THE VALUE OF ART IN THESE TIMES

sales are truly global and he has helped artists place their works in locations as diverse as Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, New York, Dubai and India.
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LEARNING GUITAR ON MOTHER´S UKELELE

if you knew three chords, you could play a lot of the songs you heard on the radio. And if you knew four chords, you could pretty much rule the world !´
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CAPITAL P,… FOR PRIDE, CHARLEY

lovely voice and obvious ear for a great song always ensured that he was always great value
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THIS IS CHRISTMAS WITH A LIGHT TOUCH

It all seems perfectly understated. Artificial trees are tall and strong but not imposing, lights depicting angelic figures fly at every lamp-post and stringed lights are draped above every road at sensible intervals. Colours and shades are perfectly blended and nothing flashes.
There are plenty of You Tube clips and such of the wonderfully poignant, evocative and ´distant´ little track that is Border Radio,
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FOUR BOOKS THAT SPEAK FROM THE ART

an essential addition to the bookshelf marked C for cultural.
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EVERYBODY LOOK WHAT´S GOING DOWN and what´s going on

He addressed issues not only in his lyrics but also in the jazzy, expansive music that provided plenty of room for reflection.
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GOODBYE TO A GYPSY SONGMAN

He wrote one of the most enduring songs of the nineteen sixties in “Mr. Bojangles,”
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PRESENT INFORMATION UNDER WRAPS

recommendations were uttered covering many genres (rock, K-pop, country, punk, hip-hop and more) and in several formats (from memoirs and biographies to cultural essays and songwriter guides).
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ART BEAT CLIMBING BACK TO NORMAL?

As ´new´ residents on Lanzarote, having retired here from the UK five years ago, we have seen just as clearly, and have been saddened just as severely as the indigenous friends we have made here by the devastation and continuing setbacks that covid19 has caused.