It's been quite a birthday for Jahari Stampley. All right around the same time, he turned 24 and released his first album, called Still Listening. On Sunday, he won one of the biggest awards in jazz. "It's just overwhelming and also just amazing," Stampley told NPR after judges awarded him first place at the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Competition. "I just have a respect for everybody that participated in the competition. Read More...
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Earlier in October, Italian designer Antonio Vietri debuted the world's most expensive shoe — the "Moon Star Shoes," valued at Dhs73 million (or about $19.9 million), reported Sophie Prideaux for The National, an English-language UAE news site. Read More...
Two years on from “step up,” things in the music world seemingly have stepped back in time, from the Recording Academy’s epic diversity failures to the return to male-dominated headliners at many major festivals, including a testosterone-heavy Coachella — as called out by Variety and many others — and Britain’s Reading and Leeds Festivals, the lineups of which feature just 20 female-fronted acts out of 91. Read More...
