Category Archives: Music

Mahler 8………..Mirga and the CBSO

Posted on January 22, 2020 by kindadukish

I have been following with interest the career of  Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla the young Lithuanian conductor since she was appointed Musical Director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) in 2016. Her appointment seemed to be very “left field” although there … Continue reading →

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Foxes and Fossils revisited (2019)……

Posted on October 23, 2019 by kindadukish

  Three years ago (in 2016) I wrote a blog about a group I had discovered on YouTube, namely Foxes and Fossils. I had come across them doing a cover of Suite Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby, Still and Nash. … Continue reading →

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Flamenco, Street Style in Seville…………………………….

Posted on November 1, 2018 by kindadukish

On my recent visit to Seville in Southern Spain I spent many happy hours wandering the streets of the city as well as those in Cadiz, Cordoba and Jerez de la Frontera. With trusty Pentax K50 camera (with 18 – … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Jazz Pianist……………………….

Posted on October 31, 2018 by kindadukish

I have been listening to jazz music for the best part of fifty odd years and have developed a love of most genres of the music from early New Orleans to the Avant Garde, although I have to confess that … Continue reading →

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First Aid Kit……..another Swedish export!

Posted on March 21, 2018 by kindadukish

There are some musicians / groups who are so distinctive that it is almost sacrosanct to try to cover their songs. Amongst this select band I would put the Swedish super group Abba, whose sound was so distinctive, not least … Continue reading →

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Liverpool, my! how its has changed…………….and for the better!

Posted on March 14, 2018 by kindadukish

Earlier this week I visited Liverpool for the first time in many years. It is all part of my plan to explore the area which I recently moved to in Cheshire. My memories of the city were very negative from … Continue reading →

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the European Union Chamber Orchestra

Posted on March 3, 2018 by kindadukish

On the 25th February 2018 I went to a concert at the Subscriptions Rooms in Stroud, Gloucestershire with our friend Liz who had managed to get tickets. It was a sold out audience because the featured soloist was Sheku Kanneh-Mason, … Continue reading →

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Booker T and Steve Cropper at the “Proms”

Posted on September 9, 2017 by kindadukish

As a regular viewer / listener to the BBC Proms concerts I took the opportunity recently to watch the recorded concert of the “Tribute to STAX Records” put on by Jools Holland and his big band. It was interesting to … Continue reading →

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Sounds of the Sixties………get rid of Tony Blackburn PLEASE!

Posted on August 5, 2017 by kindadukish

    As a child of the 60s my formative musical education was based around the emerging popular music scene of the time. As a teenager I listened to the Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, John Mayall, the Searchers, Swinging Blue Jeans … Continue reading →

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Sara Baras………..the worlds greatest dancer

Posted on June 22, 2017 by kindadukish

There are a few occasions in life when you know you have just seen, heard and experienced something rather special. My first Mahler 2, Janaceks “Jenufa”, Sam and Dave and the Stax Soul Tour, Dave Holland Group and The Hilliard … Continue reading →

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