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Blues Brothers comic star Belushi self-destructed aged 33

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The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd, the golden era of improv, and the making of a comedic film classic that helped shape our popular culture. “They’re not going to catch us”, Dan Ackroyd, as Elwood Blues, tells his brother Jake, played by John Belushi, “We’re on a mission from God”. So opens the musical action comedy The Blues Brothers, which hit theatres on June 20, 1980. Their scripted mission was to save a local Chicago orphanage, Ackroyd, who conceived and wrote much of the film, had a greater mission: to honour the then-seemingly forgotten … Continue reading Blues Brothers comic star Belushi self-destructed aged 33

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Taylor Swift wins Grammy

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At the 66th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, Taylor Swift won her 13th Grammy Award for Midnights, best pop vocal album and announced she will releasing a new album on 19 April. She became the artist with most win in the coveted category with prior wins to tie up with Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder,Paul Simon. She previously took the award for Fearless in 2009, 1989 in 2016, and Folklore in 2021. Stunned Taylor Swift accepted the award from Celine Dion and said “I would love to tell you that this is the best moment in my life but I feel … Continue reading Taylor Swift wins Grammy

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Simply the Best

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Tina Turner “Queen of Rock” (83) has died peacefully today after a long illness in her home in Kusnacht near Zurich, Switzerland.  In the past she had suffered several health issues in recent years including cancer, stroke and kidney failure. Tina emerged in to fame in the 1960s alongside her ex-husband Ike turner, with the classic song River Deep Mountain High and What’s Love Got to Do which made her a superstar. She divorced the abusive Ike in 1978, and went on to find even greater success as a solo artist in the 1980s and won three Grammy Awards and … Continue reading Simply the Best

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Phonograph Parties

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Vinyl collector and music buff Jonathan Scott dissects the feat that we all take for granted today the domestication of sound, and bring us the story of recorded sound and technological developments, the people that made them happen and impact they had on society from the earliest inventions via the phonographs to LPs, EPs and recent resurgence of vinyl, travelling through a history of geniuses, eccentrics and upstarts who brought us the vinyl records in music’s most durable format. New Vinyl outsold CDs in the UK last year for the first time since 1987, although streaming with worth £1.6bn against … Continue reading Phonograph Parties