There were already hints of greatness in 1977’s Metiendo Mano!, the initial collaboration between Panamanian singer/songwriter Rubén Blades and trombonist/producer Willie Colón. A year later, Siembra ...
About the Album: In the 1920s, Al Jolson was America's most famous and highest-paid entertainer and dubbed The World's Greatest Entertainer. He popularised many songs that benefited from his ...
About the Album: Rare early recordings, some live, of Al Jolson from Chip Deffaa's own extensive collection. "Swanee," "Medley: Whispering / My Melancholy Baby / Poor Butterfly," "Ma Blushing ...
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Richard Bernstein wastes no time dealing with the radioactive subject of blackface in his fascinating new biography of the Jewish singer and actor Al Jolson. He puts the rightly reviled practice ...
A few music lovers were musing about jazz a couple of decades ago when Al Jolson’s name came up. A notable musician and scribe remarked: “I wear headphones when I play his records because ...
BC: One of Julius Caesar’s assassins, Brutus commits suicide. 1091: A tornado hits London, destroying the wooden London Bridge. 1642: ...
“Sonny Boy” was Rose’s nickname for Pacino – she’d taken it from the hit song by Al Jolson, which she often ... with booze ...
“Weird Al” Yankovic is set to play his biggest hits on his 2025 tour dates. Yankovic will make three Upstate New York stops on “The Bigger & Weirder 2025 Tour,” including at the Darien ...
This 14th century library that grew from a 9th century mosque and university, founded by an heiress, Fatima al-Fihri, was once “the soul of the city,” says Fez-born architect Aziza Chaouni.