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'88th Academy Awards Sunday

When the 88th Academy Awards go down this Sunday, everyone will be scrambling to the internet to try to figure out, if Eddie Redmayne wins another Academy Award for best actor, why someone has won more awards than there have been to see his films. Or maybe, if Sylvester Stallone gets his due, how actor and Stallone can go together in the same sentence. Without further ado, let's play with Oscar for a little while.
By Thomas Swan

  • 'EXCLUSIVE: Classicalite Q&A with Robert Mugge

    Independent filmmaker and documentarian Robert Mugge is one of the greatest chroniclers of American roots music working today. For more than thirty years, he has carefully preserved and documented pieces of American culture that may have otherwise been lost in the foggy haze of time. To coincide with the release of three new DVDs that explore Louisiana cultural music on DVD - Zydeco Crossroads: A Tale of Two Cities, The Kingdom of Zydeco, and Rhythm N Bayous: A Road map to Louisiana Music March 25, Mr. Mugge sat down with Classicalite to talk about the blues, film making and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina -
    By Thomas Swan

  • 'Portland Jazz Festival Honors 'The Trane'

    This year is a speical celebration for the annual Portland Jazz Festival. For ten days, February 18th to the 28th, the festival is proud to honor legendary saxophonist John Coltrane on his 90th birthday. With a full slate of honored guests in 100 plus events at a dozen different venues, the organizers will pay tribute to one of Jazz's greatest innovators, with the help of Mr. Coltrane's son Ravi as well.
    By Thomas Swan
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