in search of COTTON EYE(D) JOE

The first demo was made in four hours as a screw-around. Much was helped by the fact that the vocals and violins were without background music, so more easy to sample in those days´

JOHN PRINE: his songs are invisible angels on light years of travel,

Usually the best thing is a real, real strong line that's a strong image. Sometimes an entire song will pour right out after it, if it's real strong.

BACH IN THE CAVES

Lest you wonder that this review, and of one or two other recent concerts, should end with tales of standing ovations and repeated encores it is worth noting that these were all well-deserved by world class and well-travelled classical musicians performing under the banner of The 37th Canary Islands International Music Festival.

TOMMY TAKES HIS OWN SWEET TIME

A quiet, deliberate, wonderful final point closes the incredible career of Thomas Lee Flanagan, who everybody called Tommy, and who passed away on November 16th, 2001 he was A pianist whose ego was dwarfed by magnificent capabilities.

CANADA DAY celebrated with music at the beeb.

All those memories are from a past growing more distanced and dimmer by the day. I´m very relieved that the breadth of the BBC music archives help me keep the memories revived and in some sort of chronological order. In fact, though, looking back on their archives on July 2nd 2021 was like looking the wrong way through a telescope with even the most recent of acts looking like a visitor from some far distant star.

GEOLOGY AND ART: Ildefonso Aguiler

His relationship with the land and nature seems almost sacred. He seems to find the landscape both admirable and awe-inspiring.

REELING IN THE YEARS:

“Everybody could put music in their pocket,”

INTO THE ´BEST-EVERS´ WITH A BULLET !´

It was if each of the fifteen players had chosen the precise spot on stage from which their instrument could be heard and identified through the auditorium.

REVEALING OR REVISING BILLIE HOLIDAY? by Gary Heywood-Everett

I’m not a woman. I’m not black. I’m not a jazz musician although in my dreams I’m playing keyboard in the Miles Davis band or alto on tour with Ellington. I can’t sing and I don’t understand about sexual masochism. So how on earth can I write about Billie Holiday ? How can anyone ?
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MAXINE GORDON. role model and utter inspiration

Maxine Gordon is a huge supporter and advocate of new artists, not only sometimes advising on the business side of things but regularly going to gigs not only in New York, but also across the country.