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2012: The Year the Music Died (So Far)
It’s not even June. But already this calendar year we’ve lost a gut-wrenching list of people who’ve impacted the music world: impresarios Don Cornelius and Dick Clark, R&B legends Johnny Otis and Etta James, the incomparable Band...
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PASSINGS: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Bob Boozer, Jim Abdnor, Chuck Brown, Herbert Breslin
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Renowned baritone championed German lieder Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, 86, a renowned baritone who led a worldwide revival in popularity for German lieder, died in his sleep Friday at his home in the southern German city of...Tags: U.S. Senate, Aneurysm, Pneumonia, Tom Daschle, Music
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In The Arts
'Heroic' sculpture on loan at LCAD A life-sized sculpture is on long-term loan to Laguna College of Art & Design. "Nureyev Heroic," by Richard MacDonald, is now part of the campus collection. MacDonald's work can also be seen in Dawson Cole Fine Art...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Heroism, Bill Clinton, Sculpture, Arts
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Sarajevo with tears: Another walk down Logavina Street
Jacket CopyBarbara Demick says that" real Sarajevans don’t like to talk about the war," but her book, "Logavina Street," follows the lives of a small community during the conflict. It has been re-released, with additional materials, commemorating the 20th... -
Anthony S. D'Anna
Anthony S. D'Anna, a retired Mars Super Markets Inc. executive and World War II veteran, died Wednesday of complications from a stroke at Symphony Manor assisted-living facility in Roland Park. The longtime Timonium resident was 85. The son of an...Tags: Frank Sinatra, Music, Armed Forces, Roland Park, Little Italy (Baltimore, Maryland)
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'Britain's Got Talent' next Susan Boyle?
WGN NewsThe sixth season of "Britain's Got Talent" just debuted this past weekend and already one contestant has emerged as the show's breakout star and been dubbed the 'next Susan Boyle.' After bringing down the house in a performance that Simon Cowell called...Tags: Judges, Susan Boyle, Britain's Got Talent (tv program), Justice System, United Kingdom
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Mesa Musings: 'Loveliest Night' becomes a 6-year-old's anthem
I'm a reluctant extrovert. I'm not withdrawn or reticent — after all, I majored in drama for a time in college — but neither am I entirely unfettered in public settings. I like being with people, but I also relish my alone time. During my...Tags: Movies, Mario Lanza, Entertainment, Movies, Opera (genre)
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Paul McCartney's MusiCares tribute gala slated for Feb. 10
Pop & HissPaul McCartney named Recording Academy's MusiCares Person of the Year. Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, 69, will be feted Feb. 10 at an all-star benefit in Los Angeles.... -
New York City Opera 'La Traviata' eerily invokes Whitney Houston
Culture MonsterOne had the sense on Sunday that the audience for "La Traviata" was hoping for something special to happen at this re-birth of City Opera... -
Critic’s Notebook: Lou Reed & Metallica’s ‘Lulu’ collaboration
Pop & HissTheir take on a work by German playwright Frank Wedekind is getting as rough a critical reception as the original did a century ago. Yet it has its moments. The German playwright Frank Wedekind had a theory about the connection...... -
Salvatore Licitra, the unexpected tenor, dies at 43
Culture MonsterSalvatore Licitra’s singing career began just over a decade ago in Parma, Italy, and ended Monday in a Sicilian hospital when he died at 43 following a Vespa accident last week. His brief career contained highs and lows more dramatic than his tragic...
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