THE (MUSICAL) GENERATION GAME:
In 2004 the country legend, Loretta Lynn, paired up with Jack White (formerly of The White Stripes 9 top produce a joyful, inspiring album entitled Van Lear Rose.
FIVE POINT FIX:
The employment and unemployment of the arts is naturally disturbed by economics and governmental attitudes. I don´t for one minute the Conservatives disdain the arts and nor do I believe that Labour, even now, are fully aware of the benefits the arts cane off to population.
JIVE TALK FROM JAZZ JUNCTION
All music lovers should have a read of La Rocola Del Bar Rumba, Larry´s account of his previous life working in the recording industry in Germany and in England. He worked at a level that saw him become a key member of A & M records
ON THE PATH OF JONI MITCHELL
Powers meets the challenge that Mitchell issues at the end of her “California,” “Will you take me as I am? Will you?” She says, “I hope that I’ve transgressed—that’s what a self-made original like Mitchell would have wanted.” Powers does the dance, she twirls Mitchell in her very own loops within loops.
MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS:
Noel and Liam Gallagher, two of rock music’s most polarizing figures, unknowingly changed the course of British rock forever in the mid-1990s. The brothers and bandmates were catapulted into the mainstream following the surprise success of their albums Definitely Maybe and What’s the Story Morning Glory?
THE NIAMOS CENTRE
Sidetracks And Detours learned about these ambitions for the venue when this his article was first published on 20 June 2024 by the always uplifting and informative I love Manchester Newsletter. You can subscribe the newsletter to benefit from updates on this project from time to time.
RUMOURS OF ACOUSTIC GUITAR REVIVAL
The festival’s most memorable moment came at the end of Molly Tuttle’s set when she introduced the title track from her 2022 breakthrough album, The Crooked Tree, by telling a long story about the costs and benefits of being different from the rest of society
JAZZ JUMPS ON TO A BIGGER BOOKSHELF
Not many memoirs are generational events. This is
DOWN AT JAZZ JUNCTION
A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK | A Most Anticipated Book from Today, Real Simple, Time, Los Angeles Times, and BookPage
“The book we all need to revive our souls” (Nicole Dennis-Benn): A sweeping family saga about the complicated bond between mothers and daughters, the disappearance of a father, and the long-hidden history of a declining New England mill town.
“A powerful novel about how our family history shapes us. Swift River broke my heart, and then offered me hope.” —Ann Napolitano, New York Times bestselling author of Hello Beautiful
It’s the summer of 1987 in Swift River, and Diamond Newberry is learning how to drive. Ever since her Pop disappeared seven years ago, she and her mother hitchhike everywhere they go. But that’s not the only reason Diamond stands out: she’s teased relentlessly about her weight, and since Pop’s been gone, she is the only Black person in all of Swift River. This summer, Ma is determined to declare Pop legally dead so that they can collect his life insurance money, get their house back from the bank, and finally move on.
But when Diamond receives a letter from a relative she’s never met, key elements of Pop’s life are uncovered, and she is introduced to two generations of African American Newberry women, whose lives span the 20th century and reveal a much larger picture of prejudice and abandonment, of love and devotion. As pieces of their shared past become clearer, Diamond gains a sense of her place in the world and in her family. But how will what she’s learned of the past change her future?
A story of first friendships, family secrets, and finding the courage to let go, Swift River is a sensational debut about how history shapes us and heralds the arrival of a major new literary talent.
2010 MUSIC BY NORTH-WEST COMPOSERS
This was the first time that Rochdale’s ancient Parish Church of St. Chad had been used as a venue for an RMS concert.