A BROADCAST FROM FRIENDS IN BERLIN
A BROADCAST FROM FRIENDS IN BERLIN
Natalija Nikolayeva (left) has been a good friend of this Sidetracks and Detours blog since we reviewed a concert of Romantic Souvenirs she played in Tias earlier this year with her musical partner,…
ARTS RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGE
ARTS RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGE
By Norman Warwick
Live performances would have been the natural culmination of the second edition of the Festival de Teatro Escolar de Lanzarote, an initiative promoted by the area of Culture of the Cabildo…
HER NAME, BEVERLEY BEIRNE, FELL OUT IN CONVERSATION
RIDICULE IS NOTHING TO BE SCARED OF
By Norman Warwick and Steve Bewick
He was simply a dandy, showing us he was handsome, but with his painted face and a ribbon in his perma-waved hair he was inviting merciless teasing. Nevertheless,…
Steve Bewick presents A VIRTUALLY REAL FESTIVAL
Steve Bewick presents A VIRTUALLY REAL FESTIVAL
Reviewed by Norman Warwick
´I´ve got so many treats in store, I´m gonna leave you beggin´ for more´ would have sounded enticing even on a poster for the Ribble Jazz And Blues Festival…
COSTELLO by Andrew Moorhouse
COSTELLO by Andrew Moorhouse
Late in 1978 a pal brought a new LP into the house for us to listen to. The cover showed a geeky looking guy in a charity shop suit and polka dot shirt behind a fancy camera on a tripod. The image says that he’s…
FREAKS, FROLICS AND FADING BLUES by Michael Higgins
FREAKS, FROLICS AND FADING BLUES
by Michael Higgins
Norman Warwick’s recent article on the University Of Leeds dialect survey (Sidetracks and Detours 30 April 2020) and his brief mention of my role (chairman) in the Edwin Waugh…
WE ARE VIRTUALLY THERE
WE ARE VIRTUALLY THERE
Before presenting his ´virtual´ Ribble Vallay Jazz And Blues programmes when the Festival was cancelled, Steve Bewick actually used these Sidetracks And Detours pages for a kind of triall run, and so he and I spent…
JAZZ OPERA OF EXTRAORDINARY VITALITY by Steve Bewick
KING KONG A GIANT OF A JAZZ OPERA
by Steve Bewick
One of the most famous movies ever made, involving a big ape being transported to New York from an obscure island, was called King Kong and carried indelible images of the havoc wrought…
In Praise Of Poets: SIMON ARMITAGE: ALBUM & AMBITION
SIMON ARMITAGE: ALBUM & AMBITION
By Norman Warwick
Simon Armitage, poet laureate
I´m sure most of us, if not by now then certainly by the end of lockdown, will have dreamed of our favourite restaurants we cannot wait to…
EVERY SATURDAY FOR YEARS UNTIL …
EVERY SATURDAY FOR YEARS UNTIL …
By Norman Warwick
Tonin Corujo Quartet in Playa Blanca
Regular players in, or with, The Tonin Corujo Quartet include Tonin Corujo, of course, as well as Carlos Perez, Manuel Becerra, Domingo Corrujo,…