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Anthony J. M. Brady CELEBRATNG BLAISDON

There are echoes of the days of Cider With Rose, and even All Creatures Great And Small,. though Tony is far too humble to  place himself in proximity with  Laurie Lee And James Herriott. Nevertheless, he has a wonderful turn of phrase such as

CORRIE STREET OR KOREAN DRAMA in 2024?

With all that attention comes more investment in Korean TV than ever before
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THE ESSENTIAL EWAN MacCOLL

MacColl collected hundreds of traditional folk songs, including the version of Scarborough Fair later popularised by Simon & Garfunkel, and released dozens of albums with A.L. Lloyd, Peggy Seeger and others, mostly of traditional folk songs.
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being GUIDED BY VOICES

I don't see it as a science because songs come very naturally to me, but I guess it could be. Sometimes I take a lot of time structuring a song and sometimes they feel pretty autobiographical. Sometimes a song can be somewhat of a study on a topic I'm interested in.
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ROLL OVER 2023 AND ROCK ON ´24

Hackney Diamonds is worth returning to because of how confident Jagger seems to be throughout—a great shift from A Bigger Bang, where it felt like he was mostly phoning the whole thing in.
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I GLORIFY SPOTIFY

Spotify allows me to create playlists of those songs and artists I enjoy. Furthermore folks, it even creates playlists on my behalf based on the searches I have made and my own created lists.
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I don´t play his stuff on my playlists,… NO CHANCE

Ed Ames also recorded "Timeless Love", by Buffy Sainte-Marie, (left) which impresses my hubby because she also wrote Soldier Blue, one of his own favourite songs
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Sidetracks And Detours present PASS IT ON 33 weekly walkabout 31st  December 2023

SIDETRACKS AND DETOURS would like to thank all our readers for your support and interest in our not-for-profit blog. It is always good to hear from you, letting us know what you like about the magazine and to receive the congratulations from those of you who commented on our achieving our thousandth edition not long ago.
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WHEN HAYLEY CAME A CROPPER

When researching a story biography for a forthcoming subject on these pages I was, for reasons that will subsequently become obvious, reminded me of the fictional Coronation Street character of Hayley Cropper.
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ACTING FOR COMMUNAL GOOD

Her most famous role to date has been as Hayley Cropper in the ITV soap Coronation Street after first appearing open the cobbles in 1998.