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 […]
ISLAND LIFE WITH AMERICA AMONG US by Norman Warwick As recently as September 25, 2026, The Teguise Town Council continued to promote the programming at the Timple House-Museum as a key venue for the dissemination of music and popular culture in the municipality. The concert vividly reflected its title of America Among Us. Tickets for […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
SIDETRACKS & DETOURS DUO BRAVO: ´PURE MUSICAL CONNECTION´ an exclusive interview for sidetracks & detours Very rarely, but occasionally, a new ensemble emerges out of the network, and makes a huge impact and become the name on everyone´s lips as they rapidly climb to sold-out concerts and to receiving invites from a wider diaspora that […]
The Atlantic Jazz Lab Orchestra returned to Lanzarote on Sunday May 10th to present Too Darn Hot!, their new album recorded in La Gomera and released on the Dutch label Télès Jazz Records. Their performance paid tribute to the great female voices of jazz—Anita O’Day, Diana Krall, Doris Day, and Peggy Lee—through the orchestra’s arrangements […]
SOUND ROOTS AND ENGLISH FOLK EXPO Sharing their news of awards, charts, gigs and festivals, Norman Warwick invites sidetracks & detours readers to PASS IT ON August, die she must, as the harmonious voices of Paul & Arties once warned us. But I believe that Simon and Garfunkel knew the changing seasons needn’t bring only […]
ON LOSING A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING JIMMY CRICKET: a personal tribute by Steve Cooke from all across the arts. Laughter, having its evolutionary roots in creating social bonds that help individual and group survival, is a powerful tool that improves physical health, mental well-being, and social connections, acting as a natural stress reliever and immune […]
SIDETRACKS & DETOURS: 7 / 12 / 25 classical, jazz, folk, rock, americana; songwriters & invisible angels7th December 2025 - 7:00 am
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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