Quite aside from the Beatles, the Everly Brothers were feted by everyone from the Rolling Stones – Keith Richards hailed Don as “one of the best rhythm guitar players I’ve ever heard” and called their voices “almost mystical” – to the Beach Boys.
as if the Bob Dylan songbook really is the book of Revelation
The quartet delivered this to close the show, and it was a perfect, joyous selection. So much so, that within seconds of the closing the audience were on their feet in a standing ovation, in demand of an encore. The musicians genuinely seemed as pleased for the composers and their music as they were for themselves, but be in no doubt that this ovation was paying a tribute to the musicians.
this is a working church and it is teeming with life. Come along to the host of brilliant events that we run here at Manchester Cathedral every year and help us to protect this very special place for another 600 years.
he sees John Lennon “wandering around, looking every inch an impersonation of himself, with his moustache, NHS spectacles and Afghan jacket”.
moon river wider than miles to go before he sleeps and he has promises to keep to bring to deliver to break into moon dust that would be some kind of proof but there ain’t no man in the moon
´His long, prolific career may have been characterized by dramatic highs and lows, but the final fifteen years of his life were marked by one success after another – a righteous homecoming, worldwide recognition, prestigious awards, and even an Oscar nomination.
There was always a glint in his eye and a mischievous smile on his face. He enjoyed the telling of his absurd tales as much he did the punch-lines.
And so I set out to write an account that was initially propelled by a rageful curiosity.
The history of jazz can be told as the story of Black dance music reinterpreted via improvisation and harmonic substitution. But if that dance music is propelled by a machine rather than an instrument, how can jazz adjust?
SIDETRACKS & DETOURS: 7 / 12 / 25 classical, jazz, folk, rock, americana; songwriters & invisible angels7th December 2025 - 7:00 am
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