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BE BRAVE AND FOLLOW YOUR ART

BE BRAVE AND FOLLOW YOUR  ART by Norman Warwick Silke Eberhard ´What a beautiful and inspiring idea,´ Silke Eberhard enthused, in response to an invitation to submit news for their fans to the print media and on line platform…
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FROM LOCKDOWN TO CLOSED FOR REFURBISHMENT

FROM LOCKDOWN TO CLOSED FOR REFURBISHMENT By Norman Warwick Graham Marshall, an occasional contributor to these pages, (see left) and Dr. Joe Dawson were pretty much the leading proclaimers in the Borough for classical music, each…
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CATS, CANARIES, MUGWUMPS & DYLAN

CATS, CANARIES, MUGWUMPS & DYLAN et al By Norman Warwick That title of The Lovin´ Spoonful hit, Nashville Cats, was a reference to the studio session musicians in Nashville who laid down guitar sounds with such precision across…
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INTERNATIONAL INOVATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS

ORQUESTA FILARMONICA DE CAMARA DE MINSK Annual Festival Internacional De Musica De Canarias, Teatro Victor Fernadez Gupar ´El Salinero´         Arrecife By Norman Warwick with help from Iain & Margaret Having already…
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MUSIC & MASTERCHEF & VIXEN OF VERSE

MUSIC & MASTERCHEF & VIXEN OF VERSE By Norman Warwick She was a member of a creative writing group I facilitated in the UK and was an over the top performance poet, unafraid of dressing up if costume was essential to the show.…
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DANCE WITH ME

DANCE WITH ME down Sidetracks & Detours An invitation from Norman Warwick It was one of Rochdale´s revenue funded arts organisations, part funded by the local council and also by any matched funding it could achieve from its own…

STOMPING AND SKIP JIVING SOON TO RETURN?

STOMPING AND SKIP JIVING SOON TO RETURN? Norman Warwick reads Alan Lawless to remind him of live jazz Alan Lawless once reminded readers of all across the arts in the UK that Rochdale Jazz Club on Dixon Street, (check http://jazznorthwest.co.uk/rochdale.htm?i=1)…
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A SONG AND DANCE ABOUT MENTORING

A SONG AND DANCE ABOUT MENTORING By Norman Warwick English Folk Expo’s Artist Mentoring Programme 2020/2021 Open now for new applications Deadline: 5pm Sunday 21st June Applications are now open for the third edition of the…
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CORONAVIRUS SIDE EFFECTS AT SxSW

CORONAVIRUS SIDE EFFECTS AT SxSW By Norman Warwick On Wednesday, June 10, a number of famous faces will join together for ‘A Night For Austin,’ a two-hour live-stream raising money for those in the Texas capital struggling in the…
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SHE WASN´T BAD FOR A GIRL by Helena J Summerfield

SHE WASN´T BAD FOR A GIRL Jazz Camp for Girls By Helena J Summerfield. As a young, female saxophonist I lost count of the number of times that I was told whenever I played that ´you’re good for a girl´ or ´you don’t sound like…