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LENNON LAID BARE.

It is eighty years since John Lennon was born and, come December, it will be forty years since his murder.
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CHANGING NATURE OF PROTEST IN JAZZ

what we could not express openly, we expressed in music. Duke Ellington
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LET POETRY UPLIFT AND CONSOLE

LET POETRY UPLIFT AND CONSOLE by Norman Warwick We often think of our poets and writers as living a life of solitude and recluse but we would do well to remember that Wordsworth for instance, was a man of the world, engaged with its…
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CREATIVE INDUSTRIES IN THEATRE

CREATIVE INDUSTRIES IN THEATRE by Norman Warwick Hull University advertised a course for the beginning of the 2020 educational term (whenever that might be, I guess) that will be conducted in The Gulbenkian Centre, a grade2 listed…
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JONI MITCHELL SHAPES HER LEGACY

JONI MITCHELL SHAPES HER LEGACY by Norman Warwick The modular degree for English Language and Literature that I took at The University Of Leeds, somewhat belatedly at the age of fifty, enabled me to study Canadian literature and read…
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THE MUSIC OF FORGOTTEN HISTORIES

Black musicians have always composed and performed, played pivotal roles in their own times, and even help shape and shift the course of musical history.
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new to our music collection MOLLY TUTTLE

´there is something comforting about the sound of familiar music.
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We are the music makers: KATE RUSBY

Norman Warwick stops At The Barrier and learns KATE RUSBY ALBUM IS MORE THAN JUST A HAND ME DOWN. Release Date: 14th August 2020 Label: Pure Records Format: CD /DL / vinyl (incoming) Mike Ainscoe is informed and informative…
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T REX FOUND ALIVE IN CLASSIC POP

Bolan was hardly ever talked about as a ´composer.´
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JAZZ FESTIVAL ORGANISERS IMPROVISE

´our historical legacy has always been to serve as a platform for artists to share social justice messages.