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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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)…
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…
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…
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…