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www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
NYC music

Halle Bailey, la estrella de La sirenita', se identifica con su Ariel interior

Olas de emocion inundan a Halle Bailey.En marzo, cuando una nina pequena la abrazo en Disney World, Bailey, que tiene el papel protagonista de Ariel en la adaptacion con actores reales de La sirenita, se esforzo mucho para mantener la compostura.Pero cuando una caja de munecas de sirenitas decoradas con lentejuelas, cabello castano rojizo y piel canela llego a su puerta, no pudo contener la emocion.
SFGATE
1 year ago
SF real estate

Hollywood Director Lee Daniels Poised To Sell His Chic Beverly Hills Compound

Realtor.com / Bennett Raglin via Getty Images Lee Daniels, the Academy Award-nominated writer, director, and producer, has finally found a buyer for his metal-clad compound in Beverly Hills, CA.
Daniels, who is responsible for many film and television hits, bought his Los Angeles pied-a-terre for $4.9 million in 2018.
Slate Magazine
1 year ago
Music

The Best Jazz Albums of 2022

Slate has relationships with various online retailers.If you buy something through our links, Slate may earn an affiliate commission.We update links when possible, but note that deals can expire and all prices are subject to change.All prices were up to date at the time of publication.In every era, amid whatever trash and tragedy that life throws our way, music has the "charms to soothe the savage breast," as William Congreve put it, though he (less famously) added that it can also "soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak."
Consequence
1 year ago
Music

5 Things to Know About Samara Joy, Best New Artist Nominee at 2023 Grammys

When the 2023 Grammys take place, all eyes will be on the Best New Artist category, which, as always, operates with a loose definition of "new."However, nominee Samara Joy - whose 2022 album Linger Awhile is also in the running for Best Jazz Vocal Album - is a true breakout artist.At 23 years old, Joy is one of the youngest musicians among the nominees, and her career is just beginning to blossom.
Ars Technica
1 year ago
OMG science

Calling all space nerds: New documentary Good Night Oppy will give you all the feels

For over 14 years, space nerds and the general public alike were riveted by the parallel journeys of Spirit and Opportunity, twin intrepid Mars rovers who launched and landed on the red planet three weeks apart and surpassed their original 90-day missions by many years.We watched from Earth as they explored the Martian surface and dutifully collected samples before finally giving up the ghost in 2010 and 2018, respectively.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Mable John, Motown and Stax blues singer who backed Ray Charles, dies

One of the first women signed by Motown.Part of the stable of early-day artists at legendary Stax Records.A longtime backup singer for Ray Charles.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

The 10 Essential Releases You'll Want to Snap Up During This Saturday's Record Store Day!

Record Store Day (aka RSD) returns on Saturday, April 23, and, as per tradition, enough titles of quality and distinction will hit the bins to nullify the chronic complaints about this retail booster shot (non-essential major-label reissues clog the pressing plants, egregiously delaying indie-label jobs; obnoxious flippers scoop the most coveted releases without even listening to them only to sell them at over-inflated prices; gimmicky vinyl picture discs ahoy!
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 year ago
Washington DC

A New Book Explores Maryland's Quirks

Starting in 2005, Eugene L. Meyer chronicled the Old Line State in "Hidden Maryland," a column for Maryland Life magazine.The ex- Washington Post writer dug up undertold stories, penning about 50 columns before the magazine closed in 2013.Now most of them have been compiled in the book Hidden Maryland.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
NYC music

Allow Natalia Lafourcade to Reintroduce Herself

Over a balky wireless connection that seemed to symbolize how fleeting human contact has become, Natalia Lafourcade smiled as she showed off her garden in Xalapa, the capital of the Mexican state of Veracruz.She had emerged from the recording studio she built there, rattling off the trees that surround her home  guayabo, higuera, mulato  as she explained the genesis of her new album, De Todas las Flores (Of All the Flowers), which bloomed in the aftermath of a romantic split.
Nytimes
1 year ago
NYC music

Review: Musicians of Color Reclaim Control in a White Space

In "Everything Rises," the violinist Jennifer Koh and the bass-baritone Davóne Tines recount their complicated relationships with classical music.
Psychology Today
1 year ago
Relationships

Single People, What Are You Waiting For?

Key points The sociology of time reminds us that waiting is linked to social power.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Music

Moor Mother: Jazz Codes review - a stunning continuum of Black music

s a poet, composer, educator, audiovisual artist, activist and playwright, Moor Mother's Camae Ayewa connects with people in any environment - be it her native Philly DIY scene, teaching in LA or her residency at Cern.
SFGATE
1 year ago
SF real estate

Jazzed-Up Home Where Billie Holiday Once Lived Available for $14M

The home where jazz legend Billie Holiday may have sung in the shower has now been transformed into a huge, modern townhouse.It's also available for $13,995,000.
Nytimes
1 year ago
NYC music

Romeo Santos and Justin Timberlake's Team-Up, and 10 More New Songs

Hear tracks by Shygirl, Ava Max, Horse Lords and others.
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the Guardian
1 year ago
Music

'Jailhouse Rock made prison seem like fun': Billy Gibbons's honest playlist

The first song I remember hearing My father was a concert pianist and conductor, so I have vivid memories of listening to Clair de Lune by Debussy on the living room Steinway as a near-constant, go-to pleasantry.
the Guardian
2 years ago
Music

'Everything Marvin Gaye does is sexy': Kathy Sledge's honest playlist

The first time I heard myself Sister Sledge never got any airplay in the US until We Are Family in 1979.
Brooklyn Magazine
2 years ago
Music

Chan Marshall on discovering new music, motherhood and getting 'jacked up on free jazz' - Brooklyn Magazine

By Brian Braiker
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the Guardian
2 years ago
Music

Grammy awards 2022: the full list of winners

Best dance/electronic recording
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