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SONGWRITER:

It certainly sounds like a vibrant release to look forward to and even just reading this article reminded me that I first heard of Johnny Cash when I went away on holiday to Scotland with my parents and my brother.
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JAZZ JUNCTION where music revolves and evolves

Sidetracks And Detours follow a route to JAZZ JUNCTION where music revolves and evolves says Norman Warwick A recent issue of Jazziz, a newsletter service to which any self-respecting jazz fan should subscribe (check it out on line),…
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UNPARALLELED: two-year rock-stardom of Dickey Betts

The Allman Brothers Band lead guitarist, songwriter and vocalist passed away this week, but his work on Eat a Peach and Brothers and Sisters will endure, says Matt Mitchell, of Paste On-Line magazine, as one of the coolest creative peaks in rock ‘n’ roll history.
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Sidetracks & Detours present PASS IT ON 51 Sunday Supplement 5 5 2024

I thought I could detect something in the sound of the two violins that put me in mind of the vocal harmonies of The Everly Brothers
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MUST-READ BOOKS ABOUT MANCHESTER

From music and literature to theatre and politics, Manchester has produced some of the most influential and creative figures in British culture.
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CONCORD OF SWEET SOUNDS

Sidetracks & Detours hope to introduce you to many of the artists who have performed for RMS since the founding of the organisation in 1980.
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BUT WHERE ARE MY BLUE PLAQUES?

In those days, there was a a zoo in Heaton Park, down near the huge boating lake and disused viaduct. After some good finishes in my school cross country runs through The Clough, (because I was one of the few kids who didn´t stop for a fag half way round) I was eventually selected to run for the town and subsequently made my debut at sixteen for the Lancashire County Schools team, and I immediately realised I had hit the big time, when I learned the race would be through Heaton Park rather through Prestwich Clough. At the foot of the quarter of a mile finish up one of the steepest hills in Heaton Park I was in fifth place and could see the group of four leaders retreating towards me. The trouble was that about thirty five runners overtook me as I went running up that hill long before Kate Bush and I finished almost in last place and still just behind those four early leaders. I could only walk the last few yards to the finishing line, and I´ve heard there´s a plaque there somewhere that defined that stretch of road as being where Norman Warwick ran two races in one day. He ran his first race for Lancashire Schoolboys and his last race for Lancashire Schoolboys on the same day,…and at the same time!
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LISTEN OUT FOR LAVERY ON THE JAZZ SCENE

With influences spanning jazz, neo-soul, and samba, Lavery's sound defies categorization, promising a musical landscape that's as unpredictable as it is enthralling.