KATHY´S SONG for a girl I never knew
One of those songs I loved on the radio was Kathy´s Song by Paul Simon with a beautiful little guitar riff behind lyrics of his yearning for a girl who lived in a different country,
Sidetracks And Detours present PASS IT ON 45 Sunday supplement 24th March 2024
Thanks for turning to us in your search for arts- related news, previews, profiles, interviews and reviews. Today we look at how artists seek the right art space in which to create, We preview an Easter Production of Jungle Book taking place close to such an art space in the UK. We also bing live jazz lkistings and news of Jazz on Air.
BOOKS ABOUT TEXAN SONG-WRITERS
he on-line site and newsletter, Texas Monthly, however, reminds us that many Texan songwriters are subjected to the same scrutiny as Townes, each of them, perhaps for different reasons
TOWNES VAN ZANDT Live At The Old Quarter
t’s difficult not to think of Townes Van Zandt as a tragic figure.
TOWNES VAN ZANDT: man, myth and memories
I have a vivid personal memory of an occasion when I was working as a freelance journalist alongside the independent and excellent Stampede Promotions, a small two man operation that pledged the best-but-overlooked American singer-writers to the UK on small tours of some perhaps unlikely places.
THESE I LOVE at the Octagon, Bolton 2024
Returning to her Lancashire roots, These I Love, is a beautiful journey of discovery - a hymn to Julie’s own working-class childhood in Accrington, to her wonderful dad, and to the healing power of daftness.
FROM STILL LIFE TO BRIEF ENCOUNTER
Coward later said of the play, "Still Life was the most mature play of the whole series.
BRIEF ENCOUNTER
Congratulations to The Royal Exchange for putting on a great production of Brief Encounter
LANZAROTE BOOK FAIR 2024 & LANCASTRIANS
Following last year´s successful event, the second edition of the "Lanzarote Book Fair" will be held between May 2 and 5 in the streets of La Villa Teguise. This year the Lanzarote Book Fair 2024 will take place in the old capital as the Book Fair is to be dedicated to the figure of Ángel Guerra in memory of his 150th anniversary of his birth in Teguise.
OUT OF LINE
a misunderstanding over a lift to a venue led to a dramatic breakdown in relations and the involvement of police