HAPPY NEW YEAR, NEW MUSIC, NEW FRIENDS

Even when they lost some of the greatest among them, like Kenny Rogers, John Prine, and Charley Pride, (commemorations by Sidetracks & Detours remain available in our archives) country musicians found the strength to stay engaged with fans (if only through live streams and zooms etc), fight for much-needed social change and share some truly stellar records in the process.

A TENOR FOR THE TURN OF 2020

This concert had given hope that 2021, post-vaccines, and with tourists returning might prove a better year for the arts than has been this one so we wish all our arts-loving readers a happy, hopeful and healthy New Year.
,

LEARNING GUITAR ON MOTHER´S UKELELE

if you knew three chords, you could play a lot of the songs you heard on the radio. And if you knew four chords, you could pretty much rule the world !´
,

CAPITAL P,… FOR PRIDE, CHARLEY

lovely voice and obvious ear for a great song always ensured that he was always great value
There are plenty of You Tube clips and such of the wonderfully poignant, evocative and ´distant´ little track that is Border Radio,
, ,

EVERYBODY LOOK WHAT´S GOING DOWN and what´s going on

He addressed issues not only in his lyrics but also in the jazzy, expansive music that provided plenty of room for reflection.
,

GOODBYE TO A GYPSY SONGMAN

He wrote one of the most enduring songs of the nineteen sixties in “Mr. Bojangles,”
, ,

PRESENT INFORMATION UNDER WRAPS

recommendations were uttered covering many genres (rock, K-pop, country, punk, hip-hop and more) and in several formats (from memoirs and biographies to cultural essays and songwriter guides).
, , , ,

ART BEAT CLIMBING BACK TO NORMAL?

As ´new´ residents on Lanzarote, having retired here from the UK five years ago, we have seen just as clearly, and have been saddened just as severely as the indigenous friends we have made here by the devastation and continuing setbacks that covid19 has caused.
,

´MUSICAL SIDETRACKS & DETOURS´ 2020

our passion for music had us compiling some ´virtual´ sets of our own, so that however we categorised our music there would be a perfect boxed set to play through on any given day.