There was a time when “American Idol” hopeful Amanda Barise couldn’t picture an alt-jazz and R&B artist like herself on the show – let alone “Idol” judge Luke Bryan encouraging her to ...

Portraits of the honorees, who have made "transformative contributions to the United States," will be added to the permanent ...

As such, the learnings she took from repeating his track are plain to see. Elsewhere on the record, Mitchell picks the likes of Etta James and Ray Charles who while pivotal to the foundations of 1970s ...

I knew Bobby Darin pretty well. He covered this [in 1972], but he was such a musical guy that he missed the point.” Etta James covered ‘Sail Away’ too, infusing it with a depth that suggests she ...

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The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced the 2025 Portrait of a Nation Award honorees. Established in 2015, ...

Just over a fortnight ago, Tom Cruise showed exactly how you breathe new cinematic life into a much-loved old classic. Alas, Jurassic World: Dominion is no Top Gun: Maverick. Do you remember the ...

Directed by Chinedu Omorie (SilverTown), the four-part limited series is a textured portrait of survival ... Peace Oni, Etta JoMaria, Kojo Boakye and many more. Dedicated to crafting bold African ...

If those who remember him are to be believed, it seems unlikely that Michael Cox’s ‘informal portrait’ of M R James can have captured the essence of the man about whom he quotes Jo Grimond as writing: ...

James Hamilton Those Damn Gentlemen Thomas Gainsborough: The Portraits, Fancy Pictures and Copies after Old Masters By Hugh Belsey Yale University Press 2 volumes 1,093pp £150 ... in Sudbury and at ...