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Children enthral audience with traditional beats

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The first batch of students from Vadhya Vidhyalayam gave their first public performance of panchavadhyam and pancharimelam — traditional orchestra forms of Kerala — at the Mahalingapuram Ayyappan Guruvayurappan temple on Saturday. Their performance left the audience enthralled and asking for more. “I never knew that he would be so interested in this art form … Read more

It’s the 30th anniversary of Billy Joel’s glorious “quit lighting the audience” freakout

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Billy Joel’s a notoriously prickly figure, the kind of guy who’s burned enough lovers and interviewers to forever cement his legacy as a “difficult person.” Regardless, the man’s a star, even today. Since 2014, lest we forget, he’s sold out Madison Square Garden 40 times. He was even bigger in the ’80s, too, an era when he … Read more