It all seems perfectly understated. Artificial trees are tall and strong but not imposing, lights depicting angelic figures fly at every lamp-post and stringed lights are draped above every road at sensible intervals. Colours and shades are perfectly blended and nothing flashes.
There are plenty of You Tube clips and such of the wonderfully poignant, evocative and ´distant´ little track that is Border Radio,
an essential addition to the bookshelf marked C for cultural.
He addressed issues not only in his lyrics but also in the jazzy, expansive music that provided plenty of room for reflection.
He wrote one of the most enduring songs of the nineteen sixties in “Mr. Bojangles,”
recommendations were uttered covering many genres (rock, K-pop, country, punk, hip-hop and more) and in several formats (from memoirs and biographies to cultural essays and songwriter guides).
As ´new´ residents on Lanzarote, having retired here from the UK five years ago, we have seen just as clearly, and have been saddened just as severely as the indigenous friends we have made here by the devastation and continuing setbacks that covid19 has caused.
our passion for music had us compiling some ´virtual´ sets of our own, so that however we categorised our music there would be a perfect boxed set to play through on any given day.
She speaks of, and her works reflect, a feeling of being carried away in the very act of creativity.
´Beyond the intrinsic value of studying music for its own sake, there is a plethora of evidence that studying music builds cultural knowledge, creative skills and improves children’s health, well-being and wider educational attainment.´
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
PASS IT ON: MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER by Pearson & Warwick3rd August 2025 - 7:00 am