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FILE - Musician Jose Feliciano performs during the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize tribute concert on March 13, 2019, in Washington. Feliciano is celebrating 50 years of his bilingual Christmas classic âFeliz Navidad" by releasing a new version featuring Jason Mraz, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Shaggy and more. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP, File) Brent N. Clarke
Jose Feliciano, Barenaked Ladies, Josh Groban top this week’s online concerts Updated Dec 16, 2020; Posted Dec 16, 2020 FILE - Musician Jose Feliciano performs during the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize tribute concert on March 13, 2019, in Washington. Feliciano is celebrating 50 years of his bilingual Christmas classic “Feliz Navidad" (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP, File)Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP Facebook Share CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It has been, believe it or not, 50 years since Jose Feliciano turned the Spanish holiday greeting “Feliz Navidad” into a worldwide smash -- a...
Morning Becomes Eclectic host on his newly minted weekly podcast and vodcast, The Backstory. After a couple of years of informal talks with Ron Burkle-backed 101 Studios and members-only social club Soho House, the project—which is meant to bring club members together while they’re physically apart—was fast-tracked during the pandemic. With a slate of A-list guests and Bentley at the helm, the hope is that the podcast will appeal to more than just the Soho House crowd. The concept, at least on paper, is to bring together two guests “across industries or industry peers, to share in ca...
Jason Bentley Talks Writing Music, Starting a Record Label and Launching a Podcast Mark Leibowitz/Courtesy of Newhouse Jason Bentley The veteran KCRW music director, who left his post a year ago, talks about his new podcast, becoming a father to twin boys and what Bono has to do with his new record label. Jason Bentley is at home, like pretty much everybody else these days amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But his backdrop on view in this virtual interview is very much not the norm. "It's about 20,000 pieces of vinyl and about eight or 9,000 CDs," he explains of the impressive stacks that completel...