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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Ben LaMar Gay
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's take a look at some videos featuring Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist Ben LaMar Gay, who's coming to St. Louis to perform in a concert presented by New Music Circle on Saturday, October 5 at Off Broadway. While Gay has been working in Chicago's busy improvised music scene for a while, he gained a new level of national recognition in 2018 with the release of Downtown Castles Can Never Block the Sun, his first “official" album as a solo artist. ...
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Top Pandora Execs Donate to Anti-Gay, Anti-Abortion Congressmen
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HypeBot
Pandora founder Tim Westergren, its CEO and half of the company's board of directors have made campaign donations to several powerful anti-gay marriage, anti-abortion Republican Congressman. Utah Republican Representative Jason Chaffetz believes that D.C. autonomy is unconstitutional and led the charge to roll back gay marriage there. Representative Bob Godlatte of Virginia is a bit less radical than Chaffetz, but has also supported both bands on same sex marriage and efforts by anti-abortion groups. In 2013, Pandora's then CEO Joseph Kennedy donated money ...
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Carrie Underwood Isn't Only Country Act To Support Gay Marriage
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Lauren Rogers
The first single from Town & Country's self-titled debut CD takes on the hot-button topic of marriage equality and support of gay-marriage rights. “Everybody Wants to Say I Do,” which vocalist Rob Shapiro and and songwriter/producer Brian Woodbury wrote together, addresses marriage – gay or straight – from a universal point of view, as in “I will love you for the rest of my life.” Q: “Everybody Wants to Say I Do" tackles the sensitive topic of marriage equality. How ...
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Performance: Louis Stewart and Gay McIntyre Play University of Ulster on 6 & 7 October
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All About Jazz
Two of Ireland’s most renowned jazz musicians team up to take part in the University of Ulster’s Autumn Lunchtime Concert Series on Monday 6 & 7 October. Louis Stewart, recognised internationally as one of the world’s finest jazz guitarists, will join forces with saxophonist Gay McIntyre to perform at both the Coleraine and Magee campuses. Louis Stewart began playing on the Dublin jazz scene in the ‘sixties and quickly established a reputation for himself at home and abroad. He was ...
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