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We are the music makers: BILL MORRISSEY, a novel in three verses and a chorus

BILL MORRISSEY, a novel in three verses and a chorus By Norman Warwick Bill Morrissey: photograph by Hervé Oudet Unless you have bought any of his dozen or so albums you probably won´t have heard of Bill Morrissey. I thought for…

BEWARE A GEEK BEARING GIFTS

BEWARE A GEEK BEARING GIFTS By Norman Warwick Pete Benbow Over the last four decades or so I collected about fifty albums by two particular singer-writers, John Stewart and Townes Van Zandt. It has all been the fault  of Pete Benbow,…
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NEVER A GEEK

NEVER A GEEK By Norman Warwick It all started, I guess when I was eight years old and my godparent, ´Auntie´ Jennifer, who lived over the mountains from us in Sheffield sent me a book as a birthday present. I could tell by the shape…
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WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SPEAK OF DYLAN: part 5 conclusion of Sidetracks & Detours Dylan week

WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SPEAK OF DYLAN by Norman Warwick What people mean when they speak of Dylan can be as difficult to decipher as are his own lyrics. Usually what is said about him, or even to him, is agendised: Questions are cleverly…
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VISIONS OF SIN: part 4 of Sidetracks & Detours Dylan week

VISIONS OF SIN: By Norman Warwick I had emigrated to take up residency here on Lanzarote only a month earlier when I watched in horror the on-line news footage that showed that I had lost the thousands of books and cds I had left in the…

TANGLED UP IN THE BLUES part 3 Sidetracks & Detours Dylan week

TANGLED UP IN THE BLUES part 3 Sidetracks & Detours´ Dylan week By Norman Warwick with Steve Bewick This episode of the Sidetracks & Detours Dylan serial leads us Beyond The Blues, offering us a glimpse of Robert Johnson,…
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INVESTIGATING MURDER MOST FOUL: Part 2 Sidetracks &; Detours Dylan week with Steve Bewick &; Norman Warwick

INVESTIGATING MURDER MOST FOUL Norman Warwick & Steve Bewick examine the epic Dylan track It might seem surprising that the names of so many jazz artists have been brought in for questioning about a Murder Most Foul, the song in…

DEALING WITH THE DEVIL Part 1 Sidetracks & Detours Dylan week

DEALING WITH THE DEVIL By Norman Warwick It is perhaps surprising that a phrase that so succinctly captures the emotions of the blues should have been coined not by some old bluesman but instead by an under-rated young folk singer-writer. …
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THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS

THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS By Norman Warwick Because of a recent hack-attack, we have a new e mail contact address of normanwarwick55@gmail.com where you can now contact us with any comments or enquiries or to submit for consideration…

BEETHOVEN: A LIFE IN NINE PIECES: excellent new biography

BEETHOVEN: A LIFE IN NINE PIECES A biography by Laura Tunbridge News by Norman Warwick Beethoven – A Life in Nine Pieces is a cleverly titled new book that builds the life of the composer and musician from nine works. This sets…