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Durham man’s big-name musician friends turn up for benefit concert

by Ray Routhier February 25, 2023February 25, 2023

After spending years on the road with the Grateful Dead and Blues Traveler, Greg Martens now organizes annual benefit concerts to fight hunger in Maine, featuring musician friends he met along the way.

Met Opera marks first year of Ukraine war with concert

by RONALD BLUM Associated Press February 25, 2023

NEW YORK — Emily D’Angelo made her point with attire before singing a single note at the Metropolitan Opera’s concert to mark the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The 28-year-old Canadian mezzo-soprano walked onto the stage Friday night for the Mozart Requiem wearing a dark skirt covered with white tally marks, like on […]

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Viola Davis, Paul Simon among finalists for audiobook awards

by Associated Press February 23, 2023

The nominations for the annual Audie Awards handed out by the Audio Publishers Association were announced Thursday.

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Harvey Weinstein gets 16 years for rape, sexual assault

by ANDREW DALTON Associated Press February 23, 2023February 23, 2023

The sentence comes on top of the more than 20 years the 70-year-old Weinstein has left to serve for a similar 2020 conviction in New York.

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R. Kelly avoids lengthy add-on to 30-year prison sentence

by MICHAEL TARM and CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press February 23, 2023February 23, 2023

A federal judge has handed singer R. Kelly a 20-year prison sentence for his Chicago convictions of child pornography and the enticement of minors for sex

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Pick the winners in our 2023 Oscar Poll

February 23, 2023February 23, 2023

Who do you think will take home the Academy Awards for best actor, best director, best picture?

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Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, session man and hitmaker, dead at 89

by HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press February 22, 2023February 22, 2023

Smith was one of the last survivors of an extraordinary scene of musicians and songwriters who helped make New Orleans a fundamental influence on rock ‘n’ roll.

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Leiji Matsumoto, known for anti-war anime, space tales, dies at 85

by MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press February 22, 2023February 22, 2023

His manga works ‘Galaxy Express 999’ and ‘Space Pirate Captain Herlock’ were adapted into television anime series in the 1970s and became huge hits in and outside Japan.