For Next Season, 'American Idol' Says the Kids Are All Right
The talent competition's producers said they will lower the minimum age of eligibility to 15 for its coming 10th season. feeds.nytimes.com |
Femi Kuti, Guarding the Legacy of His Father, Fela
Femi Kuti honors the memory of his father, Fela Kuti, and his Afrobeat legacy, but does not entirely follow in his footsteps. feeds.nytimes.com |
Music Review: A Flood Of Songs Washing Over a City
Ted Hearne’s “Katrina Ballads,” at Le Poisson Rouge, interprets how the country saw Katrina unfold. feeds.nytimes.com |
Cuba Journal: A Mixing of Styles in Havana
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra played on Wednesday and Thursday to a packed house of 1500 with a line-up of Cuban stars that included Chucho Valdes, Pancho Terry, the country's foremost chekere player, Bobby Carcasses and Orlando Valle "Maraca." feeds.nytimes.com |
US rap star banned at Melbourne arena
CONTROVERSIAL US rapper Akon will bypass Melbourne on his Australian tour after being banned from the venue he was set to play. news.com.au |