PRESIDENT SPEAKS FROM THE ART. Poets too.

PRESIDENT SPEAKS FROM THE ART. Poets too. By Norman Warwick It would be a grand, but false, claim to suggest that the President of The Cabildo Of Lanzarote is in direct contact with us to keep us informed of new arts enterprises created…

ISOLATION, INOVATION & INVITATION By Norman Warwick

ISOLATION, INNOVATION & INVITATION By Norman Warwick Sandra Kinghorn Sandra Kinghorn, a former resident of Bury in Lancashire and now an artist living here on Lanzarote, who was a subject of a post on the Sidetracks and Detours…
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EVERY SATURDAY FOR YEARS UNTIL …

EVERY SATURDAY FOR YEARS UNTIL … By Norman Warwick Tonin Corujo Quartet in Playa Blanca Regular players in, or with, The Tonin Corujo Quartet include Tonin Corujo, of course, as well as Carlos Perez, Manuel Becerra, Domingo Corrujo,…
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BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL IN THE LOCKDOWN By Michael Higgins

BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL IN THE LOCKDOWN By Michael Higgins ‘It was an ancient Mariner And he stoppeth one of three...’, or as Coleridge originally spelt it, It was an ancient marynere’,in mock medieval style. So begins…

LOCKED UP IN THE LOCKDOWN BLUES a conversation between Steve Bewick & Norman Warwick

LOCKED UP IN THE LOCKDOWN BLUES a conversation between Steve Bewick & Norman Warwick Norm:        ´As the song says, ´Morning Has Broken´. You can´t beat Cat Stevens even if that isn´t his name…

SPEED OF THE SOUND OF LONELINESS

SPEED OF THE SOUND OF LONELINESS By Norman Warwick It is more than forty years since John Prine's self-titled debut album was released. That means I have been listening to his music for two thirds of my life and have never tired of it.…
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WE ARE THE MUSIC MAKERS: ENQUIRY INTO MAXIMUM ENSEMBLE. edition number 100

ENQUIRY INTO MAXIMUM ENSEMBLE The e mail read: ´Here are the responses of the five questions you asked for, from each member of the ensemble, with Melina’s in the attached PDF. I had already seen the other interviews you did with the…
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SUNBIRD SINGS of good news from Kimmie Rhodes

SUNBIRD SINGS of good news from Kimmie Rhodes Not only have our Cabildo (government) seemed to handle the coronavirus situation over here pretty well but so, too, have the citizens of Lanzarote who have stayed away from the beaches and the…
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LIKE TEENAGERS IN LOVE ! Romeo and Juliet come calling

LIKE TEENAGERS IN LOVE ! Romeo and Juliet come calling There’s a bit of history between me and Romeo, to be honest, as this youth has let me down on more than one occasion. Seventeen years ago, back in the UK when I was a fifty year…
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ART, CULTURE & COMMERCE COLLABORATE

ART, CULTURE & COMMERCE COLLABORATE The two days of Thursday 9th and Friday 10th April will include the first  Lanzarote ´streaming festival´ of musicians, and will be called Lanzarotedescasafestival or Lanzarote From Home. The…