2026 – All Across the Arts

SIDETRACKS & DETOURS. 19th April 2026 Rochdale Rising with news sounds in a new place featuring artists such as Elysse Mason, The Tails, 25th Hour, Coyote and DJ Adam Statham + Ceramecist ´Cicci´ leaves a legacy

ROCHDALE RISING The sound of the Dale has a new home. review by Steve Cooke The first ever Rochdale Rising promised a high-energy live music showcase curated by Common Ground, a collective of the town’s next…

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SIDETRACKS & DETOURS 12th April 2026: Music In Portsmouth, Karen Kingsley, pianist and The Free Radicals, a capella + classical music at The Camel House, pianist Eladda Pavlou

As the owner / editor of Sidetracks & Detours I am incredibly grateful to its team of wonderful volunteer contributors such as Peter Pearson, our Americana correspondent and Michael Higgins the occasional folk historian writer. I am…

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SONGWRITERS & INVISIBLE ANGELS: Bill Morrisey & Gary Hall 5 4 2026

songwriters and invisible angels chapter 2 Songwriters & Invisible Angels Chapter 2 BILL MORRISSEY-LIVE FREE OR DIE by Peter Pearson (left) Live Free Or Die is the official motto of the US…

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SIDETRACKS AND DETOURS: 29th March 2026: Jonathan Ellis, a pianoman & Neil Sedaka, showman and songwriter of Solitaire and Labi Sifre, songwriter of (Something Inside) So Strong.

IT´S ONLY ROCK ´N ROLL, BUT I LIKE IT. r.i.p NEIL SEDAKA by Norman Warwick Even as the familiar title of the Rolling Stones hit came to mind, I almost dismissed it because it seemed to have nothing to do with central subject of the…

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Sidetracks & Detours 22nd March 2026: 17 ACTS NOMINATED FOR THE ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAME 2026: & Peter Pearson hears ERIB BIBB and band play live.

The doors are opening at The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (see Museum right) for its queue of nominees for 2026. In the queue shortlist is headlined by Sade, Phil Collins, Oasis, The Black Crowes, Joy Division and New Order, Mariah…

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SIDETRACKS & DETOURS Sunday 15th March 2026: with Rascallity Harp Duo

RASCALLITY HARP DUO Toad Lane Concerts at St Mary in the Baum Reviews by Dr Joe Dawson Dr. Joe Dawson (right) is a very familiar figure at occasions musical in Rochdale, not least the Rochdale Music Society…

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SIDETRACKS AND DETOURS: Hear Stories We Could Tell, 8th March 2026. featuring The Everly Brothers, Roland Barthes, JP Ekins, classical pianist, Judith Choi, violinist and folk expo UK as well a theatre review of Jim Carthwright´s Road and another great Toad Lane Concert

Words And Music: STORYTELLING featuring The Everly Brothers: Americana duo JP Ekins: Classical pianist Judith Choi Castro: classical violinist STORIES WE COULD TELL The Death Of Author by Roland Barthes as…