Jazz/Blues
New Fela Kuti Documentary, 'Finding Fela,' Continues What 'FELA!' the Musical Started [TRAILER, TRACKLIST]
President Barack Obama to Honor Brooklyn Academy of Music with National Medal of Arts
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle announced yesterday that the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is the first institution to receive the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the United States government. The National Medal of Arts is reserved for those who are "deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support and availability of the arts in the United States." CLICK: Damon Albarn West End Musical, Billy Joel Wins Gershwin Prize, Audra "Lady Day" MacDonald at Emerson’s, P.T. Anderson Inherent Vice at New York Film
"It's funny for me to say, 'I'm writing a musical', but yes, that's what I'm doing next. It's something I've always wanted to do, because musicals are great when they're done well. It started out with the same subject matter but was going to be a leftfield, experimental opera. But it's lurched into a mainstream musical for families." -- Damon Albarn [via The Daily Star]
