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SIMPLE MOTION

You pretty much know what you are going to get with an Eric Brace album – lovely melodies, splendid playing, insightful lyrics, great production, and in the case of his duo/trio records, wonderful harmonies. It is all there on this wonderful album
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PLAYERS PICK THREE COMPOSERS

It felt strange to be sitting in a Lanzarote theatre waiting to welcome Britsh musicians to the stage. This was not a full size St. Martin In The Fields, but was of eight representatives who played beautifully
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INTO SOMETHING GOOD

There turned out to be a good number of artist who crept on to our playlists in 2023 simply because, to use another favourite phrase in the lexicon of Sidetracks And Detours, their names fell out in conversation.
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WHERE THE DEVIL DON´T STAY

 Where the Devil Don’t Stay is more than the story of a great American band; it’s a reflection on the power of music and how it can frame and shape a larger culture
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BEST OF BORN AGAIN BOB

The general consensus about what transpired is that Dylan, while wallowing in a bit of a swale in both his personal and professional life, had some sort of revelation that made him go all-in with Christianity. This meant that his music would reflect that. Many fans were dumbfounded at the time, and to this day there are Dylan diehards who don’t know quite what to make of it.
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3 PLAYERS SHARE ´MAN OF THE MATCH´

The music was perfectly layered so that even when being played at the same time the sounds of each instrument was clearly defined. Often, whenever any one of the instruments led the way the others would wander off on journeys of discovery without ever getting lost. It was all seamless and beautiful and sounded to be both ancient and modern as one !
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MEET THE GUY ON DOUBLE BASS

Fairly typically, a jazz club is a place where people will dine and drink and take in the music and the vibe.
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AN UPRIGHT CITIZEN OF THE ORCHESTRA

I have always been thrilled by the work of players like Joe B Mauldin, and now, in a slightly different way I will always be thrilled by a new name to me, with the sense of fun whilst still retaining a reverence for the music and his instrument, as held by Mauildin..  So tomorrow Sidetracks and Detours will introduce readers to a great double bass player who has recently joined with an excellent exponent on the timple, and a world class guitarist, both well´loved around the Spanish peninsular and its islands, to record a wonderful new album. Check out tomorrow to find his identity here at Sidetracks And Detours.
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DUO CASSADO

The Cassadó Duo, formed by the cellist Damian Martínez and the pianist Marta Moll, presented a performance entitled ‘Hechizo y duende’, in tribute to Federico García Lorca, on the 125th anniversary of the birth of the poet and playwright.
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MESSING WITH PERFECTION

 “I’m reluctant to do things in a conventional way,” confesses singer Gregory Porter (left) and suggests suggested; “that may be why I gravitated to jazz in the first place.”