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HOUSE OF MUSIC

Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason is a former lecturer at Birmingham University and the mother of seven children. The third eldest, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, was BBC Young Musician 2016 and performed at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The siblings have performed at the 2018 BAFTA ceremony, Britain’s Got Talent, The Royal Variety Performance and at major concert halls around the world. 
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JIVE TALK FROM JAZZ JUNCTION

All music lovers should have a read of La Rocola Del Bar Rumba, Larry´s account of his previous life working in the recording industry in Germany and in England. He worked at a level that saw him become a key member of A & M records
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ON THE PATH OF JONI MITCHELL

Powers meets the challenge that Mitchell issues at the end of her “California,” “Will you take me as I am? Will you?” She says, “I hope that I’ve transgressed—that’s what a self-made original like Mitchell would have wanted.” Powers does the dance, she twirls Mitchell in her very own loops within loops. 
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New Jazz at JAZZ JUNCTION

Donny McCaslin continues his journey of musical exploration and innovations, the foundations of which he laid down with 2023’s I Want More, with his latest single, "KID."
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sidetracks & detours present PASS IT ON 60 weekend supplement Sunday 7 7 2024

Hello, and welcome to another bursting at the covers edition  of PASS IT ON 60, our weeklySundaySupplement of all  the stories, listing and news article we couldn´t squeeze into our daily posts to Sidetracks and Detorus last week. Today´s collection therefore includes a piece by our Festival following correspondent and stories of festivals, gigs and recordings as reported by the I Love Manchester newsletter. Jim Wade and Trevor bannister from jazz In Reading between them preview and review the jazz scene in that part of the UK, and Steve Bewick delivers his weekly recipe for Hot Biscuits, as served his mixcloud jazz programme. Graham marshall reports form The Rochdale Music Society  and Peter Pearson proudly proclaims Ï was There´as he reports a fondly remembered Edale Blugrass Festival. Norman Warwick closes procedings with a further Island Insight, as he introduces a very popular singer and live performer on Lanzarote.
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MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS:

Noel and Liam Gallagher, two of rock music’s most polarizing figures, unknowingly changed the course of British rock forever in the mid-1990s. The brothers and bandmates were catapulted into the mainstream following the surprise success of their albums Definitely Maybe and What’s the Story Morning Glory?
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definitely? maybe ! certainly !!

Definitely Maybe has rightly so, received widespread critical acclaim and played a key role in revitalising British pop and rock music in the 1990s.
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FOLK ROCKS?

Much as I dislike categorisation for marketing purposes I no know that when I am trying to describe a certain band or music to new audiences I have a responsibility to give them clues as to where we are heading.
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THE NIAMOS CENTRE

Sidetracks And Detours  learned about these ambitions for the venue when this his article was first published on 20 June 2024 by the always uplifting and informative I love Manchester Newsletter. You can subscribe the newsletter to benefit from  updates on this project from time to time.