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culture and tradition, entertainment, Music, Uncategorised

being GUIDED BY VOICES

I don't see it as a science because songs come very naturally to me, but I guess it could be. Sometimes I take a lot of time structuring a song and sometimes they feel pretty autobiographical. Sometimes a song can be somewhat of a study on a topic I'm interested in.

culture and tradition, Music, Performing Arts

ROLL OVER 2023 AND ROCK ON ´24

Hackney Diamonds is worth returning to because of how confident Jagger seems to be throughout—a great shift from A Bigger Bang, where it felt like he was mostly phoning the whole thing in.

culture and tradition, entertainment, Performing Arts

I GLORIFY SPOTIFY

Spotify allows me to create playlists of those songs and artists I enjoy. Furthermore folks, it even creates playlists on my behalf based on the searches I have made and my own created lists.

culture and tradition, entertainment, Music

I don´t play his stuff on my playlists,… NO CHANCE

Ed Ames also recorded "Timeless Love", by Buffy Sainte-Marie, (left) which impresses my hubby because she also wrote Soldier Blue, one of his own favourite songs

culture and tradition, guest writers, sidetracks and detours

Sidetracks And Detours present PASS IT ON 33 weekly walkabout 31st December 2023

SIDETRACKS AND DETOURS would like to thank all our readers for your support and interest in our not-for-profit blog. It is always good to hear from you, letting us know what you like about the magazine and to receive the congratulations from those of you who commented on our achieving our thousandth edition not long ago.

education, entertainment, Literary

THE BOY WHO GAZED AT THE MOON

Kevin Kennedy played Caractacus Potts in the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Singapore Tour, becoming the first actor to have played both Caractacus Potts and The Child Catcher.

education, entertainment, Performing Arts

ON MEETING LEANNE BATTERSBY

have happy memories of conducting a live interview with Jane Danson in front of around 400 people at the 2015 Annual Rochdale Literary And Ideas Festival

culture and tradition, Literary, Performing Arts

WHEN HAYLEY CAME A CROPPER

When researching a story biography for a forthcoming subject on these pages I was, for reasons that will subsequently become obvious, reminded me of the fictional Coronation Street character of Hayley Cropper.