A few weeks ago, I received a message from our friend Tom Schnabel at KCRW’s Rhythm Planet. He wanted to tell me about “a big musical group of Peruvian nuns who do rock music.” Intrigued, I had Tom put me in touch with the band. And yeah, he wasn’t kidding. The group, Siervas — the […]
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — In the many performances of Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem Mass which I have experienced as a performer or a listener, I have never heard this masterpiece with 250 voices in the choir. That was the size of the choral forces for the March 17, 18 and 19 performances in
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsStockholm (dpa) – US rock legend Bob Dylan – winner of the 2016 Nobel Literature Prize – is to accept his diploma and medal this weekend, the Swedish Academy said Wednesday, ending months of speculation about whether he would forfeit the cash prize and medal. The handover will take place in conjunction with Dylan’s visit
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsNew York’s popular bronze ‘Fearless Girl’ statue will continue to defiantly stare down Wall Street’s ‘Charging Bull’ until 2018, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. The city initially permitted the installation of the statue—funded by asset managers State Street Global Advisors—for one week from March 7 to commemorate International Women’s Day. The plaque
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By Yoni Peres KIBBUTZ ALONEI HABASHAN, Golan Heights — Driving on the winding road, up the hills of the Golan Height, one cannot ignore the breath taking scenery – Lush green rugged meadows, lakes, creeks and little water falls, and cowboys on horses leading herds of cows. Not far from the Golan “capitol”- Katzrin, I
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Travel and Food, Yoni PeresGlen Campbell is widely regarded as one of the best guitarists of the past 50 years, but his advancing Alzheimer’s disease has robbed him of the ability to play. Glen’s wife of 34 years, Kim Campbell, opens up about Glen’s condition in a new interview with “The Tennessean.” He can still play a little air
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAChuck Berry, one of the most influential figures in American popular music, has died at age 90. Police were called to a medical emergency early Saturday afternoon, according to St. Charles, Mo, County police, according to the department’s Facebook page. Inside the home, medics found an unresponsive man and administered lifesaving techniques, according to the
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & BroadcastJoni Sledge, who belonged to the four-sister disco-era group Sister Sledge, best known for its No. 1 hit “We Are Family,” died Friday at her home in Phoenix, a spokeswoman for the group announced. She was 60. No cause of death has been announced. “Yesterday, numbness fell upon our family,” said the Sledges in a
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorialsBarack and Michelle Obama were spotted having lunch at a New York City eatery with U2 frontman and activist Bono. The trio was seen at the Upland restaurant in Manhattan, an establishment that the former president has frequented in the past. During the outing, the former first lady was dressed stylishly in black pants, a
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAHeard on television and in movies, Yael Meyer’s English and Spanish songs rack up millions of views in the most unexpected places By Lisa Klug LOS ANGELES — Singer-songwriter Yael Meyer is a 21st century fusion. The long-necked, doe-eyed native Chilean sings with a measured sweetness in English and Spanish while gracefully wielding her electric
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsPresident Reuven Rivlin and his wife Nehama hosted at the Presidential residence on Wednesday a teacher named Jeehan Jaber from the Ibn Sina school in Taibe. The president and Jaber called on Arab citizens of Israel to study Hebrew and for Jewish citizens to study Arabic. Jaber was accompanied by Taibe mayor Shuea Masrawa Mantzur,
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By Jerry Klinger LOS ANGELES — Pat Boone, world famous singer, movie actor and writer has been a lifelong friend of Israel. His active continuing career has spanned over 62 years, selling more than 46 million albums, 38 Platinum top forty singles, starring in 12 movies and a hit T.V. show. Yet, he will modestly
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Jerry Klinger, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAThe history of music is rich with sounds spurred by suffering. During the Holocaust, songs of defiance and belief helped captive Jews confront and temporarily alleviate their misery. Now, a long-lost recording from 1946 is providing a poignant new soundtrack for understanding life in the Nazi concentration camps and Jewish ghettos. Just after World War
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USABy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — In 1979 pop singer Nick Lowe put out a single that became a classic: “Cruel to be Kind”: Oh I can’t take another heartache Though you say you’re my friend, I’m at my wit’s end You say your love is bonafide, but that don’t coincide With the things
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