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…
PROMS ADAPT TO PANDEMIC
PROMS ADAPT TO PANDEMIC
By Norman Warwick
Mark Savage
Mark Savage, BBC music reporter, recently posted an article on line at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/384LXFP6B13d4q2GnLx8HGy/unveiling-the-2020-bbc-proms
detailing…
JAZZ DOWN BY THE SEA
ORQUESTA DE JAZZ DEL ATLANTICO
a concert by the sea
By Norman Warwick
I used to find that tracks in this genre were, to me, indistinguishable from one another but that is not to deny the passion or the expertise of these players, nor…
KIKE PERDOMO WAS HER KIND OF JAZZ
KIKE PERDOMO WAS HER KIND OF JAZZ
By Norman Warwick
A few minutes later we were sitting outside The Italica restaurant (left) on the front at Matagorda, looking at crashing white breakers and rolling waves of a dozen different hues…
THE SOUL OF PÒRTEGUESE FADO ON LANZAROTE
THE SOUL OF PÒRTEGUESE FADO ON LANZAROTE
By Norman Warwick
Fado music, typically, seeks to reconcile the harsh realities of daily life with an unfailing optimism that things can be improved upon. The lyrics speak of permanent loss and…
IN MY TROUBLED DAYS: Barb Jungr
IN MY TROUBLED DAYS: Barb Jungr
By Norman Warwick
'Thank you for your lovely email.´ Barb replied to all across the arts chief officer Steve Cooke, who had used his page in The Rochdale Observer and his aata blog to ask artists…
NEW SOUND AND VISION AT CINEMA
NEW SOUND AND VISION AT CINEMA
by Norman Warwick
I had been persuaded, sometime in the mid-sixties, by my academically and culturally more-advanced girl friend of the time that there was a one-night showing of a film that she said…
OLD BOB A NEW DYLAN FOR THESE TIMES
OLD BOB A NEW DYLAN FOR THESE TIMES
By Norman Warwick
The Times They Are a-Changin' was Dylan´s third studio album released by Columbia Records on January 13, 1964. It was his first album to feature only original compositions, made…