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more murder on the dancefloor for SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR

But the way that “Murder on the Dancefloor” has delighted people is, I think, a mark of what great pop music can do
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LIVE MUSIC IN LANZAROTE

There were so many musicians and instruments in the group that the jazz world would have called them a Big Band. Like Acatife, reviewed in recent issues of Sidetracks and Detours and PASS IT ON they had perfect control of their diminuendo and crescendo with both voice and instrument.

ACATIFE: immortalising the folk-lore

The popular music group Acatife was founded in Villa de Teguise, Lanzarote, in 1983 with the aim of deepening the knowledge and dissemination of the island's folklore and contributing to its development, with its own contributions.
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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 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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THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN

The Jesus and Mary Chain are set to return with a new album in 2024
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HELLO DOLLY: THE ROCKSTAR.

For the project, Dolly Parton enlisted a number of the world’s most celebrated rock stars to perform new versions of their greatest hits. The result is a staggering tracklist that looks like it just stepped off the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Parton shines alongside Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the last two surviving members of The Beatles, on a nostalgic rendition of their hit “Let It Be” that also features Peter Frampton and Mick Fleetwood. Her voice is a perfect match for The Police’s “Every Breath You Take,” with backing vocals provided by the band’s frontman and bassist, Sting, and meshes beautifully with Elton John on his soaring ballad “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down on Me.”
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BEAUTIFUL BASSOON DANCES ON STRINGS

In 2008 Miguel joined the Gustav Mahler Jugend Orchestra, in which he enjoyed working with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Sir Colins Davis, etc in a large number of auditoriums and various halls at European level such as Musikverein (Vienna ), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Royal Albert Hall, (London), National Music Auditorium (Madrid), among others.