Author: Ewang Johnson
I will never forget the first time I heard OneRepublic’s hit song “Counting Stars.” I was 15 years old. My taste in music was limited, to say the least. I rarely listened to anything “mainstream,” and I was more than a little inclined to judge my peers who filled their ears with godless pop music.When “Counting Stars” came on at a birthday party, I couldn’t help liking the catchy tune. It was a good song, and everyone seemed to enjoy it. People were singing along, and I was listening in hopes of joining in.Then we got to the pre-chorus.I feel…
Operatic soprano Chen Reiss has just released a new album alongside Daniel Grossman and the Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich entitled “Jewish Vienna”. The Austrian capital has always been a key spot for classical music and the goal of this record was to focus on the artists and composers who were part of this rich scene until the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany. We also look at how the internet and social media may have killed off the video star, as well as the new album from Welsh rockers Stereophonics. Source link
Getty ImagesAldrich Ames spent nearly a decade selling secret information to the Soviet Union, compromising more than 100 clandestine operations, and leading to the deaths of at least 10 Western intelligence assets. On 28 April 1994, the double agent was jailed for life. In February of that year, the BBC spoke to one of the spies who was betrayed by Ames, but who lived to tell the tale.In 1985, Soviet agents working for the CIA suddenly began to disappear. One by one, these Western intelligence sources were picked up by the Soviet intelligence service, the KGB, interrogated and, very often,…
President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations to Faure Gnassingbé, President of Togo, on the occasion of his country’s Independence Day. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice […] Source link
“If you put a positive message to a beat, everybody will listen to it.” That’s of the mottos of influential bassist Reggie Washington, who has spoken to FRANCE 24 about his love for music, and his wish to pass its delights on to the rest of the planet. Washington, who is in the middle of a tour of European countries, says that he plays music “from the heart” and that it’s medicine to the world. He played a key role in the modern jazz revolution of the 1980s and 1990s, touring and recording with the best. He is also co-founder…
On April 23 in frames of the World Book and Copyright Day Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Mariana Betsa took part in the Drahomán Prize Award Ceremony held in Kyiv at the “Sense” bookstore. The winner of the Drahomán Prize for translators from Ukrainian into world languages for 2024 is Finnish interpreter Eero […] Source link
The Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris has gathered more than 400 works by David Hockney for a hugely ambitious retrospective spanning seven decades of the British artist’s career. “David Hockney, 25” opens Wednesday and runs until August 31, 2025. Source link
The President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has sent two separate messages of congratulations to the President of Sierra Leone and the King of the Kingdom of Netherlands on the occasions marking those nations’ Independence and National Day Anniversaries, respectively. Coincidentally, these great nations celebrate this very important Day […] Source link
The translator who has translated into French the latest collection of poems by the late US civil rights icon Maya Angelou has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the pressure of getting it right. Santiago Artozqui has just finished translating her collection entitled “I shall not be moved” in English and “Rien ne me fera plier” in French. He told us that Angelou “had a voice, had something to say and knew how to say it”. He spoke to us in Perspective. Source link
Assigned by the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, the Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, National Community Abroad and African Affairs, Ahmed Attaf, arrived today in the Italian capital Rome to represent Algeria at Pope Francis’s funeral, scheduled for Saturday at St. Peter’s Square. The Pope’s funeral is expected to see the participation […] Source link