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Accordionist Sofía Ros is BBC Radio Scotland Young Classical Musician of 2025
BBC Radio Scotland Young Classical Musician of the Year has seen the prestigious title bestowed on Sofía Ros… Sofía Ros has been named the winner of the esteemed BBC Radio Scotland Young Classical Musician of the Year award. The accordionist...
Folk Show Music and Dance Calendar 6.15.25
NHPR Folk Calendar of virtual and actual concerts, open mics, contradances, etc Monday, June 16, 2025 edition Many event announcements have short lead-times. Check the NHPR Folk Show Facebook page for timely announcements. Monday, June 16, 2025...

Nezza Ignored LA Dodgers’ Request for English National Anthem, Chose the Spanish Version Instead: ‘Para Mi Gente’
As protests against the Trump administration’s immigration policy reverberated through the city, Singer Vanessa Hernández, who is more commonly known as Nezza, was told by the Los Angeles Dodgers she should sing the national anthem in English...

Orihuela Costa’s San Juan Festival 2025: Music, Dance, and Fireworks
San Juan celebrations at La Zenia. Credit: La Zenia - Facebook The second annual San Juan Festival in Orihuela Costa is set to light up La Zenia from June 12 to June 30, 2025, with two weeks of spectacular evening events. Organised by the Comisión...

Jennie Anderson to play Noon Hour Concert
Jennie Anderson will play the flute with Rebekah Sundsrud, piano, at the Noon Hour Concert from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. Thursday, June 19 at Calvary Lutheran Church in Park Rapids. According to a news release, Anderson has been playing the flute since...

Bromsgrove International Young Musicians Competition delights crowds
MUSICIANS from around the world went toe to toe earlier this month in Bromsgrove’s renowned International Young Musician’s Competition. Competitors included international artists from South Korea, Spain, Germany and Romania alongside British...

'High School Musical' star's former home on the market for $4.1 million
Check out what's clicking on FoxBusiness.com. Vanessa Hudgens' former Los Angeles home is looking for a new owner. The "High School Musical" actress' former home in Studio City is on the market for $4.18 million, in partnership with listing agent...

Johnny Depp’s Spanish tour: film sets, museums and old friends
Depp and Cruz pose in front of Guernica at the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid. Credit: Museo Reina Sofia American actor Johnny Depp has returned to the media spotlight during his time in Madrid. Accompanied by his friend and co-star Penélope Cruz,...

‘People change. But he didn’t want to be in Ireland and I didn’t want to be in an isolated part of Spain.’ Leslie Dowdall, a head-on car accident, a cancer scare and the end of her marriage
The former In Tua Nua frontwoman now teaches music Leslie Dowdall at home in Co Wicklow. Photo: Steve Humphreys Today at 03:30 Leslie Dowdall is indomitable. The Dublin-born singer has been through it all – cancer, a car crash and a career dive....

‘Songs for the Deaf’: Who is the radio announcer on the Queens of the Stone Age album?
(Credits: Far Out / Interscope Records) While seizing mainstream attention with Rated R, Queens of the Stone Age‘s follow-up propelled the former Kyuss guitarist Josh Homme’s hard rock ensemble to the alternative zenith. In a drab rock climate of...

Shakira cancels concert in Texas due to structural failure
The Colombian singer Shakira announced through her social media that she has canceled her concert in San Antonio, Texas, due to a serious structural problem with the stage. The event, which was part of her tour “Las Mujeres ya no Lloran“, had sold...

UK expat finds a quaint little beach town away from the usual Spanish hotspots
Not your typical Spanish beach city. There's an extremely rare view ... a cattle ranch on the beach! | Credits: Google Street View While much of Spain’s coastline is filled with holidaymakers and a bustling expat scene, there’s a corner of the...

Aziya, Gina Jeanz, Nicola Cruz and Spanish superstar Nathy Peluso steal the first night honours at Mallorca Live
Forget wormholes and tears in the space-time continuum, if you want to step into a parallel universe check out Thursday night at Mallorca Live which is heavy on acts that are superstars in the Hispanic world but would barely get a second glance if...

Jazz Jennings debuts 100-lb. weight loss in a sexy see-through swimsuit on ‘hot’ beach day
JAZZ Jennings showed off her 100-lb. weight loss in a sexy see-through swimsuit on ahead of graduating from Harvard University. The TLC star, 24, shared photos on the beach as she enjoyed a well-deserved break as she gears up for her final...

Let women be horny – but Sabrina Carpenter’s album cover isn’t helping
Misogyny’s best friend Please join me for a quick game of “is this sex-positive feminism or just a lazy repackaging of the patriarchy”? Today’s protagonist is Sabrina Carpenter, a pop star whose music videos have got a Brooklyn priest demoted and...
FM, Spanish counterpart discuss efforts to halt dangerous regional escalation
Ammon News - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi discussed on Saturday efforts aimed at halting the dangerous escalation in the region resulting from the Israeli aggression against Iran with his...

Mical Teja’s debuts album Home
Features Melissa Doughty 5 Hrs Ago Mical Teja during his performance at Patrice Roberts' I am Woman fete, Hasely Crawford Stadium, on February 26, 2025, in Port of Spain. - Daniel Prentice Road March winner 2024 Mical Teja released his debut...
Israel’s Eurovision 2nd place: False consensus or musical machiavellianism?
Eurovision is peculiar. On the surface, it is a simple, if eccentric, song competition which intends to highlight the unity of competing nations. In theory, it casts aside divisions for a shared stage, prompting cohesion centred around the...

US tourists flock to Dublin for US country music star Zach Bryan’s gigs amid surge in North American visitors
The Oklahoma singer-songwriter will play three concerts at Dublin’s Phoenix Park from June 20-22 with a predicted attendance of over 180,000. The gigs have delivered bumper bookings for Dublin hotels while pubs and restaurants are set to enjoy a...

Tribute concert to celebrate legacy of legendary songwriter Nick Drake
The Torch Theatre in Milford Haven will host The Songs of Nick Drake on Saturday, August 9, featuring musician Keith James. Mr James was the first artist to bring Nick Drake’s music to UK theatre audiences in 2001, launching a six-year tour that...