HEAR THE VOICE OF THE BARD by Michael Higgins There is something unreal about life and living it. There is nothing more real than experiencing life’s joys and imaginings. But nothing is more unreal than its despair and misunderstandings. Language is both a guide and a deceiver. At the age of eight I had a […]
Words from the writer, Jose Ramon Navas on WRITING OUR TIMES by Norman Warwick ´It is hard for writers to fiction writers to compete with reality´. So says Jose Ramon Navas, a Canarian writer currently living on Lanzarote. I´m pretty sure any reader would agree him with him, considering the ´real stories´ we have had […]
JULIAN BREAM WAS THE SOUND OF MY SCHOOL DAYS. By Norman Warwick Today´s cover photograph above, by Rahav Segev for The New York Times, shows legendary guitarist Julian Bream performing at Alice Tully Hall in New York in 1997. He made his American debut in 1958 at Town Hall in Manhattan. Allan Kozin, (with additional […]
WHAT A YEAR FOR WRITING WOMEN by Norman Warwick There were nine women named in the ten nominated writers in the 8th Annual Playa Blanca Short Story Competition, announced at The Castilla del Aguila Cultural Association. The ´awards ceremony´ was held in Playa Blanca municipal library. Present at the event was the Councillor For Culture […]
new album and live concert from Antonio Lizana A DIFFERENT REALITY THESE DAYS by Norman Warwick Even more interesting than all the rest of his accomplishments, at least to us here at the Sidetracks & Detours office, (disguised as a kitchen table with a computer on it!), is the fact that Antonio has played at […]
NOCHE LIRICA CON GALDOS Judith Pezoa (Soprano) & Gonzales Manzanares (piano) Casa Ajei, San Bartolome By Norman Warwick We were met by Civil Protection officers who politely welcomed us at the front entrance. They asked us to form a within a marked area, observing social distancing. A security guard was on duty to ensure the […]
MUSIC FOR THE SUNSHINE DAYS a virtual radio selection for summer by Steve Bewick & Norman Warwick No sooner had I first published this article below than one of our regular contributors, Graham Marshall pressed our info@ button and pointed out, politely as is his way, that we might like to add his suggestion to […]
EVOLUTION AFTER LOCKDOWN Steve Bewick talks to John Ellis as Norm listens in Several years ago, Steve Bewick, my co-radio presenter and I interviewed musician and record producer John Ellis, who was a name I only knew because I had seen him play keyboards in Kirsty Almeida and The Troubadours band. Whilst I hadn´t previously […]
KIRSTY CROSSES MUSICAL BRIDGES By Norman Warwick Kirsty Almedia, and her band The Troubadours, played a selection of Winter Songs one evening, a few years ago, that warmed the hearts of a large audience that had turned out on the frostiest of evenings when, truly, ´the weather outside was frightful.´ I found her to be […]
AT THE ART OF BLACK LIVES MATTER by Norman Warwick David Starkey (left) recently stepped into the Black Lives Matter conversation and upset everybody in what should be an absolutely incontrovertible issue but that is becoming more mis-appropriated and complicated by the day. He, seemingly deliberately, caused outrage by saying: ´Slavery was not genocide´, and […]
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