Jazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke: ‘All I do is play my music’

In the swinging Addis Ababa of 1973, Mulatu Astatke played a joint concert at the fashionable Hilton hotel with American jazz legend Duke Ellington before an audience including Emperor Haile…

Lorde Drops Maori-Language Album Of ‘Solar Power’ Songs : NPR

Lorde performs at Good Morning America‘s Summer Concert Series in Central Park on Aug. 20 in New York City. She worked with a team of language experts to re-record five…

Kate Hudson wears her most daring look yet and we are obsessed

Photo credit: John Phillips – Getty Images Kate Hudson has sizzled on the red carpet in the most daring dress she has ever worn. Wearing a slinky gown by a…

Rucker Brand Relaunches Basketball Lifestyle Brand via Foot Locker

Chris Rucker is sitting comfortably in his kitchen, wearing a black tee with the Rucker name scrawled in salmon pink cursive across his chest. He’s explaining over Zoom how he’s…

Out and About at WRAL.com

By Michelle Mackonochie, WRAL anchor/reporter Cary, N.C. — From delicious snacks, knocking down some bowling pins and kick back to watch Hollywood’s latest movie — Cary has a new and…

‘It didn’t adhere to any of the rules’: the fascinating history of free jazz | Documentary films

When Miles Davis first heard the music of Eric Dolphy, a key figure in the free jazz movement, he described it as “ridiculous”, “sad” and just plain “bad”. Upon encountering…