Entries by Norman Warwick

sidetracks & detours: Sunday 8th November 2026, company statement + *NEW SERIES* * Iconic Small Americana Venues by our americana correspondent, PETER PEARSON

JUST FOLLOW YOUR ART along sidetracks & detours. as we search  a global landscape  of positivity to celebrate the creative arts with  news, interviews previews, and reviews. sidetracks & detours is  a non-profit volunteer community group based on Lanzarote .We  heavily champion creative arts events and activities that encourage and enable participation across the whole […]

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sidetracks & detours, Sunday 1st November 2026: Brothers In Band pay tribute to Dire Straits + Chamber Music Coming To The Camel House in November.

AND DO THE WALK OF LIFE: bROTHERS iN bAND pay fitting tribute TO DIRE STRAITS Tonight´s tribute to the album BROTHERS IN ARMS by the real DIRE STRAITS celebrated the album´s fortieth birthday. The album was the fifth studio album by the British Rock Band was released on 17th May 1985 on Vertigo Records internationally  […]

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sidetracks & detours, Sunday 18th October, 2026: WE ARE ALL CHOOSIN´ TEXAS + Arts & Culture At The Camel House

WE ARE ALL CHOOSIN´ TEXAS. Choosin´ Texas, the so called country-pop ballad, (whatever the heck that means !) spent 23 weeks at the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100, beating Mariah Carey’s previous record and nudging her off her throne. Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” has broken the record for the longest-running No. 1 song […]

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SIDETRACKS & DETOURS, Sunday, October 4th 2026: KACEY MUSGRAVES in the middle of nowhere looking for new roots and routes + preview Dire Straits Tribute On Lanzarote + Mark Knopfler feature + Rhythms Of The World + Claudie Huppe´s recent art exhibition

Lendanear to KASEY MUSGRAVES, MiddleOf Nowhere. Is Middle Of Nowhere on the way to another Golden Hour. Norman Warwick advises patience & caution Middle of Nowhere,  Kacey Musgraves´ sixth and latest album (right) doesn´t compare with her best work. The album doesn´t reach the dizzy heights she has previously shown herself capable of. The above […]

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SIDETRACKS AND DETOURS, Sunday 27th September 2026: DAVID ALAN COE, blues, country, cowboy singer writer, dies at 86 + DUO BRAVO and the songs they sing + JAZZ iN READING

DUO BRAVO IN CONCERT ALMA IN CONCERT REPERTOIRE I had so enjoyed the concert that I couln´t wait to put something about it into print,….not next week, but now, the morning after the who. I sent n e mail over to Fran, to ask whether or not he could let me have a copy of […]

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SIDETRACKS AND DETOURS, Sunday 20th September, 2026, Duo Bravo + UK reviews Waiting For Godot at The Octagon, Bolton t & Soprano And Mezzo ( music at lunchtime, Toad Lane Concert).

JUST FOLLOW YOUR ART TO ISLANDLIFE DUO BRAVO  THEIR VERY OWN X FACTOR The “X factor” refers to a special, intangible, and indescribable quality that distinguishes a person or thing from others and makes it stand out in a unique way. It is that “something” difficult to put into words—similar to the French concept of […]

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SIDETRACKS & DETOURS: Sunday 13th September 2026, Songs Legitimised On Line + They´ve All Come To Look For Americana by Peter Pearson, + Guy Clark´s Old Number One Album Revisited reviewed by Norman Warwick + Five Way Split Jazz preview by Jim Wade of Jazz in Reading + UK folk music news from English Expo

LIVE RECORDINGS OF THOUSANDS OF SONGS LEGITIMISED ON LINE as Norman Warwick dreams on Aadam Jacobs (left) surreptitiously recorded his first live concert in 1984, though he doesn’t remember whose concert it was. It’s hard to blame him: after 40 years and over 10,000 shows, it’s no wonder a few performances have fallen through the […]

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