Whispering, Battle-rapping & poetry 4th August 2025 SIDETRACKS & DETOURS Whispering, Battle-rapping & poetry, The Beatles and Springsteenand music 13th July 2025 CONTENTS all news collated by Norman Warwick POETRY 1 Exact Opposite Of What She Was. Joy France: battle rapper. 2 Rochdale: Town Of Culture . Sammy Weaver, is Poet Laureate RADIO WHISPERS 3 […]
SIDETRACKS AND DETOURS an occasional publication owned and published by Norman Warwick Sunday 15th June 2025 CONTENTS Karla Harris by Norman Warwick Emily Masser Jazz In Reading Freddie Benedict Jazz In Reading Island Life On Lanzarote by Norman Warwick Island Life On Jersey by Warwick Lever Manchester Museum by Norman Warwick The Portrait […]
SIDETRACKS & DETOURS May 2025 Contents story 1 Next guitar hero Marcus Bonfanti Trio story 2 Crowmarsh Jazz Groove Collective story 3 Jazz At Progress John Horler Trio story 4 Jazz @ Oakwood Dierdre Cartwright story 5 A4 Brass Quartet story 6 The Bury Black Pudding Company story 7 Radio Whispers through stereo […]
sidetracks & detours present PASS IT ON – The Last Post Sunday 24 11 2024 Editor: Norman Warwick Writers: Peter Pearson, Michael Higgins, Trevor Bannister, Steve Bewick, Steve Cooke, Graham Marshall Contributors: Alfred Michael, Joseph Aloysius, The Poet In The Rain, Carusoe, Ralph Dent, Akela Listings: Jazz In Reading, Music That´s Going Places, Manchester Folk, […]
she digs into the deep recesses of herself with the same emotional honesty that has come to define her music
The songs [on Love Will Be Reborn] are autobiographical in many ways
Angelina Jolie is the first of two stars we feature in sidetacks & detours this week, the other being Martha Wainwright, who is part of an acting and musical dynasty.
Vampire Weekend on stage at Madison Square Gardens
RED ELLEN: People’s History Museum exhibition 9th Nov previewed by I love Manchester newsletter This November, the People’s History Museum (PHM) is shining a spotlight on one of the North’s most indomitable figures, Ellen Wilkinson.(below left) Known as “Red Ellen,” Wilkinson’s legacy as a champion of social justice, a fiery parliamentarian and an indefatigable advocate for the […]
Quincy Jones died this week just as Herb Alpert´s Trumpet became fifty years,… and much more officially
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