LISTEN OUT FOR LAVERY ON THE JAZZ SCENE
With influences spanning jazz, neo-soul, and samba, Lavery’s sound defies categorization, promising a musical landscape that’s as unpredictable as it is enthralling.
Author Archive for: Norman
Entries by Norman Warwick
WILLIE NELSON AND HIS GUITAR
Willie Nelson’s talent as a genre-bending musical artist is undeniably special
Sidetracks and Detours present PASS IT ON 50 weekend supplement Sunday 28 4 2024
All in all a splendid occasion.
A BOOK FOR THE (VAMPIRE) WEEKEND:
there is a novel of that name and that too has garnered compliments.
ONLY GOD WAS ABOVE US
Vampire Weekend also riffs on their own past cleverly with “Mary Boone,” an update on their choral ballads named for the influential gallery owner imprisoned for offenses connected to tax fraud, and “The Surfer,” which continues the legacy of Modern Vampires of the City’s “Hudson” with its mournful allusions to famous waters (in this case, the Water Tunnel 3 project). The band balances all of this looking back with a significant step forward: making peace with the existential questions they raised on their previous albums. Nowhere is this move towards acceptance more apparent than on the closing track “Hope.” Steady where the rest of the album is volatile, its eight-minute litany would be crushing if it wasn’t for the liberation Koenig finds in admitting “Our enemy’s invincible/I had to let it go.” Similarly, the ease with which the band raises the bar is equally impressive and appealing. Only God Was Above Us isn’t just a great album in its own right — it’s one that enriches the understanding of Vampire Weekend’s entire history.
DROP IN AT THE OLD OAK
Ken Loach is always at his strongest when he has a clear target at which to direct a righteous anger,
GRATEFUL DEAD influencing the living
Norman Warwick learns from Paste mail-in: GRATEFUL DEAD influencing the living “I remember the sound of his laugh and the mixture of smoke and whatever aftershave,” says Sam Grisman, recalling Jerry Garcia in his living room. “He was the only one my parents would let smoke cigarettes in our house.” The Sam Grisman Project, a […]
TOP FIVE SINGLES ON HOT 100 ALL BEATLES
most of what I bought was The Beach Boys and The Byrds.
Sidetracks & Detours present PASS IT ON 49 Sunday Supplement 21 4 2024
If you hold music festivals of whatever genre in your locality, whether in the UK or other countries around the world, why not let our editor here at PASS IT ON and we will share your information with our readers around the world.
WORDS RUN IN THE KENYON FAMILY
It read: “Olga Kenyon has performed a service to all who are interested not only in the written word, but in the changing lives of women”.
