Rockin divas Smith s early interest in jazz and blues was influenced by singers such as Bessie Smith, Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington. I was the kind of teenager who was always looking for the most alternative thing to do, she said. I ve also always loved things from the past old music, old […]
The tweens have their fame-and-fortune fantasy in “Hannah Montana,” the Disney Channel series about a girl who balances pop superstardom with a normal high school life. The men have theirs in “Entourage,” HBO’s parfait about a charmed movie star who treats Los Angeles as his playground. Now, for teenage girls, comes “Kaya,” MTV’s new […]
Comparing Tosh, who was shot dead on Friday, September 11, 1987 by three gunmen who invaded his Plymouth Avenue home in Barbican, St Andrew, with 18th century German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Gordon began by looking at four aspects of Tosh’s colourful personality that are embedded in his music. “You have to understand […]
This well-structured book is the latest contribution to the growing volumes on Kathakali. The authors, who are incidentally brothers, seek to examine and evaluate this artistic tradition in the backdrop of India s enviable heritage. The work studies how the grammar books ranging from Bharathamuni s Natya Sastra to the Balaramabharatham of Karthika Thirunal […]
If you think the members of the Ahn Trio look alike, it s because Maria, Lucia and Angella Ahn are sisters (two are twins). Their concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Lied Center in Lawrence includes music by Nikolai Kapustin and ultimate classical hipster Kenji Bunch. Tickets cost $25 and $32, with discounts […]
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It s a girl for Nolte and his longtime companion It s a baby girl for Nick Nolte and his longtime partner, Clytie Lane. The baby, who hasn t been named yet, was born Oct. 3 in Los Angeles. She weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces, the actor s spokesman, Paul Bloch, said Tuesday in […]
Asked about the impact of General Pervez Musharraf s rule in Pakistan, Tahira says: I would say it has been a very good period for those in the creative area. No elected government has given such freedom to television, radio and creative arts. There is a sense of unrestrained creativity in the country and […]
Question: How did this gig with the WNC Jazz Society come about? Answer: Well, whatever I am in “contemporary blues,” I am one of the people who is carrying on what Muddy called “old-school” Chicago Blues, one of the very few that learned it directly from him. It may only be a matter of […]
Media Credit: roseannecash.com Roseanne Cash, daughter of Johny Cash, sings about her father’s influence and death. This Saturday the Fine Arts Center hosted Grammy-award winning artist Rosanne Cash. The concert, entitled “Black Cadillac,” took place in the FAC concert hall in front of a packed house full of artistic 40-year-olds and enthusiastic country music […]