter, picked three particular songs from the entire Led Zep catalogue as being cuts  that typify  the group and their attitude to their music, which she rightly reminds us,. is loaded with rich lore. but these three songs are particularly interesting. She then took a quick look at the lore behind three of Led Zeppelin’s most famous songs that every diehard fan should know!
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A CONCERT OF ANGELS AND DEMONS

Natalia played three of his sonatas, and these also carried Angels and Demons side by side, leaving the audience continually looking out for the demons and then being gathered back in by the angels, a theme Natalia´s style reflected throughout the rest of the evening.

sidetracks & detours present PASS IT ON # 72 weekly supplement Sunday 20 10 2024

"The idea is to reuse the horses that were in a warehouse, unused, and thus take advantage of the transfer made at the time by the author and which expired in 2026,"
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A SUITCASE FULL OF DREAMS

Who knows whether the definitive biography of Kris Kristofferson is yet to be written?
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tuned in to BOOM

Nanci Grifith wrote and recorded a great song that was not only a tribute to pioneering ´country´ singer writers like Loretta Lyn and Emmylou Harris, but also a celebrfation of the radio.
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Lanzarote Tourism ALL DRESSED UP

Our home town of Playa Blanca recently successfully hosted the Lanzarote Tourism Awards ceremony for 2024.
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KRISTOFFERSON

Kris Kristofferson, who died Saturday at age 88 in Maui, Hawaii, had not one but two successful careers: the first as a country-music songwriter and the second as a movie actor.
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FUNMI ONONAIYE: OMNIPRESENT

Funmi Ononaiye, the regal, omnipresent music connoisseur, who was an inspiring ray of light in his capacities as A&R director, event producer, artist manager, performing musician, and mentor to many people, died on December 18, 2023, at Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York City.