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July 3, 2008

Welcome to July (already?!) 
Hope that you all enjoyed are semi-long weekend celebrating this great nation.


Well, on a personal note, some of you may know that I have an
upcoming hip surgery next week on Tuesday.  So the newsletter slated for July 10th will not be coming to your inboxes while I concentrate on recovering.  But you can expect one on Thursday, July 17th, as I expect all will go well with the beginning of recovering to full steam again.  For those of you who already knew, all your support and love has meant the world and I thank you from my heart.

OK, enough with that stuff ... there is TONS of music news this week - in fact tons of global news everywhere! 


Scroll down and find out what interests you - take your time and take a walk into your weekly entertainment news!

 

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::ALL TOP STORIES::

Stars Gather To Celebrate Mandela's 90th Birthday

(June 27, 2008) LONDON — Will Smith charmed the crowd, Amy Winehouse wowed them just by showing up – but Nelson Mandela proved the biggest star of all at aREAD MORE concert Friday in honour of the South African statesman's 90th birthday.
  Source:  www.globeandmail.com - Jill Lawless, The Associated Press
Felicien 'Working My Butt Off' For Olympics

(June 27, 2008) Perdita Felicien is convinced her best race is ahead of her – she just doesn't know if she'll get a chance to deliver it in Beijing. In an exclusive interview yesterday with the Star, her first since a foot injury in February jeopardized herREAD MORE chances of racing at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the Pickering hurdler said her odds of being able to compete in China are 50-50.
  Source:  www.thestar.com - Randy Starkman, Sports Reporter
CanStage is on Fire with 7 Doras

(June 30, 2008) Only 12 days after the beleaguered Martin Bragg resigned as artistic producer of the Canadian Stage Company, his organization raked in the lion's share of theREAD MORE Dora Mavor Moore Awards in the General Theatre category last night.
  Source: www.thestar.com - Richard Ouzounian, Theatre Critic
Mississauga Former Stripper Dishes About Stormy Relationship With Rapper/Actor Mos Def

(June 29, 2008) One-time stripper Alana Wyatt-Smith, 29, who has a 7-year-old son with Toronto hip-hop artist Saukrates, has penned Breaking the Code of Silence, a memoir examining her 2005 marriage to American MC-turned-actor-Mos Def, threeREAD MORE days after they met, as well as encounters with various professional athletes and celebs.
  Source: www.thestar.com - Ashante Infantry, Pop & Jazz Critic
Robin Thicke's Got 'Something Else' For You

(July 02, 2008) *Singer Robin Thicke has become a staple in contemporary soul collections. And now Thicke has another disc for music fans to add. His third album,READ MORE titled “Something Else,” hits stores in September complemented by a promotional tour beginning in August.
  Source: www.eurweb.com - By Kenya M Yarbrough

::TRAVEL::

Explore Sands Of Time In Namibia

(June 26, 2008) Sossusvlei, Namibia–The show of rock and sand found in NamibiaREAD MORE may be the most dramatic in the world. Certainly it's unsettling, maybe even scary, the way it hammers home nature's gorgeous potency ... and our small place in it.
  Source:  www.thestar.com - Catherine Dunphy, Toronto Star

::ALL MUSIC NEWS::

Showing Youngsters How It's Done

(June 27, 2008) Never mind those celebrated young lions, or jazz's next fresh face, theREAD MORE septuagenarians passing through this edition of the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival have it all covered.
  Source:  www.thestar.com - Ashante Infantry, Pop & Jazz Critic
Sax Summit Blows Roof Off The Rex While Chicago Trumpeter Rejuvenates Chestnuts

(June 29, 2008) There are two things to hope for on TD Canada Trust TorontoREAD MORE Jazz Festival outings: stellar performances by favoured acts and the discovery of brilliant new talent.
  Source: www.thestar.com - Ashante Infantry, Pop & Jazz Critic
Pan-African Band Serve Up Cuban Songs Tossed With American And French Influences

(June 29, 2008) What's remarkable about Orchestra Baobab is how deeply its players seem to have internalized all of West African pop music. "Specialist in allREAD MORE styles," the band calls itself. The musicians seem to be making a joke – how can you specialize in everything?
  Source: www.thestar.com - John Goddard, Staff Reporter
Calgary's Jazzy, Star-Studded Comeback

(June 27, 2008) CALGARY — The packed house falls completely silent, hanging on every note, and erupting into reverent applause at every opportunity. While Brubeck's performance has elicited many reactions throughout his long career, on Thursday hisREAD MORE music signalled something very particular: Jazz in Calgary is back from the brink.
  Source: www.globeandmail.com - Norval Scott
Meet Mother Corp.'s Daddy Dearest

(June 27, 2008) Richard Stursberg smoothly glides through the sky-busting atrium of the CBC building, heading toward the sleekly tall Carole MacNeil, who stands, smiling, sunglasses perched on head. He brushes a kiss upon her cheek, a gift thatREAD MORE MacNeil, co-host of CBC News: Sunday and Stursberg's “girlfriend” – his word – rises ever so slightly on the toe of one black patent pump to receive.
  Source: www.globeandmail.com - Jennifer Wells
Marquees Set To Glitter In Toronto

(June 26, 2008) If you want your summer vacation to include arts and entertainment, Toronto is among the best of all places. In late August, you'll be able to choose fromREAD MORE five Broadway or London musicals running simultaneously. And within the city there are many other cultural options.
  Source:  www.thestar.com - Martin Knelman, Toronto Star
The Other Members Of G-Unit Understand The Celestial Order Of The Fiddy Universe

(June 28, 2008) 50 Cent's manager, Laurie Dobbins, looks around the MuchMusic studio. Minutes after finishing a newspaper interview, her client has taken a seat, in aREAD MORE chair to her left, for an interview with a radio station. The second-most-famous member of G-Unit has not. "Where," Dobbins asks, "is Banks?"
  Source: www.thestar.com - Daniel Dale, Staff Reporter
Jakob Dylan Follows In His Father's Footsteps

(June 26, 2008) NEW YORK–At 38 years old and the father of four, Jakob Dylan won'tREAD MORE