BRASS BANDING up North
Thom Bamford, in a written essay in a recent I Love Manchester newsletter, says that Brass Banding is a rich and deep tradition across the north of England and a huge deal across parts of Greater Manchester.
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Entries by Norman Warwick
HALF A CENTURY AGO:
when Paste published its review of the albums of fifty years ago and announced they had selected thirty great albums I was somewhat sceptical. I couldn´t believe that what I consider to have been a year in the musical wilderness could have produced that number of great albums.
WHEN STARS LOSE THEIR SPARKLE
How do you resist the industry’s pressure to stick to a proven formula? And if you do shift to a more mature music, what music is that? Artists such as Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Maren Morris and their fellow thirty-somethings are wrestling with those issues now.
Sidetracks & Detours present PASS IT ON 48 walkabout Supplement 14 4 2024
a fine house and museum in memory of a fine ands important writer
(AUTO) BIOGRAPHIES & SONGS
There was a time when the song Pearl´s A Singer was thought to have been written about Janis Joplin. That might not be an actual fact, but the song somehow seems to link the two singers Elkie Brooks and Janis Joplin.
JANIS JOPLIN; Her Pain And Her Pride
She You’ll find a blueprint for boisterous female rock leads like Liz Phair, the Wilson sisters, Cat Power, Fiona Apple (right) and so on. Janis Joplin’s staying power will never fade away and, at the end of the day, she was just a girl trying to find herself in a world that couldn’t quite hold her style. Little did she know, she was in the right place all along.
DON´T PASS BY POKEY !
An understanding that with all we have, we have more than we deserve so we rejoice and sing in gratitude,”
OPPENHEIMER wins big at Oscars
The 2024 Oscars undoubtedly felt less exciting than some previous years. After all there were no big shockers like the Moonlight mishap, no major underdog vindications like the culmination of last year’s Everything Everywhere campaign.
CAN A SONG ENHANCE A FILM?
There is nothing more enjoyable for me than to listen to, or read, experts speaking enthusiastically about their subject.
Sidetracks And Detours present PASS IT ON 47 Sunday Supplement 7 4 2024
One day last week, when I had been reading a piece about how The Grateful Dead are inspiring rock musicians today, I received an e mail from an old friend. Steve Bewick is a radio presenter of a weekly jazz programme, Hot Biscuits, in the UK. He often carries news we send him of live music events here on the island and as a regular visitor to us knows that we enjoy a plethora of live classical music events here. His e mail included a link to a podcast speaking about how the music of Bach, even today, still influences the current jazz scene.
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