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CONCERTS AT THE CAMEL HOUSE

SLEEPING BEAUTY UNDER A MUCKHEAP Kirsty Wark How closely Lanzarote might resemble the desert island for which BBC Radio 4 castaway Sir Ernest Hall once selected his musical and literary preferences with Kirsty Walk is hard to say.…
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WORDS FROM THE WRITER: LARRY YASKIEL an exclusive interview for Sidetracks And Detour

JUKE BOX JUDGE AND JURY Diligently undertaking the depth of research our readers demand of us, I googled Larry Yaskiel before conducting our interview with him, and unearthed an extensive on-line presence, though some of those entries that…
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STREET SCENES praised by Steve Bewick

STREET SCENE by Kurt Weill: Opera North Grand Theatre, Leeds, January 18th 2020 The synopsis for the Opera North production of Street Scenes, which opened at ´The Grand Theatre,´ Leeds on Saturday 18th January 2020, of one of Kurt…

REVIEWS AND PREVIEWS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC by Graham Marshall

Graham MarshallRochdale Music Society MUSICIANS IN TRANSCIENCE On reading my latest e mail from Graham Marshall I was also reminded of not only how many classical musicians have enjoyed opportunities early in their careers through Rochdale…
MORE THAN TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS It all started for us on Friday December 6th with an event that is all-inclusive and is always elegant, cheerful and bright. The Princessa Yaiza Hotel has been inaugurating a Christmas lights display for…

CUBAN MUSIC AND DANCERS IN THE AISLES

Review of concert by SERGIO DE JESUS, Teatro de Tias, ´five bums at the bar´ interview after the concert. Since emigrating to Lanzarote four years ago we have marvelled at the art works and humanity of the late Cesar Manrique. We have…
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NEWS, PREVIEWS, INTERVIEWS AND REVIEWS

GOSPEL, PERCUSSION, CLASSICAL, CHORAL AND STARRY SKIES Latonius & The Faith Theory in Arrecife La Tempestad in Arrecife Mijail Saprychev, classical pianist at El Grifo Miguel Aguearralde, book  launch, in Arrecife The…
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CIRCUS SONGS. an aata playlist selection

Track listings Wild Billy´s Circus Song by Bruce Springsteen Man On The Flying Trapeze by Dick Powell Circus Girl by Gretchen Peters The Wall Of Death by Richard Thompson Cathy´s Clown by The Everly Brothers The Tears Of…

PERHAPS THEY´LL LISTEN NOW ?

PERHAPS THEY´LL LISTEN NOW ? the late Steve Goodman Forty years ago we were just a pair of collaborative songwriters amongst several others at our local folk clubs. Among those we hugely admired but who, like us, had careers and families…

Classical Festival, six concerts: two free

Festival Internacional de Musica de Canarias The 36th yearly edition of Festival Internacional de Musica de Canarias (FIMC) will be here on the islands of Lanzarote and La Graciosa as early as January and February to offer six of the concerts…