SIDETRACKS AND DETOURS 26th July 2026: Jazz and classical musician Winton Marsalis explores themes of unity and social progress + Karla Harris announces high profile shows + Duo Bravo have a new date at Famara, and friends in the Uk share news from alla cross the arts.

WYNTON MARSALIS LETS JAZZ JOINS US TOGETHER by Norman Warwick It would have been around twenty five years ago, when Steve Cooke (left) was partnering me in presenting two articles a week that took readers of the Rochdale Observer,…

SIDETRACKS & DETOURS Sunday 19th July 2026: WORKING IN A COAL MINE or a car repair shop with LEE DORSEY + PARRANDA JANUBIO celebrate 40th anniversary of music, + the closing football games of The World Cup

LEE DORSEY working in a coal mine and Norman Warwick decided to Lendanear No singer in the Big Easy had a more easy-going manner than Lee Dorsey (right).. The rhythms behind him could…

SIDETRACKS & DETOURS Sunday 12th July 2026: Lendanear to Duo Bravo in an exclusive interview + we seek the truth about diversity + Manchester UK Folk Festival + UK folk music album charts

LENDANEAR TO DUO BRAVO down sidetracks & detours with Norman Warwick sidetracks & detours first came across Duo Bravo on May 13th 2026, when my wife, Dee, and I stepped into The Tourist Information Office in the Timple…

SIDETRACKS AND DETOURS Sunday 5th July 2026: Coal Mines & cobbled streets & Lava Tunnels featuring The Radio Ballads Of The Miners´Strike BBC Radio John Tams, Barry Coope, Sally Ward, Rube Leonard, Julie Matthews, Jez Lowe, Ray Hearne, + Lendanear to Rochdale, Town Of Culture (?) + Lendanear to sounds from the centre of a volcano

Chris Maume, in his review of the programme for The Independent reminded us that On the Home Service in the Fifties and Sixties, Ewan MacColl (left) and Charles Parker put together a series of "Radio Ballads" in which different…