Stories From A World of Music

Route have teamed up with Musicport to produce a book of stories collected over the festival weekend. At any festival gathering, people get together to share stories and music related experiences. This year, a team of writers will be on hand to capture and celebrate these stories that demonstrate the rich link between music and [...]

Concert for Billie 2011

Last Friday saw the fifth annual Concert for Billie, which was once again a heart-warming mix of school choirs and impromptu bands, junior jazz, professional musicians, special guests, a raffle and presentations of new musical instruments to nine competition-winning schoolchildren Amongst the special performances this year was harpist Fiona-Katie Roberts who premiered her self-composed ‘Billie’s [...]

Booktunes Interview with Amadou and Mariam

An interview with Amadou and Mariam by Erik de Loor of Booktunes prior to the launch of their book Away From the Light of Day

Bamako Bus Stop

A recounting of the famous incident in which Amadou and Mariam came into contact with their now long time manager, Marc Antopine Moreu. This extract is taken from a feature in The Sunday Times written by Mark Edwards.

Indispensable advice to deal with anything

A review of Ian Clayton’s Bringing It All Back Home by Gary McMahon

Bright Lights, Big City

Ian Clayton and Friends perform a medley of Jimmy Reed songs on the occasion of Ian’s fiftieth birthday party.