Charles Julian Fearing has been around music all his life. Fearing began performing on a piano when he was three years old. We’re not talking about a child’s piano. No, we’re talking about an adult piano. His mother was a Mezzo-soprano singer and his uncle, a musician. “…she would be at the Shrine or the…
Dave Williams hesitantly throws out words when you ask him to describe himself in a word or sentence. “Wow…cantankerous…you know I wouldn’t want to be that hostile sounding.” Prodded, the jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and writer tries again. “I can’t. I think I need a paragraph. Driven…maybe I have a bit of chip that I’m…
Shy But Flyy has a quick response when asked at what age she decided performing is what she wanted to do with her life. “If my mom tells the story, it was right when I was born.” All kidding aside, Shy But Flyy shares that she just knew that music was going to be a…
“Original compositions in English and Spanish. Brenda Nolasco “Bless Nova” has been singing publicly since she was 6years old. By the age of 15, she was recording in a professional studio. Since 2012 she has performed professionally in an R&B/Blues band with a salsa band in North Carolina.” This talk was given at a TEDx…
“Jeffrey Brown sits down with Blanchard, who grew up in New Orleans, to discuss the role of music in film, why writing it requires “putting your ego aside” and how he feels about being considered for an Academy Award” Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour…