Category: Entertainment
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New Orleans jazz patriarch Ellis Marsalis dead at 85
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ellis Marsalis Jr., the jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical clan, died late Wednesday from pneumonia brought on by the new coronavirus, leaving six sons and a deep legacy. He was 85.
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Review: Reissue of 1982 Nina Simone disc a work of contrasts
Nina Simone, “Fodder On My Wings” (Verve/UMe)
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Music never dies: “Bolero” busts out of coronavirus lockdown
LE PECQ, France (AP) — Look closely: The kettle drum player has a wooden spoon in one hand, a ladle in the other … and doesn’t even have his drums.
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New Zealand embraces teddies to help make lockdown bear-able
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Some are perched in trees. Some are hanging upside down. Some are baking scones.
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Emmy-winning musician Adam Schlesinger dies from coronavirus
Emmy and Grammy-winning musician and songwriter Adam Schlesinger, known for his work with his band Fountains of Wayne and on the TV show “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” died Wednesday after contracting the coronavirus.
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Caylee Hammack’s band went from concerts to mowing lawns
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer Caylee Hammack and her band are facing months without income after the concert industry came to a halt to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. So they put down their guitars and started pushing lawnmowers.
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Review: Synth band Nation of Language make a nifty debut
Nation of Language, “Introduction, Presence” (self-released)
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Review: James Elkington’s melancholy the stuff for shut-ins
James Elkington, “Ever-Roving Eye” (Paradise of Bachelors)
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Review: Saxman Jimmy Greene’s album is spirited, spiritual
Jimmy Greene, “While Looking Up” (Mack Avenue)
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CNN’s Cuomo says he has coronavirus, has shown symptoms
NEW YORK (AP) — A bleary-eyed Chris Cuomo, saying he wanted to be a cautionary tale for his audience, anchored his CNN show from his basement Tuesday after testing positive for the coronavirus.