JAZZ FESTIVAL ORGANISERS IMPROVISE
´our historical legacy has always been to serve as a platform for artists to share social justice messages.
DOLLY MIXTURES AND SONGS
DOLLY MIXTURES AND SONGS
by Norman Warwick
Despite her own song-writing talents, Dolly Parton has, nevertheless, lent her distinct vocals to plenty of cover recordings of material by her fellow song-smiths. The Tennessee native has recorded…
FIRST AID KIT CONTAINS HEALING MUSIC
FIRST AID KIT CONTAINS HEALING MUSIC
By Norman Warwick
Ruins by First Aid Kit
As a teenager, when my love of the country music that was to become Americana was my guilty, and very much secret, pleasure I was too embarrassed to admit…
VERY EXPENSIVE BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY´S
VERY EXPENSIVE BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY´S
BY Norman Warwick
The Beverley Hillbillies
Breakfast at Tiffany's was a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and written by George Axelrod, loosely based on Truman…
DYNAMITE BLOWS UP THE CHARTS
DYNAMITE BLOWS UP THE CHARTS
by Norman Warwick,
and Sidetracks & Detours global pop music correspondent, Olivia Lee Warwick
The members of South Korean boy band BTS (left) could become $54 million richer when their record…
BAUM ZOOMS IN ON WORLD PEACE DAY
´´It is time put armed conflict in lockdown.
Words from a writer: DAISY JOHNSON
folk-lore terror shoves up against the contemporary and eternal terro of domestic and sexual abuse.
FAMILIAR NAME & A SENSATIONAL SOUND
FAMILIAR NAME & A SENSATIONAL SOUND
by Norman Warwick
Lola Lennox (left) is a British singer, songwriter, and model. She is the sister of British fashion model Tali Lennox, and daughter of Scottish singer Annie Lennox and Israeli…
FAMILY HARMONY
music makers new to Sidetracks: Kanneh Mason
FAMILY HARMONY
by Norman Warwick
In a recent post here on Sidetracks & Detours, we previewed how the book industry is trying to ground lost to coronavirus by a huge publication…
BEWICK THE RHYMER; musicians making the most of lockdown time
BEWICK THE RHYMER
By Norman Warwick
Steve Bewick
When I sat in recently on a conversation between Steve Bewick, jazz writer, musician, and recording artist John Ellis I was fascinated to hear them talking about the development of jazz…