SMALL BOY TALL WHERE RAP MEETS JAZZ We had a couple of computer screens, carrying adverts, news, programme reminders and, often, calls to prayer, as well as two microphones and our own downloaded playlists. We presented from a tiny back street studio in Deeplish in Rochdale to a mainly Muslim audience. It was a surprise […]
Engendering Sex – By Michael Higgins Dialect and Discrimination at Touchstones in Rochdale Imagine the howls of protest that would ensue if a museum or art gallery announced they were excluding girls from an artistic survey of changing patterns of language or ‘dialect’ in any town in Britain. Imagine if the reason for it was […]
SHAPING OUR THINKING Sincretismo; press viewing; Cic El Almacen, Arrecife 2020 Cic El Almacen further demonstrate its versatility as an arts centre by hosting a recently-opened, intriguing and thought provoking visual arts exhibition, that will remain in situ until April 25th. Sincretismo, by the Lanzarotean sculptor Rigoberto Camacho, collects his latest production of works, which, […]
CHASING THAT RHYME Most poetry lovers in the UK will be well aware of the impact the annual National Poetry Day celebrations have in raising the profile of poetry, introducing young people to the pleasure of reading, writing listening to and performing poetry, and in providing a platform for established and emerging poets alike to […]
MAKING NEW FRIENDS THROUGH MUSIC A review. We tend to ignore the first minute of any phone calls from Maigret Marguerita as she is usually so excited we can´t follow a word she is saying, but after a while the story unfolded. She had seen a poster in Tias about a concert of piano and […]
Guitarras en Haria Festival Internacional; review There were no signs at 4.00 pm that this was yet the case, and with the gala concert not scheduled to start until 7.00 pm we had time to dip into Arietta for omelette and chips and a coffee. Later, queuing outside El Aljibe de Haria, we realised that […]
SEND REINFORCEMENTS, WE´RE GOING TO ADVANCE Present at a recent meeting about publicity and arts communications here on Lanzarote was The Councillor of The Insular Table of Culture, Alberto Aguiar, and technical and political representatives of the municipalities of Haría, Tinajo, Arrecife, Tías, Yaiza and San Bartolomé. all across the arts understand that details will […]
SPECIAL CONCERT WAS A FAMILY AFFAIR Murray McClachlan & family. A Camel House Concert BBC Music Magazine had already introduced to me the musician in glowing terms. “Murray McLachlan is a pianist with a virtuoso technique and a sure sense of line. His timing and phrasing are impeccable, and his tone, full but unforced in […]
EL ESTATUOSDES DEL ESTATUTO Y SE ENCUENTRA CONTRA LA TORMENTA Víctor Fernández Gopar a menudo celebraba la importancia de la sal para esta isla, escribiendo maravillosa poesía al respecto, y muchos de esos poemas han sido adaptados en canciones gloriosas por grupos de lore popular de Lanzarote. Hoy, se dio a conocer una estatua del […]
STATUE STANDS STILL AND DIGNIFIED AGAINST STORM Victor Fernandez Gopar often celebrated the importance of salt to this island, writing wonderful poetry about it, and many of those poems have been adapted into glorious songs by Lanzarote Folk Lore Groups. Today, there was an unveiling of a statue of the poet with the working name, […]
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