A SONG IN THE HEAD
Then there was a glimmer of light when a friend, opera singer Andrew Staples, during a visit to her bedside noticed she seemed to be tapping her toes in time to the music of Brahms.
Author Archive for: Norman
Entries by Norman Warwick
JOHN GRAEME LIVINGSTONE: more than words
raeme Livingstone’s music is about more than words on paper. Rather it is a piece of the heart of the man, and the best way to understand what makes him special is to catch him in concert
THE LAST MAN, READING by Michael Higgins
Plague here brings eventually depopulation, migration and a total standstill of commerce, a little like our current situation but whereas governments in our day have instigated restrictions on gatherings and conducting trade, in Mary’s late 21st century commerce eventually dies through the steady tide of the plague itself.
LENDANEAR UNDER THE COVERS
Colin hits big notes as a performance and recording artist, but it is in the moments when he ´loses´ himself in a song and his voice sails downstream to faraway places that I most love his singing.
MIME, MIMICRY AND MUSIC by Michael Higgins
no English traditional dancing team had the same Romantic clout, or visible presence, as the black-faced, skirt wearing, clog dancing ‘Coco Nut Dancers’ of Bacup in Lancashire just to the north of Rochdale.
JOINING UP FOR JAZZ by Gary Heywood-Everett
I’ve never lost that initial interest nor the sense of excitement in improvised music from around the world in all its forms.
THE ARTS ARE STEPPING OUT AGAIN
So , let us all step out whenever we can or are allowed to (literally and figuratively) support the arts, and find our comfort and solace in doing so,
HAL KETCHUM singer-songwriter
We all have stories, we all have heartache, and we all have sadness and we all have joy. Golden moments.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, NEW MUSIC, NEW FRIENDS
Even when they lost some of the greatest among them, like Kenny Rogers, John Prine, and Charley Pride, (commemorations by Sidetracks & Detours remain available in our archives) country musicians found the strength to stay engaged with fans (if only through live streams and zooms etc), fight for much-needed social change and share some truly stellar records in the process.
A TENOR FOR THE TURN OF 2020
This concert had given hope that 2021, post-vaccines, and with tourists returning might prove a better year for the arts than has been this one so we wish all our arts-loving readers a happy, hopeful and healthy New Year.
