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Set in 1938 Brooklyn, this gripping psychological mystery begins when attractive, level-headed Sylvia Gellburg suddenly loses her ability to walk. The only clue lies in Sylvia’s obsession with news accounts from Germany. Though safe in Brooklyn, Sylvia is terrified by Nazi violence—or is it something closer to home?

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was the greatest jazz composer of the twentieth century - and an impenetrably enigmatic personality whom no one, not even his closest friends, claimed to understand. The grandson of a slave, he dropped out of high school to become one of the world's most famous musicians, a showman of incomparable suavity who was as comfortable in Carnegie Hall as in the nightclubs where he honed his style.

What’s on your list of the greatest products made in Britain? Join journalist Steve Duke as he criss-crosses the island to meet our makers in their factories and workshops. Whilst compiling our list, we hear stories of people pursuing perfection, tales of difficult times, and words of hope. Ultimately, this show is for the dreamers and the optimists. Each episode focuses on one product that gets submitted into the garden shed of greatness – we’ll keep going until the shed is full. Winner of the Best Business Show at the Independent Podcast Awards 2024. After tuning in, please consider ...

The Beatles and Duke Ellington's Orchestra stand as the two greatest examples of collaboration in music history. Duke University musicologist Thomas Brothers delivers a portrait of the creative process at work, demonstrating that the cooperative method at the foundation of these two artist-groups was the primary reason for their unmatched musical success. Help! describes in rich detail the music and mastery of two cultural leaders whose popularity has never dimmed, and the process of collaboration that allowed them to achieve an artistic vision greater than the sum of their parts.

Lester Young fading away in a hotel room; Charles Mingus storming down the streets of New York on a too-small bicycle; Thelonius Monk creating his own private language on the piano.... In eight poetically charged vignettes, Geoff Dyer skilfully evokes the embattled lives of the players who shaped modern jazz. He draws on photos and anecdotes, but music is the driving force of But Beautiful, and Dyer brings it to life in luminescent and wildly metaphoric prose that mirrors the quirks, eccentricity and brilliance of each musician's style.

How to Keep Your Dukes Up in the Music Business is the guide every musician needs to navigate the music bizz. This book includes eight essential contracts that all musicians need, and with over 20 years of experience in the entertainment business and a music attorney today, Miss Krystle Shares some of the best kept industry secrets you need to know. Having the advantage means managing all the business aspects of your career, and it is an investment of time that will pay off in a big way.

From the lush feather boas that adorned early female impersonators to the sequined lip syncs of barroom queens to the drag kings that have us laughing in stitches, drag has played a vital role in the creative life of New York City. But the evolution of drag in the city—as an art form, a community and a mode of liberation—has never before been fully chronicled.

He wasn’t always the Great Showman. In fact, Phineas Taylor Barnum grew up in relative poverty with only his wits to help him along. When his father died, the 15-year-old boy entered the working world as a shopkeeper’s assistant. In leaps and bounds, he worked his way from assistant to shop owner, lottery office owner, and, eventually, entertainment promoter. The bulk of his career was focused on his beloved American Museum, where thousands of ticket holders flocked every day to look at the human oddities, stuffed animals, live whale, and American memorabilia.

The attraction of opera is in its scale, in the fact that it is larger than real life in actions and emotions, more magnificent in sound and in sight. And in the world of opera, no figure in our time loomed larger than the late Luciano Pavarotti. Especially in his triumphant collaborations with Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras, he captured the imagination of an audience breadth and depth is remarkable even in the grand context of classical opera.

David Dickinson is a household name, the king of the catchphrase, undisputed darling of daytime TV and a rising star. He's a respected antiques expert and exudes a taste for the finer things in life. But the road to his success has not been as smooth as his patter and he's learnt a lot at the school of hard knocks. David was first introduced to showbiz when he travelled the world as the manager of his international cabaret star wife, Lorne.

A creative networking interview styled podcast to help promote artists with their passions.

100 Episodes of Dukes of Hazard

This is celebrated architect Ken Tate’s creative memoir about his life. Beginning with his days growing up in Columbus, Mississippi, where he was surrounded by beautiful Greek Revival houses, the book journeys through Ken’s upbringing as a creative adolescent to his early days at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta where he started his architectural collegiate career. There, Ken struggled to keep up with the hard-edged modernism being taught in school and longed to design beautiful houses with soul.

Weekly Music Reactions and Reviews. Live from Brooklyn New York, Youtube reactor and musician Alvin Sane brings his entertaining, over the top, and lit AF reaction video series to the podcast forum. Co-hosted by the Funko Pop likeness of Frank Zappa and other surprise guests. Duke Reacts has been posting weekly reactions on Youtube for over 2 years: https://www.youtube.com/@DukesMusic84

Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/duke-lott/subscribe Welcome to The Duke Lott Show! A Whole Lott of DIVERSITY(D.E.I.) Some Controversial Topics, All Positive Healthy Energy! A Motivational Positive Show that breeds light, gives the human spirit enlightenment and also allows you to be entertained. You might laugh, you might cry or think, but we’re gonna have some fun while doing it. Season 2 & 3 Coming Soon! Audiobook and Paid Subscription that includes many extras on Spotify!

cut part of big fun from the LA run in 2013

Covering The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss, The Gentleman Bastards by Scott Lynch, and The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson. We’ve covered Graphic novels and comics such as Paper Girls and Saga. Fantasy book club.

Duke's Nukes is a weekly podcast with topics on all different things in Pop Culture ranging from movies, television, games, and more. Join Blaine, Jack, Will, and Duke the Corgi every week for a new episode.

If the term "Rock-n-Roll" is a euphemism for sexual intercourse, what new term would be given to explain classic punk rock being PODCAST? Let's consider it the equivalent of your computer being so clogged with smut viruses that the hard drive won't ever work again; consider it KILLED BY PORN!

Welcome to GSMC Classics: A Date with the Duke, where the golden era of radio meets the timeless melodies of the incomparable Duke Ellington. Delve into a world where every note resonates with history, every tune transports you to a bygone era, and every episode is a journey through the musical genius of one of jazz's most iconic figures.Originally aired on the esteemed ABC Radio Network, A Date with the Duke captivated audiences across the nation. Now, in a remarkable revival, GSMC Classics brings this beloved classic radio show back to life, ensuring that the magic of Duke Ellington's music ...