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…

VIRTUAL CONCERTS AND COMMUNIQUÉS

VIRTUAL CONCERTS AND COMMUNIQUÉS We enjoyed a recent ´virtual´ performance by the Tonin Corujo Quartet, (left) a well-known act on Lanzarote who regularly play at the Gran Hotel in Arrecife. Cleverly edited against a backdrop of…

WE ARE THE MUSIC MAKERS: Small Gospel Choir Sounding Like 606, by Steve Bewick

SMALL GOSPEL CHOIR SOUNDING LIKE 606 Sunday Lunch at the 606 Jazz Club London 606 jazz club, Chelsea By Steve Bewick We had high hopes for our Sunday lunch concert at one of London’s prestigious jazz clubs: The 606 Jazz Club,…
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A.J. A D.J. on MONSTER fm 93.3

WHAT´S THAT COMING OVER THE HILL? IS IT A MONSTER? An e mail from radio presenter, Aileen Hendry, received last week, pretty well summed up how the lockdown is affecting us all and reminded us of what role she can play, as a dj, in keeping…
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THE ART OF SURVIVAL: artist Sandra Kinghorn talks to Norman Warwick, from a social distance.

THE ART OF SURVIVAL Artist, Sandra Kinghorn, talks to Norman Warwick the totem pole The colourful, ceramic tiling that creates an image of a totem pole beneath the symbol of the head of a Native American Indian chief,  stands…