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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…