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Sidetracks And Detours present PASS IT ON weekly walkabout 24: Sunday 29th October 2023

The bell has already struck a sound with me, perhaps because the lyrics tell the story about my son ringing in the new year on the church bells at St Peter's Church Langtoft East Yorkshire with my father! It was snowing, we'd been in the garden building a snowman and playing with sparklers! It was such a magical night!
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WE RODE INTO NAZARETH

This book sets the record straight about The Band: who they were and how they changed modern society."  
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THE SONGS OF NANCI GRIFFITH

Perhaps her most popular recording to date, 1994's Flyer (left) featured a mix of rock and folk. She enlisted Peter Buck (R.E.M), Larry Mullen Jr. and Adam Clayton (both of U2), The Indigo Girls and others.
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TOM WAITS LIKE A SONG-NOIR AMONG THE BOOKS

: from his soft, folk-inflected debut, Closing Time in 1973, to the abrasive, surreal Swordfishtrombones in 1983.
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RIDING BACK TO  BLUEGRASS

Willie. Nelson is a legend. In the end, fans can only say “thank you” for all the artist’s music. And here’s to record No. 75, whenever it’s set to come out and whatever it may be. In the meantime, we can jam to the tunes on Bluegrass.

COUNTRY ROADS

In “All of My Memories,” Denver longed for home while out on the road. Amid a never-ending cycle of hotel rooms and long, endless highways, Denver dreams of more pastoral settings—the only place that seems fitting for the singer to be.

 DON SCHLITZ: A  DESERVED AWARD

Schlitz explained that he feels his role is to be a bridge between the crowd’s favourite artists that may not be around to sing for them anymore—to act as a placeholder for that relationship.
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Sidetracks and Detours present PASS IT ON weekly walkabout Sunday Supplement 22 Sunday 15th October 2023

The Adsubian Gallery is one of our favourite galleries even though at the moment it is an item in our bucket list,  that we have marked to visit before we die. I think it is perhaps because everything about the venue that we have learned about on-line and from their newsletters suggest they are a kindred spirit of the The Touchstones Arts and Heritage Centre, where I used to work as a facilitator with my Just Poets educational group.
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THE BELOVED VISION

In this complete, entertaining, and singularly readable account, we come to understand the entire phase in music history that has become the mainstay of the twentieth and twenty-first century concert and operatic repertoire.

FOLK  ARE  TALKING-UP  FOLK  MUSIC

October is here, and so are English Folk Expo (EFEx) to remind us that Manchester Folk Festival is just around the corner! EFE are thrilled to offer another unforgettable celebration of folk music, and can't wait to see you there.