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XMAS PRESENTS FROM CHRISTMAS PAST

The months between the New Year of 1871 and that of 1872 were lived against the backdrop of the Franco- Prussian War (July 1870 – to the Armistice of the following January of 1871) and the building of Royton’s first limited liability cotton spinning mill also of July 1871.
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NIGHT MUSIC FOR STEPHEN SONDHEIM

Sondheim had a tell-tale influence on a certain kind of modern songwriter, the piano-playing, storytelling singer/songwriter.

MIKE NESMITH: ON THAT TRAIN AND GONE

And part of the reason that many of those Monkees songs are pleasurable still is due to Nesmith’s insistence that he was a real musician and songwriter with standards and ambitions that had to be valued.
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ART WORKS on our behalf

I believe that art strengthens our mental immune system, especially in these times.

STUCK IN THE MIDDLE with Larry Yaskiel

He is promoting and sharing. The product has changed:, what was music is now an island and a culture and a way of life, but through the magazine Larry is promoting and sharing his love for this island, just as he was once doing for music.´

BRIGHT FROM THE GET-GO

I’m not crying the blues. I’m very happy with my past and [I’m looking forward to] what my future might be´.

CLAP YOUR HANDS FOR SING-ALONGS Nil Moliner and band

With the hard work and dedication they have shown over the past few years it could be that, notwithstanding the brilliance of last night´s concert, the best could be yet to come for Nil Moriner and these fine players.
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Plant & Krauss: A SILENT HARMONY TO RAISE THE ROOF

One thing is certain – after far too long a wait, Plant and Krauss have once more proved themselves a duo of formidable alchemy,... not so much raising the roof as raising raising the bar.

LONG AND WINDING ROAD TO CONCERT

The show felt deep and personal. Javier (right) was a sweet Garfunkel harmony voice to the more gravelly delivery of Muti and the piano added melody to Said´s urgent guitar