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This album is made from the heart and is a truly beautiful recording
Mature Times reviews A Love So Beautiful by Roy Orbison with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra For many, Roy Orbison is a true icon of modern popular music. His unique, wonderful voice, not to mention...
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Classic sounds
Mature Times reviews The Beach Boys with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Don Reedman and Nick Patrick, the team behind the hugely successful A Love So Beautiful: Roy Orbison with The Royal...
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The joys and anti-ageing benefits of playing in a ukulele group
Eileen Caiger Gray Interviews members of The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Expert pluckers and average plonkers alike agree there’s endless fun to be had playing the ukulele. And it turns out...
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Breathtaking commitment and energy brings a scintillating wow factor that...
Eileen Caiger Gray reviews Tribe by Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers at Doncaster Cast (November 4th 2018) Few things thrill and exhilarate more than the irresistible, body-shuddering crescendo of thundering...
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Springsteen is still The Boss, but his directorial debut is less persuasive...
Joyce Glasser reviews Western Stars (October 28, 2019), Cert. PG, 82 min. Bruce Springsteen’s first studio album in five years is probably good enough for him to remain The Boss, despite this...
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LENNON: A WEEK IN THE LIFE
Mention the names of Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais and Porridge and The Likely Lads spring instantly to mind, these being the classic comedies for which the writers are best known and most widely...
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And The Music Keeps On Flowing
Times are tough for young and old alike right now, especially for musicians and entertainers, both professional and amateur. Yet somehow, even through this prolonged era of lockdowns, the...
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TIM HORTON AT THE PIANO – DONCASTER CAST – Dec 3rd 2022
Sit Tim Horton at a topless Steinway, then sandwich exciting bursts of controversial Stockhausen between the fascinating bipolar lurches of Schumann’s Kreisleriana and the evergreen, rippling melodic...
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STEELEYE SPAN – CAST, DONCASTER – Nov 8th 2023
When instruments first were plugged into sockets through the 1960s and 70s to combine elements of electrifying rock with traditional, acoustic British folk music, certain groups became big, big,...
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BRIDGE ENSEMBLE – CAST, DONCASTER – APRIL 20th 2024
Swaying freely with the music, the five talented wind-players of Bridge Ensemble, dressed in as-you-please casual, dance on their feet as they deliver an exciting programme, full of varieties of...
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