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Jon Batiste’s ‘Beethoven Blues’ transforms classical works into unique blues and gospel renditions
By Maria Sherman, The Associated Press on October 9th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – When Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste was a kid, say, 9 or 10 years old, he moved between musical worlds – participating in local, classical piano competitions by day, then “gigging in night haunts in the heart of New Orleans.” Free from the rigidity of genre, but also a dedicated student of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Las Vegas blows a kiss goodbye – literally – to the Tropicana with a flashy casino implosion
By Rio Yamat, The Associated Press on October 9th, 2024
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Sin City blew a kiss goodbye to the Tropicana before first light Wednesday in an elaborate implosion that reduced to rubble the last true mob building on the Las Vegas Strip. The Tropicana’s hotel towers tumbled in a celebration that included a fireworks display. It was the first implosion in nearly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tales of blood and death on streets make B.C. party leaders’ debate grim listening
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on October 8th, 2024
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s three party leaders offered starkly different visions of the province and its future Tuesday in the only televised debate of what appears to be an increasingly close election campaign. The 90-minute exchange of views involving NDP Leader David Eby, B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad and Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau, hosted ... Read More »
1 responseLouisiana’s Cajun and Creole heritage will be showcased at 50th annual Festivals Acadiens et Creoles
By Chevel Johnson Rodrigue, The Associated Press on October 8th, 2024
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Louisiana’s Cajun and Creole heritage takes center stage this weekend when the Festivals Acadiens et Creoles marks a half-century of honoring and celebrating the culture through music, arts, food and community. What started as a one day concert in 1974 to entertain 150 French-speaking journalists gathered in Lafayette – considered the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. party leaders’ debate makes for grim listening in close election campaign
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on October 8th, 2024
VANCOUVER – The leaders of British Columbia’s three major political parties have presented starkly different visions of the province and its future in the only televised debate of their closely fought election campaign. The discussion involving NDP Leader David Eby, B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad and Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau, hosted by Angus Reid ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. party leaders start debate on the defensive in close election campaign
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on October 8th, 2024
VANCOUVER – The leaders of British Columbia’s three major political parties have started the only televised debate of the provincial election campaign on the defensive — not against each other but the moderator. The 90-minute debate featured no opening statements, instead beginning with questions for NDP Leader David Eby, B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. party leaders’ debate underway in close election campaign
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on October 8th, 2024
VANCOUVER – The leaders of British Columbia’s three major political parties are facing off in the only televised debate of the provincial election campaign. NDP Leader David Eby, B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad and Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau are making their cases in a 90-minute debate that’s being moderated by Angus Reid Institute president ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Riley Keough felt a duty to finish Lisa Marie Presley’s book on Elvis, grief, addiction and love
By Kaitlyn Huamani, The Associated Press on October 8th, 2024
Riley Keough was quick to agree to help complete her mother’s memoir. She thought they’d write it together, reflecting on her extraordinary upbringing and life, but it became a much greater responsibility after Lisa Marie Presley’ssudden death in 2023. Finishing the task her mother – the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley and a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Thank you, Jim’: Ballet legend Baryshnikov honours late politician Jim Peterson
By Paola Loriggio, The Canadian Press on October 8th, 2024
TORONTO – Roughly half a century ago, Mikhail Baryshnikov dashed into a waiting car after a series of Toronto performances, defecting from the Soviet Union in a move that made international headlines. On Tuesday Baryshnikov, one of the most renowned ballet dancers of the 1970s and ’80s, paid tribute to the man who helped orchestrate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man charged after prominent Calgary radio host attacked
By The Canadian Press on October 8th, 2024
CALGARY – A 27-year-old man has been charged with assaulting a prominent Calgary radio host, who alleges he was targeted because of the station’s news reporting. Police say they received a call on Sept. 29 about an assault near a banquet hall in the Horizon neighbourhood. They say a man was leaving the hall when ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley alleges abuse by former manager in new memoir
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on October 8th, 2024
TORONTO – Sum 41 lead singer Deryck Whibley alleges in his new memoir that he was pressured into a secret sexual relationship with his former manager, Treble Charger frontman Greig Nori. In his career-spanning book “Walking Disaster: My Life Through Heaven and Hell,” Whibley describes a manipulation of power that began shortly after Sum 41 ... Read More »
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