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...DIED. Rocio Jurado, 61, flamboyant singer whose blend of flamenco, folk and romantic ballads earned her the mantle "Spain's greatest"; in Madrid. Jurado recorded over 30 albums, five of which went platinum, and appeared in several films. Best known for the mesmerizing song Como una Ola (Like a Wave), she was also popular in Latin America and the U.S., where she performed at the White House for then President Ronald Reagan...
...enough for a garage. Her band’s dream was to play in the Elvis Room, where they only needed 20 minutes of music to get a gig. “We never got 20 minutes. We didn’t even have a bass player or a singer,” she says. Knitting is another passion of hers. During the past winter, Scott participated in the Olympics’ knitting competition. Knitting Olympians chose a project that was “an achievable challenge” that they began at opening ceremonies and had to complete...
JOAN BAEZ, folk singer with Hispanic roots, from a makeshift treehouse in a 50-ft. walnut, where she and two other activists camped out to protest the planned sale to developers of a community garden used by Latino immigrants in South Los Angeles...
...host was Justin Bond, backed by the piano stylings of Kenny Melman. He kept the event afloat with his lithe sarcasm. ("If I could love," he told one singer, "I would love you very much.") But the 500 or so attendees standing on that pier really came to life when Mitchell bounded onstage, singing forcefully, dancing with a practiced frenzy, showing the audience and the other performers what stage presence really...
...they could've heard them: "Well, I try my best to be just like I am, / But everybody wants you to be just like them.") In Britain the following year he was greeted with screams of "Traitor!", Judas!"and "How about switching it off?" Backstage, the burnt-out singer vowed, "I'm gonna get me a new Bob Dylan and use him. Here's the new Bob Dylan-see how long he lasts...