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Super Bowl LVIII will be played at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, tonight - starting at 3.30pm local time (11.30pm UK time). It marks the first time the NFL's biggest game will take place at the 65,000-capacity stadium, w...
Lenesha Randolph: “Take My Hand. Precious Lord” Randolph, who performs with her brother Robert Randolph’s band, provides the voice of Mahalia Jackson, who famously sang the Thomas Dorsey gospel classic at Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral (it was his favorite song), an event portrayed ...
Born in Chicago in 1933, Jones would cite the hymns his mother sang around the house as the first music he could remember. But he looked back sadly on his childhood, once telling Oprah Winfrey that "There are two kinds of people: those who have nurturing parents or caretakers, and those...
The first single from her first solo album, Little Earthquakes, in 1992, was Me and a Gun, a haunting a cappella account of her own experience of sexual trauma, breathtakingly direct in its lyrics and delivery. “It was me and a gun / And a ma...
Both of Bartoli’s parents sang in choruses. Since she was 16, she has studied voice only with her mother, Silvana--and Silvana has taught singing only to her daughter. “The only one, oh yes, oh yes,” Bartoli said. “I say sometimes, Mama, please to make a normal lesson”--to ...
Born in Chicago in 1933, Jones would cite the hymns his mother sang around the house as the first music he could remember. But he looked back sadly on his childhood, telling Oprah Winfrey that “There are two kinds of people: those wh...
“Now sing with me.” János began to sing. The singing was nice and light, and the children were immediately attracted. That was a great pleasure when all sang together. On this sweet night, the beautiful song flew, again and again… ...
Though she sang gospel in church and worked as a backup singer, her career did not take off until she was 40, with the release of a single, “Damn It’s Hot.” As she sang on “I’m Still Here,” despite her show-stopping talent, she was continuously turned down by music ...
Then, he stood in the convention center and took in the scene as Lee Greenwood sang “God Bless the USA.” Some people could be seen clamoring to get a photo. Others broke out into chants of “Fight! Fight! Fight!” It was a remarkable, made-for-television moment for the former...