You pretty much know what you are going to get with an Eric Brace album – lovely melodies, splendid playing, insightful lyrics, great production, and in the case of his duo/trio records, wonderful harmonies. It is all there on this wonderful album
an enticing book review from Michael Higgins, live Jazz previewed and reviewed by Trevor Bannister of Jazz In Reading, and we have found a place for poetry and we caran invitation from Claudie, one of our favouirite artists reminding us that ´home is where the art is´! Peter Pearson sets us off with a simple motion and then Norman Warwick ponders his presidential make-over
This Woman’s Work also features writing on the experimentalists, women who blended music and activism
The programme celebrated the joy of creating the new to meet a need. the joy of creativity and that moment when we realise somehow creat something new
Norman Warwick hears of a LONG LOST COUSIN WILCO “Depending on how you look at it, the connection to The Bear was an unfortunate—or fortunate—coincidence,” singer-writer Jeff Tweedy (left) recently told Paste on line magazine, laughing, during a Zoom from Wilco’s Chicago studio, The Loft. “It was certainly not conscious. I saw most of the first season […]
It felt strange to be sitting in a Lanzarote theatre waiting to welcome Britsh musicians to the stage. This was not a full size St. Martin In The Fields, but was of eight representatives who played beautifully
There turned out to be a good number of artist who crept on to our playlists in 2023 simply because, to use another favourite phrase in the lexicon of Sidetracks And Detours, their names fell out in conversation.
In the album liner notes Darrell Scott says ” My wish is for you to slow down for 52 minutes. I believe there is pure beauty here. These songs are perfect examples of song as literature. Ben’s songs are timeless. I loved getting right in the middle of these songs and offering my best. These are great songs: period.”
Where the Devil Don’t Stay is more than the story of a great American band; it’s a reflection on the power of music and how it can frame and shape a larger culture
McCartney is no stranger to writing playful, tongue-in-cheek songs
SIDETRACKS & DETOURS: 7 / 12 / 25 classical, jazz, folk, rock, americana; songwriters & invisible angels7th December 2025 - 7:00 am
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