The Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York is the most famous performance venue associated with African American entertainers. The New York Theatre that became the Apollo was built in by Jules Hurtig and Harry Seamon, two burlesque theatre operators and opened as Hurtig and Seamon’s New Burlesque Theater.
Marina Lambrini Diamandis, professionally known as MARINA, formerly known as Marina and the Diamonds (sometimes stylised Marina & the Diamonds), is a Welsh singer-songwriter. Her earlier stage name relied on a translation of her surname: "diamonds" in Greek.
Robo the Technician is one of SA's dopest and long standing emcee's. Having been on the scene for well over ten years and having released numerous materials, Robo's debut album is fast becoming a classic amongst those who like their lyrics conscious and their beats phat and grimy. Artist descriptions on are editable by everyone.
New Zealander Hayley Westenra signed her first international recording contract with Universal Records in the UK at the tender age of Her first release under the deal, Pure (), then became the fastest selling international debut album in the history of the UK classical charts.
Here’s a list of some better icebreaker questions to consider. I’ve broken them into mild, medium and hot so you can go deeper as your palate allows. Play with what works for you in various.
Darren Lyndon Espanto (born ) is a Filipino-Canadian singer well- known for his cover songs such as Chandelier, originally sung by Sia. He first joined a competition at the age of ten, where he won the Masters Finals of the Pinoy Singing Sensation competition in Edmonton.
By , Wonder’s focus had shifted overseas on the struggle to end apartheid in South Africa. In “It’s Wrong,” he cries out against the South African government’s racial policy, charging that, like slavery and the Holocaust - two of the most egregious crimes against modern humanity - the apartheid policy was morally perverse.
The Bible doesn’t record the Apostle Paul’s death. However, historical and literary sources from the early church agree that he was beheaded in Rome under the reign of Nero during the emperor’s most intense persecution of Christians between A.D.
The New Biography emerged in the 1920s and 1930s under the impulse of Virginia Woolf, Lytton Strachey and Harold Nicolson. Although their appreciation of each other varied, these writers read and influenced each other’s work; they formulated similar conceptualisations of biography, giving strength to Woolf’s idea of a ‘new school of.
Ken Watanabe is a Japanese actor, popular for playing tragic hero roles. Ken, apart from gaining prominence in the Japanese film industry, is also famous for his acting prowess in Hollywood. His Hollywood film ‘The Last Samurai’ even made an official entry into the prestigious Academy Awards.
Merlin is the central mythical character in the world of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. A shadowy and untameable figure who seldom takes a single form for long enough to show us his true nature, he eludes definition today, just as he did a millennium ago.
Edward Jenner was born in Berkeley, Gloucestershire on 17 May 1749, the son of the local vicar. At the age of 14, he was apprenticed to a local surgeon and then trained in London. In 1772, he.