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Sarah Vaughn to Get Postage Stamp and New Concert to be Released

Legendary jazz vocalist Sarah Vaughn was loved and adored by millions of fans. She has sold books and records in the millions. Now, the postal service is honoring the singer who died in 1990 at the age of 66 is being honored with a new postage stamp. To coincide with the new stamp, Resonance Records will be releasing a 2-cd concert, with the cooperation of NPR entitled Sarah Vaughan-Live At Rosy's, New Orleans on March 25.
By Thomas Swan

  • Wolf Trap Announces Summer 2016 Concert Line Up, Includes Misty Copeland

    Vienna's world-renowned concert venue, the Wolf Trap, has announced its summer 2016 concert program. On the docket of performances this year is a highly anticipated new Firebird ballet by the Handspring Puppet Company featuring the National Symphony as well as a resounding debut by ABT star Misty Copeland.
    By Ian Holubiak

  • Nina Simone's Daughter, Lisa, Defends Zoe Saldana Against Scathing Remarks

    Amid the scathing backlash surrounding a studio's decision to hire Zoe Saldana to play Nina Simone in an upcoming biopic, it's now been reported that Nina's daughter, Lisa Simone Kelly, has stood up for Saldana. Saying what more than likely needed to be said, Simone Kelly stated that the casting decision did not lay with Saldana and thus she should be exonerated.
    By Ian Holubiak