
we are the music makers: MARGO PRICE KNOWS HER WORTH
MARGO PRICE KNOWS HER WORTH
By Norman Warwick
Now four years in the music spotlight, Margo Price (left) is not sure how to summarise the whole experience. ´I´ve been frustrated,´ Margo admits, speaking to Esquire magazine, via…

JULIAN BREAM WAS THE SOUND OF MY SCHOOL DAYS.
JULIAN BREAM WAS THE SOUND OF MY SCHOOL DAYS.
By Norman Warwick
Today´s cover photograph above, by Rahav Segev for The New York Times, shows legendary guitarist Julian Bream performing at Alice Tully Hall in New York in 1997. He made…

A DIFFERENT REALITY THESE DAYS
new album and live concert from Antonio Lizana
A DIFFERENT REALITY THESE DAYS
by Norman Warwick
Antonio Lizanaphotograph by Ana Solins
Even more interesting than all the rest of his accomplishments, at least to us here at the Sidetracks…

NOCHE LIRICA CON GALDOS
NOCHE LIRICA CON GALDOS
Judith Pezoa (Soprano) & Gonzales Manzanares (piano)
Casa Ajei, San Bartolome
By Norman Warwick
We were met by Civil Protection officers who politely welcomed us at the front entrance. They asked us to…

MUSIC FOR THE SUNSHINE DAYS
MUSIC FOR THE SUNSHINE DAYS
a virtual radio selection for summer
by Steve Bewick & Norman Warwick
No sooner had I first published this article below than one of our regular contributors, Graham Marshall pressed our info@ button…

We Are The Music Makers; John Ellis considers EVOLUTION AFTER LOCKDOWN
EVOLUTION AFTER LOCKDOWN
Steve Bewick talks to John Ellis as Norm listens in
john Ellis
Several years ago, Steve Bewick, my co-radio presenter and I interviewed musician and record producer John Ellis, who was a name I…

KIRSTY CROSSES MUSICAL BRIDGES
KIRSTY CROSSES MUSICAL BRIDGES
By Norman Warwick
Kirsty Almedia, and her band The Troubadours, played a selection of Winter Songs one evening, a few years ago, that warmed the hearts of a large audience that had turned out on the…

BURLY CHASSIS BREAKS A SHOE
BURLY CHASSIS BREAKS A SHOE
By Norman Warwick
According to https://www.facebook.com/MetroUK/ Dame Shirley Bassey is releasing her first new album in more than five years, to celebrate her 70-year career in showbiz. The album is being…

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,…
