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Janiva Magness survived a string of tragedies and setbacks in her teens, which she says has "turned into a gift." Photo by Jeff Dunas

Janiva Magness's blues career forged by tragedy, trauma

Janiva Magness's career forged by tragedy and trauma

By Walter Tunis Contributing Music Writer

The long-standing definition of the blues has been one of hardship. Never mind how accurate that portrayal has been in reality, especially given that some of the genre's most arresting music has been nothing sort of jubilant. The blues, as we have come to view them, has been marked by loss, solitude and no small degree of suffering.

Sinatra's children keep his legacy alive

By Glenn Garvin McClatchy Newspapers

MIAMI — It was 40 years ago, but the memory still shimmers: Exhausted and incognito, Nancy Sinatra was sitting at a back table at the Fontaine­bleau, relaxing the best way she could imagine — listening to her dad sing. Suddenly the show took an unexpected turn. ”My daughter's here, just back from Vietnam,“ Frank Sinatra told the audience. ”Chicken, why don't you come up here and sing one?“

CKYO Mother's Day concert

By Howard M. Snyder hsnyder@herald-leader.com

The Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras are celebrating their 60th anniversary this weekend. For this momentous occasion, CKYO is throwing a gala at Keeneland Race Course, and on Mother's Day, a concert at the University of Kentucky Singletary Center for the Arts.

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