ASTLEY'S young brass players collected a silver haul at the Ramsbottom Music Festival. One trophy was kept in the family when Astley Youth Band's 11-years-old bass trombonist Simon Minshall and ...

DUETISTS Tom Berry and Simon Minshall scored a golden double for the Astley Youth Band at the Ramsbottom Festival. Tom on trombone helped Simon on bass trombone keep The Minshall Family Trophy in the ...

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Traditional / popular music is full of beautiful simple songs that are familiar to listen to. They offer us a "postcard" of the part of the world they come from, they make us imagine landscapes, ...