LORDY, LORDY, LORDE

the album is not “my big climate change record”. “I’m not a climate activist, I’m a pop star. I stoke the fire of a giant machine, spitting out emissions as I go. There is a lot I don’t know.”

SIDETRACKS & DETOURS & BRONTË TRAILS

Stewart offers as much a literary guide as a walk through the lives of the Brontës, and a fascinating exploration of the changes that were wrought on this part of West Yorkshire during the Victorian period, Walking The Invisible is an essential companion on any visit to the beautiful countryside around Haworth´.

GORDON LIGHTFOOT a career to celebrate

There are still recording stars dipping into his song-catalogue and there are still devoted folkies like Pete Benbow in this world performing in UK folk clubs and perpetuating Lightfoot´s legacy for him.

SNARKY PUPPY: its all right, its only music.

The calls for an encore were irresistible and the lads loped out in laid back fashion, demonstrated some incredibly complex hand clap rhythms to us and asked for our backing.

POLITICS AND PLAYING, POST-COVID

She has also been told that, unlike the very important ministers, she is led by her heart, whereas proper grown-up politicians have to think with their heads.

BETWEEN THE COVERS, on a Monday night with Norman Warwick

They all named a book they like to share with the world, because it really meant something to them: some were surprising, some were classics and some were certainly new to at least this member of the tv audience, and I came away from every episode with an exciting new reading list.

ISREALI JAZZ MAN ON BEING HUMAN

I always try to remember to embrace history while not trying to be anything or anyone else – to let the music come out of me..

EDIE BRICKELL: the talk on a cereal box

I don't actually feel stir crazy because as long as I can go outside and walk outside, then I just feel, as you say, really blessed to be in that moment. So, obviously, I'd love to see things return to a sense of normalcy. But I'm okay.

SPECIAL ISSUE. JAZZ AND BLUES IN THE RIBBLE VALLEY:

In a series of village events between now and the end of the years Ribble Valley Jazz & Blues are taking jazz on tour through some of the prettiest villages in The Ribble Valley.