DOCSLIB.ORG

P36-40 Layout 1

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
P36-40 Layout 1 lifestyle TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2016 MUSIC & MOVIES Bob Dylan sends speech for Nobel ceremony usic icon Bob Dylan won't be at the Nobel prize cere- in a letter on November 16 that he would not attend the cere- "Absolutely. If it's at all possible." mony this week to accept his award, but he has sent mony because he had "pre-existing commitments", in an Academy member Swedish writer Per Wastberg accused Malong a speech to be read aloud, the Nobel founda- announcement that did not come as a surprise to observers. Dylan of being "impolite and arrogant", and said it was tion said yesterday. The 75-year-old, whose lyrics have influ- Several other prize winners have skipped the Nobel ceremony "unprecedented" that the academy did not know if Dylan enced generations of fans, has had a subdued response to the in the past for various reasons-Doris Lessing, who was too old; intended to pick up his award. But the first songwriter to win honor, remaining silent for weeks following the news in Harold Pinter, because he was hospitalized, and Elfriede the prestigious award in literature is expected to come to October he had won the prize for literature. "This year's Jelinek, who has social phobia. Stockholm early next year. Nobel laureates are honored every Laureate in Literature, Bob Dylan, will not be participating in Dylan did not say a word about his prize on the day it was year on December 10 -- the anniversary of the death of prize's the Nobel Week but he has provided a speech which will be announced, October 13, when he was performing in Las founder Alfred Nobel, a Swedish industrialist, inventor and read at the banquet," the foundation said in a statement. Vegas. The writer of "Blowin' In The Wind", "Like A Rolling philanthropist. The value of the prestigious award this year Sending along the speech does not exempt the American Stone", and "Mr Tambourine Man" confined himself to his amounts to 8 million kronor ($870,000). — AFP songwriter from holding a lecture at a place and a type of his songs. The Swedish Academy said it respected Dylan's deci- choosing, the only requirement by the Nobel foundation. sion, but that it was "unusual" for a Nobel laureate not to In this file photo, Bob Dylan accepts the Rock legend Patti Smith will perform a version of Dylan's "A come to Stockholm to accept the award in person. Asked on 2015 MusiCares Person of the Year award Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" at the ceremony on December 10 in October 28 by Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper if he would at the 2015 MusiCares Person of the Year Stockholm, which is the same day as the banquet. Dylan said attend the Nobel prize winners' banquet, Dylan said: show in Los Angeles. —AP Members of the band Kings of Leon, from left, Matthew Followill, Caleb Followill, Nathan Kennedy Center Honoree Timothy Schmit, center, of the Eagles Kennedy Center Honoree Joe Walsh, third from left, of the Eagles Followill and Jared Followill arrive at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors arrives with his family, from left, Ben Schmit, Jeddrah Leiterding, arrives with from left, Christian Quilici, Lucy Walsh, Marjorie Bach, gala dinner. Owen Schmit, and Jean Schmit at the State Department for the Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach. Kennedy Center Honors gala dinner on Saturday. Bittersweet gala honors Pacino, Eagles, Taylor l Pacino, The Eagles, James Taylor, gospel ty deposit" back. Founding member Glenn Frey sang at Kennedy's inauguration. Argerich, 75, is and blues singer Mavis Staples and died in January, and his prior illness caused The widely considered one of the world's best, if AArgentine pianist Martha Argerich were Eagles to postpone their awards last year. So Don reclusive, living pianists. celebrated Sunday for their lifetime achievements Henley, Timothy Schmit and Joe Walsh received For nearly two decades, she largely shunned at the last major arts gala attended by President the medallions and rainbow-colored ribbons, as solo performances, playing almost exclusively Barack Obama and his wife Michelle. It was a bit- did Frey's widow Cindy over the weekend. Band with orchestras and chamber ensembles, until a tersweet moment, with Obama making one of his manager Irving Azoff couldn't hold back tears as sold-out recital at Carnegie Hall in New York in final goodbyes to celebrated artists as president. he raised a glass to Frey during Saturday's State 2000. "I was surprised. I didn't think I was enti- The first couple received a long standing ovation Department reception. "For our Eagles family, tled," Argerich, who is famously wary of publicity, as they entered the Opera House of the Kennedy 2016 couldn't have had a harder beginning or a said of learning she had won the award. Academy Center, a monument to the late president John F more appropriate ending," he said. Award nominee Don Cheadle hailed Pacino's Kennedy. As he kicked off the evening, host Grammy Award-winner Juanes gave a stun- humility despite a long and storied career that Stephen Colbert said America was lucky to have a ning performance of "Hotel California" with gui- has seen him perform in some 100 films and "passionate, intelligent and dignified" president. That brought applause and by far the longest standing ovation from the sold-out crowd in the Opera House, paneled in dark red woven fabric under a massive Lobmeyr crystal chandelier gift- ed by Austria. Colbert then joked: "Sir, I don't know why you stood up. I was talking about Michelle." "This is a joyous day. It's the best Christmas present!" Staples told AFP on the red carpet about receiving what is considered the nation's highest honor for lifetime achievements in the performing arts. At 77, Staples lives up to the maxim that age is only a number. "People ask President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive for a reception to me, 'Mavis, when are you going to retire?' Retire honor recipients of the 2016 Kennedy Center Honors in the East Room of the White for what? I love what I'm doing and I intend to House in Washington. sing until I can't sing no more, forever," she said. Aretha Franklin, Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey and Ringo Starr were among a series of surprise A-lis- ters-the awardees are notoriously kept in the black about who will pay tribute to them prior to the event-who serenaded and hailed the legacy of the award recipients. Virtuoso Israeli-American violinist Itzhak Perlman, now wheelchair-bound, and 29-year-old Chinese pianist Yuja Wang played on the huge stage in honor of Argerich, with Perlman saying he felt lucky to have been alive during her time. Teresa Heinz Kerry, front row, from left, Kennedy Center Honorees Al Pacino, Mavis Staples, Martha Argerich, James Taylor, and Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter; rear row, from Obamas celebrated left, Secretary of State John Kerry, Kennedy Center Honorees Joe Walsh, Don Henley, and At an earlier reception at the White House, Timothy Schmit, and David Rubinstein are photographed following the State Department for Obama called the awards "one of the perks of the the Kennedy Center Honors gala dinner, Saturday in Washington. — AP photos job that I will miss." Kennedy Center chairman David Rubenstein thanked the Obamas, who tarist Steve Vai, who spoke of the "surreal" experi- plays, including "The Godfather," "Scarface, "Sea have hosted a reception for the honorees and ence of playing the piece's famed guitar riff in of Love," "Heat" and "Scent of a Woman." Kevin attended the gala for eight years, and offered front of the musicians. Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow Spacey said Pacino "immerses us in his characters them a "golden ticket" for free admission to any and Darius Rucker played some of Taylor's best so we can experience the humanness in monsters event at the national arts center. But there's a hits, including "Carolina in my Mind" and "Sweet and the monstrosities in humans."— AFP catch. "Parking is extra," he quipped. Obama jok- Baby James." Taylor, 68, performed "America the ingly asked Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh, a notorious Beautiful" at Obama's second inauguration in President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, with recipient of the 2016 troublemaker, not to trash the White House January 2013, while Staples, who like none other Kennedy Center Honor award blues singer Mavis Staples, applaud during the because he is leaving soon and wants his "securi- provided the music of the civil rights movement, Kennedy Center Honors gala. Disney touts French-speaking African market with 'Moana' he Walt Disney Company is set to expand its footprint releases in French-speaking Africa (spanning Abidjan, Ivory across French-speaking Africa. The company is hosting Coast, Gabon Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia), anticipat- Tthe screening of "Moana" - dubbed in Arabic — at the ing the growth of the theatrical landscape. France's largest cine- Marrakech Film Festival today. "Moana" marks the first Disney ma circuit, the Gaumont-Pathe theater chain, is expected to movie to be shown at the festival and the first Disney film to be launch in the region next year. dubbed in Arabic in the Magrehb, which includes Morocco, Just last week, The Walt Disney Company inked a multi-deal Tunisia and Algeria. Disney has traditionally limited Arabic dub- with Canal Plus to distribute its films and TV series (from Marvel bing to Middle-Eastern countries. Audiences in former French Studios, Disney Pixar, Lucas Film and Studio Ghibli) on Canal colonies - Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria — only had access to Plus channels in Africa and well as to distribute Disney's four Disney movies dubbed in French up until now, even though channels, in exclusivity.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Program Listings
    WXXI-TV | WORLD | CREATE | WXXI KIDS 24/7 | WXXI NEWS | WXXI CLASSICAL | WRUR 88.5 SEE CENTER PAGES OF CITY PROGRAMPUBLIC TELEVISION & PUBLIC RADIO FOR ROCHESTER LISTINGSFOR WXXI SHOW JUNE/EARLY JULY 2021 HIGHLIGHTS! WXXI-TV DAYTIME SCHEDULE JUNE/EARLY JULY PLEASE NOTE: WXXI-TV’s daytime schedule listed here runs from 6:00am to 7:00pm. The complete Saturday prime time television schedule begins on page 2. The PBS Kids programs below are shaded in gray. 6:00am Mister Roger’s Neighborhood 6:30am Arthur 7vam Molly of Denali Monday-Friday 7:30am Wild Kratts 8:00am Hero Elementary 6:00am Ready Jet Go! 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 6:30am Arthur 9:00am Curious George 7:00am Molly of Denali 9:30am A Wider World 7:30am Wild Kratts 10:00am This Old House 8:00am Hero Elementary 10:30am Ask This Old House 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 11:00am Woodsmith Shop 9:00am Curious George 11:30am Ciao Italia 9:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 12:00pm Lidia’s Kitchen 10:00am Donkey Hodie 12:30pm Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 10:30am Elinor Wonders Why 1:00pm The Great British Baking Show/Survival Guide to 11:00am Sesame Street Pain Free Living (6/12) 11:30am Pinkalicious & Peterrific 2:00pm America’s Test Kitchen/Rick Steves Awaits (6/12) 12:00pm Dinosaur Train 2:30pm Cook’s Country 12:30pm Clifford the Big Red Dog 3:00pm Second Opinion with Joan Lunden (WXXI) 1:00pm Sesame Street 3:30pm Rick Steves’ Europe 1:30pm Donkey Hodie 2:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 2:30pm Let’s Go Luna! Sunday 3:00pm Nature Cat 6:00am Mister
    [Show full text]
  • AXS TV Canada Schedule for Mon. October 15, 2018 to Sun. October 21, 2018
    AXS TV Canada Schedule for Mon. October 15, 2018 to Sun. October 21, 2018 Monday October 15, 2018 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT 8:00 AM ET / 5:00 AM PT John Mayer With Special Guest Buddy Guy The Big Interview John Mayer’s soulful lyrics, convincing vocals, and guitar virtuosity have gained him worldwide Dwight Yoakam - Country music trailblazer takes time from his latest tour to discuss his career fans and Grammy Awards. John serenades the audience with hits like “Neon”, “Daughters” and and how he made it big in the business far from Nashville. “Your Body is a Wonderland”. Buddy Guy joins him in this special performance for the classic “Feels Like Rain”. 9:00 AM ET / 6:00 AM PT The Big Interview 9:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM PT Emmylou Harris - Spend an hour with Emmylou Harris, as Dan Rather did, and you’ll see why she The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris: An All-Star Concert Celebration is a legend in music. Shot in January 2015, this concert features performances by Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Conor Oberst, Daniel Lanois, Iron & Wine, Kris Kristofferson, Lucinda Williams, Martina McBride, 10:00 AM ET / 7:00 AM PT Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mavis Staples, Patty Griffin, Rodney Crowell, Sara Watkins, Shawn The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris: An All-Star Concert Celebration Colvin, Sheryl Crow, Shovels & Rope, Steve Earle, The Milk Carton Kids, Trampled By Turtles, Vince Shot in January 2015, this concert features performances by Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Gill, and Buddy Miller. Conor Oberst, Daniel Lanois, Iron & Wine, Kris Kristofferson, Lucinda Williams, Martina McBride, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mavis Staples, Patty Griffin, Rodney Crowell, Sara Watkins, Shawn 11:00 PM ET / 8:00 PM PT Colvin, Sheryl Crow, Shovels & Rope, Steve Earle, The Milk Carton Kids, Trampled By Turtles, Vince Rock Legends Gill, and Buddy Miller.
    [Show full text]
  • Administration of Barack Obama, 2016 Remarks at the Kennedy Center
    Administration of Barack Obama, 2016 Remarks at the Kennedy Center Honors Reception December 4, 2016 The President. Well, good evening, everybody. Audience members. Good evening! The President. On behalf of Michelle and myself, welcome to the White House. Over the past 8 years, this has always been one of our favorite nights. And this year, I was especially looking forward to seeing how Joe Walsh cleans up. [Laughter] Pretty good. [Laughter] I want to begin by once again thanking everybody who makes this wonderful evening possible, including David Rubenstein, the Kennedy Center Trustees—I'm getting a big echo back there—and the Kennedy Center President, Deborah Rutter. Give them a big round of applause. We have some outstanding Members of Congress here tonight. And we are honored also to have Vicki Kennedy and three of President Kennedy's grandchildren with us here: Rose, Tatiana, and Jack. [Applause] Hey! So the arts have always been part of life at the White House because the arts are always central to American life. And that's why, over the past 8 years, Michelle and I have invited some of the best writers and musicians, actors, dancers to share their gifts with the American people, and to help tell the story of who we are, and to inspire what's best in all of us. Along the way, we've enjoyed some unbelievable performances. This is one of the perks of the job that I will miss. [Laughter] Thanks to Michelle's efforts, we've brought the arts to more young people, from hosting workshops where they learn firsthand from accomplished artists, to bringing "Hamilton" to students who wouldn't normally get a ticket to Broadway.
    [Show full text]
  • Press Release for IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, November 25, 2019 at Noon ET Headshot Available Here
    Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, November 25, 2019 at Noon ET Headshot available here. America to Celebrate the Artistic Achievements of Earth, Wind & Fire, Sally Field, Linda Ronstadt, , and Michael Tilson Thomas on Sunday, December 8, 2019 (WASHINGTON)—Two-time Grammy Award® winner and 2017 Kennedy Center Honors recipient LL COOL J will host the 42nd annual Kennedy Center Honors on . The Honors Gala will be recorded for broadcast on the CBS Television Network for the 42nd year as a two-hour primetime special to air on Sunday, December 15 (8:00–10:00 p.m., ET/PT). This will be LL COOL J’s first time hosting the special. As previously announced, the recipients of the 2019 Kennedy Center Honors will be R&B collective , actress , singer , children’s television program , and conductor and musical visionary . The 42nd annual Kennedy Center Honors marks the first time a television program will receive the award. In a star-studded celebration on the Kennedy Center Opera House stage on Sunday, December 8, the 2019 Honorees will be saluted by today’s leading performers from New York, Hollywood, and the arts capitals of the world, accepting the recognition and gratitude of their peers through performances and tributes. The Honors recipients are recognized for their lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts— whether in dance, music, theater, opera, motion pictures, or television—and are confirmed by the executive committee of the Center’s board of trustees. The primary criterion in the selection process is excellence. The Honors are not designated by art form or category of artistic achievement; over the years, the selection process has produced a balance among the various arts and artistic disciplines.
    [Show full text]
  • Johnny Cash Returns to ‘Stamping Ovation’ Legendary Singer Is Second Inductee Into Multi-Year Music Icons Series
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Mark Saunders June 5, 2013 [email protected] 202-268-6524 usps.com/news Release No. 13-056 To obtain a high-resolution of the stamp image for media use only, please email [email protected]. Johnny Cash Returns to ‘Stamping Ovation’ Legendary Singer is Second Inductee into Multi-Year Music Icons Series NASHVILLE — John Carter Cash, Rosanne Cash, Larry Gatlin, Jamey Johnson, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Roys, Marty Stuart, Randy Travis and other entertainers paid tribute to Johnny Cash as he was inducted today into the Postal Service’s Music Icons Forever stamp series at the Grand Ole Opry’s Ryman Auditorium. “With his gravelly baritone and spare percussive guitar, Johnny Cash had a distinctive musical sound — a blend of country, rock ’n’ roll and folk — that he used to explore issues that many other popular musicians of his generation wouldn’t touch,” said U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors member Dennis Toner. “His songs tackled sin and redemption, good and evil, selfishness, loneliness, temptation, love, loss and death. And Johnny explored these themes with a stark realism that was very different from other popular music of that time.” “It is an amazing blessing that my father, Johnny Cash be honored with this stamp. Dad was a hardworking man, a man of dignity. As much as anything else he was a proud American, always supporting his family, fans and country. I can think of no better way to pay due respect to his legacy than through the release of this stamp,” said singer-songwriter, producer John Carter Cash, Johnny Cash’s son.
    [Show full text]
  • David Pack Facts at a Glance 2020
    David Pack Facts at a Glance 2020 David Pack has won international acclaim both for his solo work and his stellar turn as co-founder & former frontman for the progressive rock group Ambrosia. He is a Grammy-winning Producer and Music Director/Producer of global special events including both of President Clinton’s Inaugurals, charitable events for Barbra Streisand, Elton John, Billy Joel, Madonna, Fergie, and an incredible host of others. His collected works as a performer and producer have sold over 50-million units worldwide. His music mentors are friends the late Leonard Bernstein and Quincy Jones. He is a two-time Grammy winner – for Tribute: Songs of Andrae Crouch and Handel’s Messiah – a Soulful Celebration. He has been nominated for seven additional Grammys – six for Ambrosia, one for Kenny Loggins’ Return to Pooh Corner. David’s all-star group “David Pack’s Legends Live” perform across America. Artists Produced Aretha Franklin, Faith Hill, Phil Collins, Garth Brooks, Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, Leann Rimes, Natalie Cole, Patti LaBelle, Trisha Yearwood, Selena, Amy Grant, Wynonna Judd, Brian Setzer, TLC, Brian McKnight, Little Richard, Patti Austin, Linda Ronstadt, James Ingram, Cece Winans, Pointer Sisters, Mavis Staples, Andrae Crouch, David Benoit, Take 6, Bruce Hornsby, Branford Marsalis, Chick Corea, Steve Vai, Tevin Campbell, Jerky Boys, Paul Rodriquez, Chet Atkins, Olivia Newton John, DC Talk, Jennifer Holliday Current Projects • Solo Album in progress 2019 – Touring with David Pack’s Legends Live • Barbra Streisand Walls Album (2018) David co-wrote lyrics “Take Care of This House” (Bernstein/Lerner) • The Bubble Musical - Soundtrack Album of David’s first Musical in progress • Ambrosia Ultimate Collection w/ Unreleased New Tracks in Progress 2019 • David Pack’s Napa Crossroads (Concord Records 2014) feat.
    [Show full text]
  • 2017 Tribeca Film Festival® Announces Tribeca Talks
    2017 Tribeca Film Festival® announces Tribeca Talks® conversations with Barbra Streisand, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and the world premiere oF Kathryn Bigelow’s VR debut, THE PROTECTORS Early Bird All Access Passes go on sale November 25, 2016 New York, NY – November 17 - The Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, announced multi- hyphenates Barbra Streisand and Alejandro González Iñárritu as two of the Tribeca Talks conversations for the 16th annual Festival. Streisand will take part in the Storytellers series that features pioneering creators who work across mediums to tell their stories, and Iñárritu will be one of the headline conversations in the Directors Series. Also announced is the world premiere of Kathryn Bigelow and Imraan Ismail’s virtual reality documentary short The Protectors: Walk in the Ranger’s Shoes which transport users to a day in the life of African rangers protecting elephants from ivory poachers. Tribeca takes place April 19 – 30, 2017. “At Tribeca we celebrate the power that film and art has to transport and unite communities. As the first woman to win the Oscar® for directing, Kathryn Bigelow continues to break boundaries in storytelling by using VR to take us to the frontline battle with Ivory poachers in the Congo in the stunning new documentary which she co-directed with Imraan Ismail. We are thrilled to be able to debut this work as part of Tribeca’s renowned VR program,” said Jane Rosenthal, Executive Chair of Tribeca Enterprises and Tribeca Film Festival Co-Founder. “These three creative forces – Alejandro, Barbra, Kathryn –are true auteurs. They push themselves and their audiences by constantly entertaining and challenging us through their work,” said Tribeca’s Paula Weinstein.
    [Show full text]
  • Theresa Payton
    COLUMBUS, GA | AUGUST 31 | AUGUST GA COLUMBUS, PRESENTED BY The Forum 2021 | Leadership Reinvented | Leadership Institute at Columbus State University table of Theresa Payton contentsAGENDA 3 12 LETTERS 4 Executive Director Shana Young Tara President Chris Markwood Westover Acting Chancellor Teresa MacCartney 14 Governor Brian Kemp OUR TEAM 8 Photo Credit: Paul Stuart DINE AROUND 10 BOOK SIGNINGS 11 Kat SPEAKERS 12 Cole Theresa Payton 20 Tara Westover Debbie Kat Cole Allen Debbie Allen 22 Norman Nixon HONORS 18 2021 Blanchard Award 2021 Helton Scholarship OUR LEADERSHIP 26 Norman LEGACY Nixon 2021 SPONSORS 30 24 The leadership effect. Your impact starts here. As a founding sponsor, Synovus is proud to welcome you to the 16th Annual Forum at CSU. A true leader endeavors to awaken the leadership qualities of others. This has long been the inspiration behind the leadership of our company and the vision behind an epic annual gathering of the world’s brightest minds right here in our community. It is our hope you will discover the true leader within and be challenged to have an impact that will inspire others to lead as well. We call it the leadership effect. 1-888-SYNOVUS | synovus.com Synovus Bank, Member FDIC. The Forum 2021 | Leadership Reinvented | Leadership Institute at Columbus State University event agenda Registration 8:00 am Welcome 9:00 am Shana Young, Assistant Vice President of Leadership Development and Executive Director, Leadership Institute at Columbus State University Dr. Chris Markwood, President, Columbus State University
    [Show full text]
  • Press Record and Just Get the Hell out of the Way.”
    MAVIS STAPLES “I’m the messenger,” Mavis Staples says on the eve of her 80th birthday. “That’s my job—it has been for my whole life—and I can’t just give up while the struggle’s still alive. We’ve got more work to do, so I’m going to keep on getting stronger and keep on delivering my message every single day.” That message—a clarion call to love, to faith, to justice, to brotherhood, to joy—lies at the heart of ‘We Get By,’ Staples’ spectacular twelfth studio album and first full-length collaboration with multi-GRAMMY Award-winner Ben Harper. Backed by her longtime touring band, Staples breathes extraordinary life into Harper’s compositions on the record, delivering roof-raising performances with both a youthful vigor and a commanding maturity. The arrangements here are spare but weighty, matched by Harper’s suitably lean and thoughtful production, and Staples seizes the opportunity to showcase her remarkable and continued evolution as an artist, one still growing and exploring more than half a century into her storied career. ‘We Get By’ is undoubtedly a timely collection, arriving such as it does in the face of deep social divisions and heightened political tensions, but like everything Staples touches, it’s also larger than any particular moment, a timeless appeal to the better angels of our nature that’s universal in its reach and unwavering in its assurance of better things to come. “When I first started reading the lyrics Ben wrote for me, I said to myself, ‘My God, he’s saying everything that needs to be said right now,’” Staples remembers.
    [Show full text]
  • Sobering Times! Rock and Roll Hall of Famer with More Than 30 Years of Sobriety, Ricky Byrd Is Sold-Out-On-Fire with Recovery
    ISSUE 72, FEBRUARY 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Sobering Times! Rock and Roll Hall of Famer with more than 30 years of sobriety, Ricky Byrd is sold-out-on-fire with Recovery. Photo Credit: Frankie Byrd 16 www.recoverytodaymagazine.com ISSUE 72, FEBRUARY 2021 Exclusivesive Interview Intervi with Ricky Byrd Interview by Rob Hannley, Editor in Chief, Recovery Today Magazine fter all the things a guy We who are sober, know the truth. FRROHGDELW+HèVRQĆUH7RGD\DV like Ricky has seen and he has for many years, he writes done, I mean, imagine for Since we’re talking drugs and about, performs and completely Ajust a moment, the life addiction, it’s always the same gives of himself to the sober of a Rock Star. It’s a bit different story and it doesn’t matter community. than someone working the normal whether you’re a Hall of Fame <RXWRXUWKHZRUOGĆUVWFODVV Rock Star or a…. “butcher, baker, Since 2012, Ricky has channeled and pretty much everything is candle-stick maker”, it’s all his insane creative talent as done for you, when you play, you the same, same master, same a message of hope for those play for 10s of thousands or more darkness, same despair and the hopeless, like he once was, as well than a hundred thousand people same hopelessness. as those grateful, …as he is now, to who scream and yell because they be in recovery. love what you do. Rock and Roll Hall of He began creating this fusion Fortune, Fame, and virtually no Famer, Ricky Byrd of kick ass music but laced with one says “No” to you for anything.
    [Show full text]
  • Mavis Staples 1
    Mavis Staples Feb. 22, 2002 [Chicago Sun-Times reporter Dave Hoekstra recounts his experience as a first-time writer and producer on the Chicago Stories documentary "The Staple Singers." Hoekstra's deep respect for the group - headed by late patriarch Roebuck "Pops" Staples - is rooted in the Staples' dedication to both the civil rights movement and their art.] By Dave Hoekstra The Staple Singers are jewels in the crown of goodwill. Over the past 18 years I have discovered the many genuine dimensions of the Chicago-based family that always sang with a message. In 1984, I interviewed patriarch Roebuck "Pops" Staples in his Calumet City apartment for the Suburban Sun-Times. I wrote his obituary in 2000. And over the years at the Sun-Times I profiled lead singer Mavis Staples and wrote about the family's role in the civil rights movement, in Chicago's gospel community and their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. These stories evolved into a friendship that led to the making of a documentary on the Staple Singers, which I produced and co-wrote with Jamie Ceaser, another longtime friend. The documentary, part of the "Chicago Stories" series. The half-hour program includes rare footage of the Staples and interviews with family members Pops, Mavis, Pervis and Yvonne, as well as Harry Belafonte, Jerry Butler, Gene Chandler, Bob Dylan, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Chicago radio veteran Herb Kent, Natalie Merchant, gospel legend Albertina Walker and gospel star BeBe Winans. It's narrated by Grammy-winning musician and vocalist Bonnie Raitt, who collaborated with Pops on his "Peace to the Neighborhood" album.
    [Show full text]
  • LSA Template
    TECHNICAL FOCUS: AUDIO Copyright Lighting&Sound America March 2013 http://www.lightingandsoundamerica.com/LSA.html Sound Developments at the 55th Grammy Awards By: Mel Lambert Music’s biggest night uses new JBL VTX by Crown I-Tech 3500HD and Powersoft K10 amplifiers. A pair of cabinets and DiGiCo SD consoles JBL Professional VTX S28 subwoofer arrays was flown above the center of the twin stage areas. When you reach the top of your game, cased more than 25 performances The new V25 cabinet features a pair Bert Lance’s popular philosophy “If it from a range of artists. of 2kW, 15" Differential Drive LF drivers ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” makes emi- This year, ATK decided to use new mounted on die-cast aluminum baffles, nent sense. For ATK Audiotek, coordi- JBL Professional VTX V25 three-way with four 8" Differential Drive midrange nating live sound for the Grammy line array cabinets powered by transducers and three D2 Dual Awards audience and performers at Crown I-Tech 12000HD amplifiers, Diaphragms with dual voice coil com- the Staples Center in Los Angeles with HiQnet Performance Manager pression drivers. “The VT25 rig sound- poses a number of challenges, the controlling built-in crossover, delay, ed great, with a noticeable improve- majority of which have been tamed and EQ functions. The PA system ment in the high end,” says ATK during the past decade since the event was comprised of four identical Audiotek president Michael moved to this downtown venue. But hangs of 12 V25 boxes covering the MacDonald, who joined the company new developments from loudspeaker audience area—with a stereo mix last September after five years as vice and console manufacturers can offer feeding an inner pair and a mono mix president of sales and marketing at subtle, but important, advantages.
    [Show full text]