Jim Bessman
Jan 23, 20215 min read
Zydeco's Terrance Simien honors his musical forebears via 'Ancestral Grooves'
Like everyone else, twice Grammy-winning Zydeco artist Terrance Simien has been sidelined during the COVID-19 shutdown. But Lafayette,...
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Jim Bessman
Jan 21, 20213 min read
APAP|NYC+ 2021 Conference goes virtual in looking past pandemic
Normally there would be thousands of international attendees gathered at New York’s Hilton Hotel Midtown for the annual Association of...
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Jim Bessman
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Yo-Yo Ma closes APAP virtual trade conference on multi-cultural note
Celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma was the attraction at the Jan. 12 closing plenary session of the Association of Performing Arts Professionals...
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Jim Bessman
Jan 19, 20213 min read
Phil Spector remembered
From left: Darlene Love, Phil Spector, Joey Ramone, Andy Paley and Jonathan Paley (photo: Bob Merlis) His initial fame came with the 1958...
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