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Multi-instrumentalist, member of The Band Garth Hudson dies at 87
By Canadian Press on January 21st, 2025
Garth Hudson, a masterful Canadian multi-instrumentalist whose prowess on the organ and roots-rock hits with the Band helped define an era, has died. The Windsor, Ont. native died early Tuesday morning at age 87 in a nursing home in Woodstock, N.Y., said his decades-long friend and occasional collaborator Jan Haust. Haust, who had known Hudson ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Is that really a best new artist? The long and complex tale of a controversial Grammy category
By Canadian Press on January 21st, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — When is something old considered new? If you’re talking about the Grammy Awards, that’s often whoever lands in the best new artist category, easily the weirdest of the races. Take Sabrina Carpenter, who finds herself nominated for best new artist this year — on her sixth full-length release. There’s little doubt ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Murder charge upheld for the only suspect to face prosecution in 1996 Tupac Shakur killing
By Canadian Press on January 21st, 2025
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The only suspect ever to be charged in the 1990s killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas has lost a bid to have his murder case dismissed. Clark County District Court Judge Carli Kierny said in a decision issued Tuesday that Duane “Keffe D” Davis had provided no proof ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Garth Hudson, master instrumentalist and last surviving member of The Band, dies at 87
By Canadian Press on January 21st, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Garth Hudson, the Band’s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician who drew from a unique palette of sounds and styles to add a conversational touch to such rock standards as “Up on Cripple Creek,” “The Weight” and “Rag Mama Rag,” has died at age 87. Hudson was the eldest and last surviving ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Multi-instrumental member of The Band Garth Hudson dies at 87
By Canadian Press on January 21st, 2025
Garth Hudson, the multi-instrumentalist who was one of the original members of influential ’60s and ’70s rock group The Band, has died. His friend Jan Haust says the Windsor, Ont. native died this morning at age 87 in a nursing home in Woodstock, N.Y. Haust, who has known Hudson for decades but couldn’t visit him ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Multi-instrumental member of ‘The Band’ Garth Hudson dies at 87
By Canadian Press on January 21st, 2025
Garth Hudson, the Windsor, Ont.-born multi-instrumentalist who was one of the original members of influential ’60s and ’70s rock group “The Band,” has died at age 87, his friend Jan Haust has confirmed. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Book Review: A tour de force of a novel about a celebrated actor in the throes of a mid-life crisis
By Canadian Press on January 21st, 2025
Have you ever woken up on Thanksgiving morning to a house full of company and just wanted to flee? In Mischa Berlinski’s extravagantly brilliant and darkly funny new novel, “Mona Acts Out,” the eponymous heroine does just that. Mona Zahid, a celebrated stage actor, has a lot on her mind. She is worried that her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US-Audiobooks-Top-10
By Canadian Press on January 21st, 2025
Nonfiction 1. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, narrated by the author (Audible Studios) 2. Inner Excellence by Jim Murphy, narrated by the author (Academy of Excellence – New York – Rome – Tokyo) 3. The House of My Mother by Shari Franke, narrated by the author (Simon & Schuster Audio) 4. Atomic Habitsby ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trevor Noah is tapped to once again host the Grammy Awards
By Canadian Press on January 21st, 2025
The Grammy Awards are sticking with their man: Trevor Noah will host the show for the fifth consecutive time, the Grammys announced Tuesday. The comedian, best known for hosting Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” from 2015 to 2022, will once more be front and center Feb. 2, when the awards show is broadcast live from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Last-minute settlement talks stall Prince Harry’s high-stakes trial against British tabloids
By Canadian Press on January 21st, 2025
LONDON (AP) — The sequel to Prince Harry vs. the British tabloids stalled Tuesday amid settlement talks before the start of a high-stakes trial pitting him against Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers. Harry, 40, the younger son of King Charles III, and one other claimant remain alone among hundreds who have settled lawsuits against News Group Newspapers, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Teen dancers descend on Massachusetts to compete in the ‘American Idol’ of ballet
By Canadian Press on January 21st, 2025
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Some might call it the “American Idol” of ballet dancing. More than 400 hundred young ballet dancers from the Northeast gathered in Massachusetts with the hopes of winning a prestigious scholarship at the Youth America Grand Prix auditions. The four-day competition at a historic theater in Worcester, Massachusetts, is also one ... Read More »
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