Entries by Norman Warwick

SIDETRACKS & DETOURS: 17th May 2026, introducing Sophie Rose Music; + r.i.p. Chip Taylor + serendipity with Duo Bravo + classical piano by Natalia Nikolaeva

INTRODUCING SOPHIE ROSE MUSIC AN ARTIST´S NEWSLETTE sharted by Norman Warwick Sophie Rose (left) is a writer, a producer, a singer, a friend, a daughter, an avid reader, an amateur chef, and more, but what Sophie is to her core is an artist. She takes her life experiences and transforms them into music and lyrics […]

SIDETRACKS & DETOURS 10th May 2026: What Do You Do When You´re Lonesome ? The Life and Legacy of Justin Townes Earle

What Do You Do When You´re Lonesome? The Life And Legacy Of Justin Townes Earle The authorised biography by Jonathan Bernstein The author and Rolling Stone journalist speaks with Grant Sharples, of Paste Magazine´s Audio Books Column about the art of fact-checking and handling sensitive stories with care, when authoring a biography. Grant Sharples:My column, Audio Books, is a […]

SIDETRACKS & DETOURS 3rd May 2026: an appreciation of David Cousins and his Strawbs associates, and how music moves within us and around us + Folk Awards

AN APPRECIATION David Cousins Celebration Concert Bangor University February 2026 by Pete Hartley “I am as the world forever spinning Rekindled by the early rising sun I’m as the road that’s ever winding A never-ending journey just begun” David Cousins: “Ways and Means” a review by (C) Peter Hartley There is always an unanswerable question […]

Sidetrack & Detours: 26th April 2026: Finds Gorillaz In The Missed Opportunity ? The Incredible String Band + the current official UK Folk Album Chart news

GORILLAZ  are lightly pasted by Sam Rosenburg in Paste magazine suggesting Gorillaz struggle to reach their emotional peak on their newly released album, The Mountain Sam Rosenburg´s opening salvo was perhaps fired in sadness rather than anger. The Paste publication, both on line and in print,  is one of the most thoughtful and diligent music news […]

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 always pleased by the integrity of their comments and the different styles of their writing. The three of […]

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 article I had in mind. After all surely Neil Sedaka […]

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 Carey, Iron Maiden, and Billy Idol, all of whom have appeared on previous ballots. Standing at […]

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 half-understood by Norman Warwick In a 1967 essay, The Death Of Author the French literary critic and theorist Roland Barthes (1915–1980) right), spawned a literary theory of the same name. […]