Colón’s music combined jazz, rock and salsa, incorporating rhythms from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil and Africa
Willie Colón, the pioneering trombonist, vocalist and composer, died on Saturday aged 75, his family has said.
With more than 30m albums sold, multiple platinum records, and 11 combined Grammy and Latin Grammy nominations, Colón is among the most successful salsa artists of all time.
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Mouat’s side take silver after falling short in last end
Sometimes the silvers you win feel more like the golds you lose. After an excruciatingly tense three-hour final, there’s no doubt which way Bruce Mouat and the British men’s curling team will see this one. They were beaten 9-6 by Canada, in a game that took several twists and turns on its way to the very last stone of the 10th end. It is their second Olympic silver medal, after the one they won when they lost to Sweden in Beijing in 2022. After 10 days of competition, the Olympic title is still the one thing in the sport that this world champion team haven’t won, and that will sting.
The British rink had the better start. They forced Canada to settle for one from the 1st end, even though they had last stone advantage. But Grant Hardie is a gnarly competitor and he and his team worked their way into a 4-3 lead at halfway with a couple of double take-outs in the 3rd and 5th ends. In the 4th, when Britain had the hammer, they were made to play the same clearing shot four times in a row, before Hardie finally nailed it. Then Mouat missed with his penultimate stone, which clipped his own guard on its way home.
Continue reading...Wim Wenders says German director İlker Çatak’s Turkey-set warning against creeping authoritarianism gave jury ‘chills’
Yellow Letters, a drama set in Turkey about creeping authoritarianism, has won the Golden Bear top prize at the Berlin film festival, after a 10-day event overshadowed by a row over politics in cinema.
The film by the German director İlker Çatak, born in Berlin to Turkish immigrants, tells the story of two luminaries of the Ankara theatre scene whose marriage comes under severe strain when they lose their jobs after falling out of political favour. Its title comes from the colour of the official dismissal notices.
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on the water photography has added a photo to the pool:
This image shows the modern main building of the Torikai Hachimangu Shrine located in Fukuoka City, Japan.
The shrine has a history spanning approximately 1,800 years, with roots traced back to Empress Jingu and is known as the home to the deity of matchmaking.
The contemporary architectural design features a striking split-wall entrance framed by traditional stone lion-dog guardian statues.
The shrine grounds also feature a massive 3,000-square-meter wisteria trellis, designated as a Natural Monument of Japan.
The thatched Torikai Hachimangu shrine was designed by Ninomiya Sekkei Architects. Recently completed the compound consists of a thatched structure, wood prayer room, a concrete columbarium (a structure used to store urns containing cremated remains) and an inner shrine constructed in an early, iconic, simple style, similar to the inner shrines of Ise, known as shinnei-zukuri.
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