Lana Del Rey performs in concert at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, April 18, 2014. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Lana Del Rey performs in concert at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, April 18, 2014. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds Lana Del Rey performs in concert at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, April 18, 2014. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Lana Del Rey grabs a rose from a fan as she performs in concert at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, April 18, 2014. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Lana Del Rey performs in concert at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, April 18, 2014. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Lana Del Rey performs in concert at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, April 18, 2014. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News … [Read more...] about Review: Lana Del Rey shines with a little help from Joan Baez
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Leonard Cohen and his muse Marianne Ihlen are subject of new doc
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Published 8:12 PM EDT Aug 1, 2019 Love stories are like Tolstoy’s unhappy families: No two of them are alike. But even given that, the relationship chronicled in “Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love” has a quality very much its own. Though it lasted only eight years, and was a train wreck for the last few, the connection between singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen haunted everyone who knew them and proved to be so powerful it never totally went away. In fact, as related by director Nick Broomfield in this affecting documentary, when Ihlen was days away from death in 2016, Cohen, who was himself to die just a few months later, sent her a note. “I’m just a little behind you, close enough to take your hand,” he wrote. “I’ve never forgotten your love and your beauty. But you know that. Safe travels, old friend, see you down the road. Your Leonard.” Though the … [Read more...] about Leonard Cohen and his muse Marianne Ihlen are subject of new doc
Defiant vigil starts healing in New Zealand after massacre
Kristen Gelineau, Juliet Williams and Stephen Wright, Associated Press Updated 8:11 am CDT, Monday, March 18, 2019 Mourners takes picture of candles, paying respects to the victims of Friday's shooting, outside the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, Monday, March 18, 2019. Three days after Friday's attack, New Zealand's deadliest shooting in modern history, relatives were anxiously waiting for word on when they can bury their loved ones. less Mourners takes picture of candles, paying respects to the victims of Friday's shooting, outside the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, Monday, March 18, 2019. Three days after Friday's attack, New ... more Photo: Vincent Thian, AP Photo: Vincent Thian, AP Image 1 of / 32 Caption Close Image 1 of 32 Mourners takes … [Read more...] about Defiant vigil starts healing in New Zealand after massacre
INTERVIEW: Liza Pulman
Ahead of Liza Pulman’s show at Stratford Play House on Saturday, when she performs Streisand songs, Herald arts talked about life, singing and cats with the singer. Tell us about your path to becoming a singer? I always sang as a kid. My mum and my sister and I would sing close-harmony on long car journeys and my sister and I sang together for years as The Pulman Sisters, singing music from the 1920s, to 40s. We started out just singing at our parent’s parties but ended up singing in the foyers of the National Theatre and the Royal Festival Hall. We made a great sound, like only siblings can. Then I went to music college (Guildhall School of Music and Drama) where I studied singing for six long years, before joining the Glyndebourne Chorus as a junior principle. It was a pretty amazing start. You grew up in a very sociable and creative home, did you know then that your life would be on stage? With my mother an actress (Barbara Young — Coronation Street and Last of the … [Read more...] about INTERVIEW: Liza Pulman
Michigan school closure announcements get awesome new spin
Maryann Struman Detroit Free Press Published 9:31 AM EST Jan 30, 2019 The Polar Vortex Snow Day Challenge is on. And more educators, including the principal of a small parochial school in Michigan's thumb, are all in. Days after Swartz Creek Community Schools announced a snow day in a viral video on YouTube, a K-8 Catholic school in Lapeer released its own version. On Sunday, Superintendent Ben Mainka and Swartz Creek High Principal Jim Kitchen announced the closing in YouTube video as they sang a slightly different take on Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." More on freep.com: Gar Willoughby, principal of Bishop Kelley in Lapeer, announced that the school would close Wednesday with his own lyrics set to the tune of Rebecca Black's “Friday,” a 2011 pop single that's since turned into a cult classic and handy material for comedians who've since made a slew of parodies. Willoughby's lyrics: “It’s Snow Day, Snow Day, … [Read more...] about Michigan school closure announcements get awesome new spin