WE ARE THE MUSIC MAKERS: Maximum Ensemble & The Pelleas Ensemble by Norman Warwick & Graham Marshall

ENSEMBLES OF EXCELLENCE Maximum Ensemble maestros del minimalismo Salon Indieras, Tias, March 2020 Review by Norman Warwick Maximum Ensemble We turned up to collect our reserved tickets at the desk in in Salon Indieras in Tias…

PLAY IT ON PICASSO´S MANDOLIN

PLAY IT ON PICASSO´S MANDOLIN Guy Clark´s Boats To Build album itself, when first released in 1982, caused me a great deal of confusion. I had always loved Guy´s songs of dust trails and freeways and of crazy characters and their…
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WE ARE THE MUSIC MAKERS: exclusive interview with pianist Natalia Nicolaeva

´MY LIFE AND MY ART WERE BORN BY THE SEA´. Exclusive interview for all across the arts Russian pianist, Natalia Nicolaeva – March 2020 As I knew nothing at all about either Iya Zhmaeva or Natalia when my wife and I and two friends…

SWAN LAKE AT THE LOWRY UNTIL 7TH MARCH

SWAN LAKE AT THE LOWRY UNTIL 7TH MARCH I was working with SpiralDance a few years ago, as creative writing facilitator on a project with disaffected and disengaged children in what was then a deprived area of Rochdale MBC. It had been…

WHERE RAP MEETS JAZZ an exclusive interview with Steve Bewick

SMALL BOY TALL WHERE RAP MEETS JAZZ presenting at crescent radio We had a couple of computer screens, carrying adverts, news, programme reminders and, often, calls to prayer, as well as two microphones and our own downloaded playlists.…
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IT´S THE WAY WE TELL ´EM Engendering Sex – By Michael Higgins

Engendering Sex – By Michael Higgins Dialect and Discrimination at Touchstones in Rochdale               Imagine the howls of protest that would ensue if a museum…

SHAPING OUR THINKING

SHAPING OUR THINKING Sincretismo; press viewing; Cic El Almacen, Arrecife 2020 The venue´s famous logo Cic El Almacen further demonstrate its versatility as an arts centre by hosting a recently-opened, intriguing and thought provoking…

IN PRAISE OF POETS. Chasing that Rhyme

CHASING THAT RHYME Most poetry lovers in the UK will be well aware of the impact  the annual National Poetry Day celebrations have in raising the profile of poetry, introducing young people to the pleasure of reading, writing listening…
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CONCIERTO ´SOUVENIR ROMÁNTICO’

MAKING NEW FRIENDS THROUGH MUSIC A review. We tend to ignore the first minute of any phone calls from Maigret Marguerita as she is usually so excited we can´t follow a word she is saying, but after a while the story unfolded. She had…
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AND THE PICKIN´ DOWN THE LINE

Guitarras en Haria Festival Internacional; review There were no signs at 4.00 pm that this was yet the case, and with the gala concert not scheduled to start until 7.00 pm we had time to dip into Arietta for omelette and chips and a coffee. Later,…