culture and tradition – Page 11 – All Across the Arts

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WILLIE NELSON AND HIS GUITAR

Willie Nelson’s talent as a genre-bending musical artist is undeniably special

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DROP IN AT THE OLD OAK

Ken Loach is always at his strongest when he has a clear target at which to direct a righteous anger,

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WORDS RUN IN THE KENYON FAMILY

It read: “Olga Kenyon has performed a service to all who are interested not only in the written word, but in the changing lives of women”.

culture and tradition, Literary, Poetry

Greater Manchester can boast a plethora of excellent creative writing groups but I do feel that not enough authors go to a writing group. There’s a good one in Manchester called the Monday Night Group that meets every week at the Britons Protection pub.

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BRASS BANDING up North

Thom Bamford, in a written essay in a recent I Love Manchester newsletter, says that Brass Banding is a rich and deep tradition across the north of England and a huge deal across parts of Greater Manchester.

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HALF A CENTURY AGO:

when Paste published its review of the albums of fifty years ago and announced they had selected thirty great albums I was somewhat sceptical. I couldn´t believe that what I consider to have been a year in the musical wilderness could have produced that number of great albums.

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WHEN STARS LOSE THEIR SPARKLE

How do you resist the industry’s pressure to stick to a proven formula? And if you do shift to a more mature music, what music is that? Artists such as Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Maren Morris and their fellow thirty-somethings are wrestling with those issues now.