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Berlin music
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1 week ago

Meet the BLCK Madonna: Jazz singer Ana Hoffman redefining reverence and Black womanhood | amNewYork

Ana Hoffman adopted the moniker The BLCK Madonna to reclaim the Italian term's original meaning of reverence toward dignified women, while discovering over 300 historical Black Madonnas in European churches.
NYC music
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Neil Sedaka obituary

Neil Sedaka composed over 1,000 songs across seven decades, establishing himself as both a prolific songwriter and successful recording artist with multiple hits including Breaking Up Is Hard to Do and Bad Blood.
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6 months ago

Cabaret's Marisha Wallace: 'I was told I was too Black to lead a show'

"I feel like my life is a musical," says an ebullient Wallace today on a rare day off, calling from New York. She's back on Broadway, starring alongside her friend Billy Porter in, for the first time since playing an egg in Something Rotten! in 2015. "I mean, when I tell people I grew up on a hog farm, that's like the beginning of a musical, right?" Another explosive laugh.
Music
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8 months ago

I've been incredibly lucky. I have heavy imposter syndrome': Djo on viral fame, bad reviews, and life after Stranger Things

It was a crazy situation this song that I wrote was being linked to the head of the Catholic church! Joe Keery sounds incredulous.
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