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.

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.