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TOM WAITS LIKE A SONG-NOIR AMONG THE BOOKS

: from his soft, folk-inflected debut, Closing Time in 1973, to the abrasive, surreal Swordfishtrombones in 1983.
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The first host of I Love Manchester Annual Awards

I Love MCR is a platform that has championed the extraordinary people and organisations within our fair city for over a decade, and has built up enough reputation and credibility to create a meaningful ceremon
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CHECK OUT CHICHESTER

Amazingly dates for next year´s 2024 festival have just been already announced and Festival Of Chichester aspires to the stars, and will be will once again proudly present  both local and international performers of the highest calibre
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OXFORD CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2023

Each festival and celebration of chamber music has its own unique dynamic and I think OCMF’s emanates just as much from the musicians as the atmosphere of Oxford’s extraordinary surroundings and rich historic context.
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RIDING ON A PONY ON A BOAT

Lines like God might forgive you but I won´t or ther spectacular ´riding on my pony on my boat´ that came early in Lovett´s career and Mary Chapin Carpenter´s ´fantasy league´pairing of Dwight Yoaken and Lovett promised to place Lyle in the category of a writer´s writer and I expected his albums to slot on to my shelves somewhere between Kristofferson and Newbury,

THE MAYFAIR THEATRE, LONDON

The MayFair Theatre itself was converted into a Cinema when the Hotel was renovated in 2005 and its main use today is for private screenings, conferences, and product launches etc.
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A NIGHT AT THE THEATRE

Ailey said that one of America’s richest treasures was the African-American cultural heritage—“sometimes sorrowful, sometimes jubilant, but always hopeful.”
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EH UP VERA, THE WIFE´S BACK

They are all over Lanzarote: When we first came to live here, five years ago now, they somehow seemed to be telling us not to come too close, as they stood in spiky clusters by the roadside. These long, four-metre stalks tilt at a 45 degree angle on hillsides; in their sparse little clusters they are the closest the island gets to a forest.
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THE WEEKEND WALKABOUT: Pass It On (volume 4)

come walk with us,... from ireland to Lanzarote, to Reading and North to Hot (Manchester) Biscuits to rapping, brainstorming . Join with folk on the move.