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,
Author Archive for: Norman
Entries by Norman Warwick
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
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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”.
FLY ON THE WALL PRESS
Greater Manchester can boast a plethora of excellent creative writing groups but I do feel that not enough authors go to a writing group. There’s a good one in Manchester called the Monday Night Group that meets every week at the Britons Protection pub.
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.
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
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