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New Jazz at JAZZ JUNCTION

Donny McCaslin continues his journey of musical exploration and innovations, the foundations of which he laid down with 2023’s I Want More, with his latest single, "KID."
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sidetracks & detours present PASS IT ON 60 weekend supplement Sunday 7 7 2024

Hello, and welcome to another bursting at the covers edition  of PASS IT ON 60, our weeklySundaySupplement of all  the stories, listing and news article we couldn´t squeeze into our daily posts to Sidetracks and Detorus last week. Today´s collection therefore includes a piece by our Festival following correspondent and stories of festivals, gigs and recordings as reported by the I Love Manchester newsletter. Jim Wade and Trevor bannister from jazz In Reading between them preview and review the jazz scene in that part of the UK, and Steve Bewick delivers his weekly recipe for Hot Biscuits, as served his mixcloud jazz programme. Graham marshall reports form The Rochdale Music Society  and Peter Pearson proudly proclaims Ï was There´as he reports a fondly remembered Edale Blugrass Festival. Norman Warwick closes procedings with a further Island Insight, as he introduces a very popular singer and live performer on Lanzarote.
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MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS:

Noel and Liam Gallagher, two of rock music’s most polarizing figures, unknowingly changed the course of British rock forever in the mid-1990s. The brothers and bandmates were catapulted into the mainstream following the surprise success of their albums Definitely Maybe and What’s the Story Morning Glory?
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definitely? maybe ! certainly !!

Definitely Maybe has rightly so, received widespread critical acclaim and played a key role in revitalising British pop and rock music in the 1990s.
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FOLK ROCKS?

Much as I dislike categorisation for marketing purposes I no know that when I am trying to describe a certain band or music to new audiences I have a responsibility to give them clues as to where we are heading.
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THE NIAMOS CENTRE

Sidetracks And Detours  learned about these ambitions for the venue when this his article was first published on 20 June 2024 by the always uplifting and informative I love Manchester Newsletter. You can subscribe the newsletter to benefit from  updates on this project from time to time.
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FAMILIAL HARMONY AND CONTENT

On Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain, Willie, Lukas, and Micah Nelson Take on a Classic

sidetracks & detours present PASS IT ON 59 weekly supplement Sunday 30 6 2024

If football coach Gareth Southgate is serious about improving England’s fading fortunes in the Euro ’24 competition, he would do well to check out the Gaz Hughes Trio. It’s performance at the Progress Theatre on Friday 21 June, part of a 50-date ‘Nuclear Bebopalypse’ tour of the UK, had everything that was missing from England’s inept display against Denmark – perfect balance, poise, purpose, exciting changes in pace, the light and shade of emotional expression and oodles of energetic creative spirit.  Above all, it was hugely entertaining.
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LIVING THE JAZZ LIFE

Women instrumentalists - especially those performing on such suspect jazz instruments as harp (Dorothy Ashley) and violin (Regina Carter) (right)  have had an even more difficult career path.