EDITORIAL: NORMAN WARWICK. Norman´s working life was spent in Rochdale,where he was a champion of the creative arts and creative arts community through his columns online, in print and on radio. Norman founded The Crew column in The Rochdale Observer, offering a platform to sixth form students at Falinge Park School Of Arts and for […]
SIDETRACKS AND DETOURS PASS IT ON 2//11/2026 news, previews, interviews and reviews, CONTENTS 1 IT´S A DATE: Rochdale Feel Good Festival 2026 by Steve Cooke 2 JENNY BRAY Fairy Godmother Kindheart by Norman Warwick 3 JAZZ IN READING 4 GRAHAM NASH & PETER ASHER: Songs and Stories, review by Peter Pearson 5 […]
a sidetracks and detours publication 5th October 2025 written by Norman Warwick CONTENTS Island Life by Norman Warwick ANTONIO CORUJO TEJERA: ARTIST ´turned music and dance into a life mission´. He was a key figure in the preservation of the island’s cultural traditions, soLanzarote mourns the passing of Antonio Corujo Tejera, (right) Lanzarote’s favourite son […]
SIDETRACKS & DETOURSWednesday 3rd September 2025 edited & published by THEATRE OF THE MIND written by NORMAN WARWICK & PETER PEARSON UK FOLK MUSIC AUGUST NEWS by Expo Folk UK FOLK MUSIC LATEST CHARTS by Sound Roots HOT BISCUITS served by Steve Bewick UK FOLK MUSIC AUGUST NEWS by Expo Folk Here at Manchester Folk, […]
MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER FREE SPECIAL BONUS EDITION 3rd August 2025 a Warwick / Pearson edition CONTENTS 1 Mary Chapin Carpenter & discography Norman Warwick still plays all her albums 2 Mary Chapin Carpenter & occasional trio followed by Peter Pearson, Looking For A Thread 3 Mary Chapin Carpenter releases new album […]
SIDETRACKS & DETOURS JULY 2025 contents collated and published by Norman Warwick 1 LOS SABADENOS:ANCIENT AND MODERN 2 NORTH AMERICANS WITH ROOTS IN LANZAROTE 3 FESTIVAL TIME AGAIN LOS SABADENOS IN CONCERT Playa Blanca July 2025 review by Norman Warwick LOS SABANDENOS (left) began their musical career in 1965, In the more than half a […]
JAKE BLOUNT & COUNTLESS FRIENDS GENERATIONAL RECIPROCITY Norman Warwick mingles meet in THE SHADED AREA BETWEEN CIRCLES I know I´m always talking about Venn Diagrams and here I go again. My forty three year old son has a younger, wider and deeper music collection than I have, His influences include country, folk, indie-pop and world […]
Whispering, Battle-rapping & poetry 4th August 2025 SIDETRACKS & DETOURS Whispering, Battle-rapping & poetry, The Beatles and Springsteenand music 13th July 2025 CONTENTS all news collated by Norman Warwick POETRY 1 Exact Opposite Of What She Was. Joy France: battle rapper. 2 Rochdale: Town Of Culture . Sammy Weaver, is Poet Laureate RADIO WHISPERS 3 […]
SIDETRACKS AND DETOURS an occasional publication owned and published by Norman Warwick Sunday 15th June 2025 CONTENTS Karla Harris by Norman Warwick Emily Masser Jazz In Reading Freddie Benedict Jazz In Reading Island Life On Lanzarote by Norman Warwick Island Life On Jersey by Warwick Lever Manchester Museum by Norman Warwick The Portrait […]
SIDETRACKS & DETOURS May 2025 Contents story 1 Next guitar hero Marcus Bonfanti Trio story 2 Crowmarsh Jazz Groove Collective story 3 Jazz At Progress John Horler Trio story 4 Jazz @ Oakwood Dierdre Cartwright story 5 A4 Brass Quartet story 6 The Bury Black Pudding Company story 7 Radio Whispers through stereo […]
SIDETRACKS & DETOURS: 7 / 12 / 25 classical, jazz, folk, rock, americana; songwriters & invisible angels7th December 2025 - 7:00 am
SIDETRACKS & DETOURS Pass It On 2/11/2025 Jenny Bray, Nash and Asher, Opus 222nd November 2025 - 7:00 am
A LITTLE BUNDLE OF SUMMER. sidetracks & detours 3rd September 2025 featuring Jazz Artist, Jenny Bray. Broadcaster and writer, Steve Bewick, Expo Folk and Sound Roots3rd September 2025 - 7:00 am