´MEMORY BRUSHES THE SAME YEARS´ © Paul Simon, lyric from Old Friends By Norman Warwick A few years ago, shortly after the release of the double album, Paul Simon: Songwriter, the artist spoke exclusively to music journalist Tom Moon about the collection: When asked what had been his goal in this collection Simon replied, ´The […]
i really did feel any friend of hers might have been a friend of mine.
not only have we lost two great female country artists this month but we have also lost Mac Davis, a charismatic performer.
McCARTNEY SAYS NO MILLION DOLLAR BASH By Norman Warwick Sir Elton John and Sir Rod Stewart have earned tens of millions of dollars playing at the Nevada city, but former Beatle Paul McCartney has no intention of taking up a residency on the famous strip. In an interview Sir Paul, who celebrated his 78th birthday during […]
many clubs in Seoul now stand empty and closed down
It is eighty years since John Lennon was born and, come December, it will be forty years since his murder.
what we could not express openly, we expressed in music.
Duke Ellington
LET POETRY UPLIFT AND CONSOLE by Norman Warwick We often think of our poets and writers as living a life of solitude and recluse but we would do well to remember that Wordsworth for instance, was a man of the world, engaged with its politics and revolutions, and out of such trauma, created not only […]
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES IN THEATRE by Norman Warwick Hull University advertised a course for the beginning of the 2020 educational term (whenever that might be, I guess) that will be conducted in The Gulbenkian Centre, a grade2 listed building. This is a purpose built working theatre complete with studios and workshops. According to press reports recently, […]
JONI MITCHELL SHAPES HER LEGACY by Norman Warwick The modular degree for English Language and Literature that I took at The University Of Leeds, somewhat belatedly at the age of fifty, enabled me to study Canadian literature and read authors who, according to our tutor, had ´written Canada.´ Being the mature student in the group […]
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