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Hi everyone! Here’s the newest addition to my Creator Shoutout Series (february 5 - february 12)! For info about the series, I explained it in the first post here, but generally, it’s to show appreciate to editors and their creations that i love from the past week. To track this series or look at previous shoutouts, please check out the tag on my blog *creatorshoutouts. Have a great week everyone!

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Nominees Announced For The "54th NAACP Image Awards" Airing Live Saturday, February 25th At 7:00 PM CT On BET

Today, NAACP unveiled the full list of “54th NAACP Image Awards” nominees with ABC and Netflix leading the pack with 28 and 15 nominations respectively. The winners will be revealed during the two-hour LIVE TV special, airing Saturday, February 25th, 2023 at 8:00 PM ET on BET and 8:00 PM PT on delay. The show will be in front of an audience for the first time in three years.

 Netflix and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever lead nominations across the motion picture categories with 15 and 12 nominations respectively. ABC and Abbott Elementary received the most nominations in the television + streaming categories with 28 and nine nominations respectively. Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar are tied for the most nominations in the music recording categories (5 respectively). RCA Records / RCA Inspiration received the most nominations across record labels (11). Penguin Random House and Harper Collins lead nominations across literary categories (9).

        “This year’s nominees have conveyed a wide range of authentic stories and diverse experiences that have resonated with many in our community, and we’re proud to recognize their outstanding achievements and performances,” said Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP.

    “We take pride in recognizing the trailblazing achievements and artistry of this year’s esteemed nominees and celebrating the powerful legacy of the NAACP,” said Connie Orlando, EVP of Specials, Music Programming & Music Strategy, BET. “We look forward to bringing the Image Awards back to Pasadena in front of a live audience and delivering unforgettable moments that epitomize the brilliance of the Black community.”

        The public can vote to determine the winners of the “54th NAACP Image Awards” by visiting www.naacpimageawards.net. Voting closes on February 10, 2023. Winners will be revealed during the “54th NAACP Image Awards” telecast on February 25, 2023, on BET. NAACP will also recognize winners in non-televised Image Awards categories February 20-24, which will stream on www.naacpimageawards.net. For all information and the latest news, please follow NAACP Image Awards on Instagram @NAACPImageAwards.

      Globally recognized as one of the most distinguished multicultural awards shows, the “54th NAACP Image Awards” will continue a tradition of excellence, uplifting values that inspire equality, justice, and progressive change, and highlighting artists committed to that purpose.

      One of the most iconic annual celebrations of Black excellence, the NAACP Image Awards draws the biggest and brightest stars in Hollywood. Previous years’ attendees and winners include Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Hudson, Rihanna, Wizkid, Lizzo, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Michael B. Jordan, Oprah Winfrey, Prince Harry & Meghan Markle, Jamie Foxx, Chloe x Halle, Regé-Jean Page, Daniel Kaluuya, Michaela Coel, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Blair Underwood, Will Smith, Taraji P. Henson, Marsai Martin, Viola Davis, Gabrielle Union, Kerry Washington, Anthony Anderson, Sterling K. Brown, Loni Love, Sheryl Underwood, Halle Berry, Common, Dwayne Johnson, Audra Day, John Legend, Lena Waithe, Tracee Ellis Ross, David Oyelowo, Laverne Cox, Octavia Spencer, Issa Rae, Trevor Noah, Yara Shahidi, Danai Gurira, Jacob Latimore, Jill Scott, H.E.R., Jay Pharoah, Jemele Hill, Loretta Devine, Sylvester Stallone, Meta Golding, Michael Smith, Tyler James Williams, Ava DuVernay, the late Chadwick Boseman, and many more.

      To see the full list of nominees and to cast your vote, please visit naacpimageawards.net.

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And if you’d like any more (no pressure) maybe young-Philippa folk playlist?

LOVED making this, in fact I kind of made two playlists again, whoops, one for when you just want about an hour of folky bops, one for when you have more like 100 minutes to spare...

Every Cell Charged with Stark Common Sense

A playlist for growing up wild in Northumbria and being ready to absolutely wreck any mercenary rock stars who show up to threaten your parents

Steeleye Span - False Knight on the Road

Ivor Cutler Trio - Good Morning! How Are You? Shut Up!

Kathryn Tickell - Ronell's Reel/Bob Thompson's

Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick - Byker Hill

Jean-François Dutertre - Le tueur de femmes

Steeleye Span - Twa Corbies

Lal & Norma Waterson - The Pretty Drummer Boy

Fairport Convention - Come All Ye

Anne Briggs - Living by the Water

Kathryn Tickell - Da Slickit Light

Vin Garbutt - The Legend of Roseberry

Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick - Sovay

Nic Jones - Billy Don't You Weep for Me

Steeleye Span - The Blackleg Miner

Spriguns of Tolgus - The Lambton Worm

Kate Bush - Violin

Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Shipbuilding

Kathryn Tickell - Johnny Cope/Tipsy Sailor

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

FCs are Ellie Kendrick and Lucy Farrell. Title is from DK, helpfully sourced by @erinaceina <3

I’m afraid you may gain the impression through my commentary that I don’t think common sense is quite the only guiding principle of small Somervilles...

The principles of a Pippa playlist: 1) she is a Weird Little Girl 2) she is a feral country child raised by folkies. Inevitably this means she is a fan of certain grim folk songs, but she's not really into murder ballads per se, though she objects to the latter aspect (ballad) more than the former (murder). If these silly maidens weren't so interested in falling in love with men they wouldn't get murdered, would they?!

So: 1) False Knight on the Road It may be a boy in the song, but I can well imagine Pippa playing at telling the Devil to go stuff himself by means of riddling answers and a mean fiddle riff. 2) Ivor Cutler One of her parents' records that small Pippa gloms onto, to their slight bemusement. An eccentric Scotsman singing eccentric songs and telling eccentric stories while playing harmonium - Pippa has a brief obsession with the harmonium because of it and insists on being told the story of 'Mary's Drawer' at bedtime (see Pippa's extended EP, below) 3) Lots of Kathryn Tickell on this!! The album is early '80s but it's A Sign that she released anything that early and can therefore be on the Pippa playlist - she's an accomplished fiddle player and Northumbrian pipes player and definitely an icon for Philippa. 4) Byker Hill Also loads of these boys on the playlist as a duo and with Steeleye Span/Fairport. Dave Swarbrick was one of the best and most well-known folk fiddlers of the revival and Marty Carty is folk royalty. This being a local song, of course Pippa loves it. 5) Le tueur de femmes She picks this up from one of the records Gideon brings back from his travels (technically this album seems to be from the '90s but I'm using Folk License for this, plus the LP might have been released earlier in France. The arrangement will certainly have been used by French musicians in the '70s). She doesn't understand the lyrics for a long time but knows there's a strange sinister quality to it, and probably at some point clicks that it's the same song as The Outlandish Knight on her parents' Nic Jones record. So it's the Bluebeard story where the 'final girl' drowns the serial killer and goes home to tell her pet parrot not to snitch on her for running off with, almost being killed by, and then herself killing a strange foreign knight. A Pippa vibe. 6) Twa Corbies More morbid folk! Ravens discussing the dead body of the knight they're about to feast on. With added Dave Swarbrick on the fiddle. 7) Lal & Norma Waterson More folk royalty! A happily G-rated take on the young girl sneaking off to join the armed forces - she doesn't end up having to marry anyone at the end, or being discovered because she gets pregnant by her captain. It's just that a lady falls in love with her and then she gets outed and sent home. But she did have fun playing the drum and travelling before that! 8) Fairport Convention - Come All Ye There are probably times in Contrary Teenage Philippa's life when she claims to be 'over' folk rock and to have 'outgrown' it. But put this track on and she won't be able to resist singing along. 9) This is what she claims to have outgrown folk rock for, so fair play to her - Anne Briggs is a gem of the folk revival, and probably reminds Pippa of her mum, though Kate's voice isn't as high. An early indication for Philippa that folk heroes *can* write their own songs and those can be just as good as the trad stuff! 10) More Kathryn Tickell on the pipes :) 11) Vin Garbutt A local folkie singing in local dialect! It's a bit further south than Pippa's country technically, but another miserable story turned into quite a bop. For anyone struggling with the words, it's about Oswald of Northumbria's baby son and the prophecy that he would die by drowning - his mother took him to the top of the hill Roseberry Topping in Teeside to prevent this, but baby Oswy went toddling off and tripped and drowned in a spring at the summit while she slept. She died of grief and was buried nearby, which is the folk etymology for the village name 'Osmotherly' (< Oswy's mother). 12) Pippa can't resist the fiddle part on this, though she thinks it's silly that Sovay gives the gold and watch back to her useless boyfriend, she'd have shot him and taken the ring too :P 13) Billy Don’t You Weep for Me So, I first heard this song when Jim Moray played it live and in his intro he said he remembered hearing it as a child and coming to the conclusion that he must Never Ever sit on a soldier's lap or else he'd end up dying a miserable death. I can see baby Pippa drawing similar conclusions and again getting quite into the song's savagery, but also spending hours practicing her fiddle because whatever he's *doing* with the guitar there she wants to be able to do with the fiddle. (This version is from a record released in the 2000s, but it was recorded live before Nic's accident and I'd bet there was a version on one of his early Topic albums. N.b. I want you to know that Nic Jones on Pippa playlists has an extra layer of ouch because he was badly injured in a road accident in the '80s and couldn't play afterwards, having been one of the most astonishingly brilliant folk musicians of the century. He is slowly, slowly returning to live shows now with his son playing the more complex parts while he does the chords he's able to, and he's an absolute sweetheart who's just happy to play for people again. But in the AU that's Christian's fate - Gideon isn't so lucky). 14) Blackleg MIner Speaking of savage, local songs, you don't get much more savage than this classic anti-scab song from County Durham. Pippa's certainly heard mum and dad sing this one, and in the '80s it has a new resonance. 15) The Lambton Worm An underappreciated part of the folk rock scene but certainly part of Kate and Gideon's record collection! And this is another local song, from Sunderland this time, about a dragon and a knight - I bet Gideon played this loads to baby Pippa and she adored it, but probably sympathised with the dragon despite Gideon warning her that it ate unwary children who stayed up late listening to mum and dad's jam sessions with friends when they were meant to be asleep! 16) Kate Bush - Violin ...do I need to explain this? Is it possible to explain this? The stirrings of baby Pippa's pop sensibilities. She can't be sniffy about Kate Bush because she's just so damned *weird* and earnest with it, and somehow gets to number one in the charts anyway!! 17) Shipbuilding This is one that isn't released until '82 and I think Philippa really latches onto it in the wake of Gideon's death (exact timeline still a bit up in the air). It feels like a song he'd really have appreciated, and with it she starts thinking politically about music in a new way as well. It's about working class communities and how the news of the Falklands War was bound to the promise of new work and economic revival, although at the cost of human lives, many of which would come from the same communities. Not sure Pippa ever feels strong enough to sing it or cover it herself until her work with activists in TRC-era (~1985) but it's a really important song for her. 18) Kathryn Tickell on the fiddle this time :) 19) Come on Eileen Sampling folk, adding in a three-person strings section, and releasing this unavoidable hit, Pippa can't really help but love Dexys, though she's drawn to the song very reluctantly and despairs every time it gets stuck in her head until she learns to just enjoy it.

There's an extended version of the Pippa playlist, on which you'll also find:

*Pentangle - Light Flight Another band from the folk rock revival, pop this in the same category as Fairport Convention - Come All Ye, above. *Billy Williams - When Father Papered the Parlour I was going to put Flanders & Swann on here, thinking Gideon and Kate would have been fans, but their Wikipedia page ended up annoying me too much (private school boys being smarmy ho ho ho) so I turned to music hall songs I remembered hearing on a cassette of 'children's favourite's from the 1950s' that I inexplicably had when growing up. I like to think Pippa would enjoy this too, but on the shorter playlist Ivor Cutler fills that eccentric role, and it took enough self-restraint not to just add a billion of his songs anyway. *Shirley Collins - Space Girl Just because it's fun!! Maybe something Kate sings and Pippa's like 'nooooo mum you're being embarrassing!' but she likes it really. The Imagined Village do an *excellent* modern version. *Arlo Guthrie - Motorcycle Song Also fun! Also a record Gideon has brought back from his travels. Gideon also rides a motorbike. And yes, Pippa knows all the words to Alice's Restaurant by the age of ten. *Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line (live at Folsom) Gideon did lots of charity work with prisoners and particularly had contacts in the US he worked with, so this is a favourite album in Flaw Valleys. *Planxty - Smeceno Horo The playlist needed some Planxty. Big boys of Irish folk(/rock) with really wide-ranging interests. I saw this Bulgarian tune and had to put it on the Pippa album because it's a really cheerful load of noise and I think Gideon is in the habit of travelling for his tunes a lot, so brings stuff like this back and listens to Planxty to check what they've found, too. It gives Pippa a really good basis for jamming with people at St Mary's, Adam will certainly have some similar influences. *Tom Lehrer - The Elements Another from Gideon's travels. Pippa is a bit of a swot at school, but no one else can understand how learning the lyrics to this song is easier than just learning what they're meant to learn for class. She doesn't care, she thinks it's a bop (though she's a bit suspicious of him for the whole 'poisoning pigeons' thing). *Ivor Cutler Trio - Mary's Drawer A Somerville vibe to this whole thing, really. *Ian Campbell Folk Group - Poor Old Horse A sea shanty about debt in coastal communities and the 'dead horse tradition'. *Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir File under: folk rock Pippa can't help but love. A lovely fiddle part, plus a good way to practice her schoolgirl French. *Lindisfarne - Fog on the Tyne THE local bop, if you will.

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Radix Dance Convention, Provo, UT: RESULTS

High Scores by Age:

Rookie Solo

1st: Stella Brinkerhoff-’Fly’

2nd: Audrina Mossembekker-’Once Upon Another Time’

3rd: Melina Blitz-’The Poet Creature’

4th: Soleil Lynch-’Titanium’

5th: Ellie Duke-’Birthday Boss’

6th: Brecca Garcia-’Day-O’

7th: Quinn Hatch-’I Don’t Know You Yet’

7th: June Circuit-’Move’

7th: Addalyn Daley-’Smallest Light’

8th: Haddie Kendrick-’Call On Me’

Mini Solo

1st: Lyric Okrusch-’Bonjour’

2nd: Tiara Sherman-’And The Things That Remain’

2nd: Karyna Majeroni-’Pistolette’

3rd: Esprit Frank-’Grains’

4th: Addison Price-’We Will Not Give In’

5th: Tessa Ohran-’Knock 1-2-3′

6th: Anistyn Larsen-’Desire’

6th: Tessa Johnson-’You’ll Never Know’

7th: Monroe Miner-’Dreamer’

8th: Shirlee Schwemin-’Do Your Thing’

8th: Sophia Baca-’Time Keeper’

9th: Ella King-’Like A River’

9th: Brenna Cummins-’Look What You Made Me Do’

10th: Grace Williams-’I Found’

10th: Londyn Long-’Somebody’

10th: Ivie Buckland-’To Build A Home’

10th: Harper Jones-’Wild Horses’

Junior Solo

1st: Crystal Huang-’Moonlight Sonata’

2nd: Mya Tuaileva-’Can’t Unhear’

2nd: Victoria Johnson-’Genius’

2nd: Alexis Mayer-’Vivid’

3rd: Kamri Peterson-’Crawl When You Can’t Walk’

3rd: Stella Condie-’Instruction’

3rd: Halle Hunt-’Uh Huh’

4th: Maely Weaver-’Staggered In A Configuration’

5th: Blakely Bell-’Shifted’

6th: Mia Olson-’Marionette Mischief’

6th: Taytum Ruckle-’Ultraviolet’

7th: Bryden Wagner-’Feat by Feet’

7th: Lena Hirsch-’Forsaken’

7th: Charlotte Webster-’The Light’

8th: Aida Nielsen-’Heart of Glass’

8th: Taryn Miner-’Make You Feel My Love’

9th: Carson Borst-’Goodbye’

9th: Anna Hendershot-’Human’

9th: Stella Paxton-’Punching In A Dream’

10th: Mackenzie Mueller-’Particles’

10th: Ava Magalei-’Red Dust’

10th: Marlee Hatch-’Where’s The Catch’

Teen Solo

1st: Izzy Howard-’Labryinth’

1st: Kiarra Waidelich-’My Mind’

2nd: Oana Barber-’Tenderness’

3rd: Rachel Loiselle-’Brass Tracks’

3rd: Mia Ibach-’Koladi Ola’

3rd: Sabine Nehls-’Shout’

3rd: Jaylynn Lindley-’Wisdom Cries’

4th: Sami Sonder-’Fever’

4th: Cydney Heard-’I’m Going In’

4th: Cami Massicotte-’Uncertainty’

5th: Zoe Ridge-’A Thousand Eyes’

5th: Ireland Jones-’Plans We Made’

5th: London Ludwig-’Work’

6th: Addison Middleton-’Error’

7th: Riley Hackbarth-’Mixed Tape’

7th: Isabella Lynch-’Residue’

8th: Ivie Lewis-’Fragment’

8th: Jordynn Christianson-’Sideshow’

8th: Carson Willey-’Talisman’

9th: Addison Ihler-’Boyfriend’

9th: Ashley Larson-’Cry For Home’

9th: Addison Taylor-’Darkest Hour’

9th: Emersyn Dickson-’Hunger For the Pine’

10th: Devree Rowley-’I’m Not Perfect’

10th: Olivia Pinon-’Les Mots Bleus’

10th: Sofia Andrus-’Numb’

10th: Tanley McCurdy-’Self’

Senior Solo

1st: Carter Williams-’20 Years’

1st: Brooklin Hunsaker-’Godspeed’

1st: Taylor Tebbs-’Inertia’

2nd: Vanessa Valenzuela-’Poem About Death’

3rd: Kadynce Ross-’Findings’

3rd: Kelsey Tippetts-’Never Grow Old’

4th: Jenna Beckstrom-’You Are The Reason’

5th: Emily Marsh-’Destination’

6th: Mya LeFevre-’I’m There Too’

6th: Maddie Thanos-’This Feeling’

7th: Kim Vu-’Second Choice’

8th: Christina Laude-’Black Ships’

8th: Brighten Bills-’Falling’

8th: Ally Smith-’In Memory of You’

8th: Delaney Vaughan-’Porcelain’

9th: Galilee Nelson-’Everything I Wanted’

9th: Gracie Gregory-’Gooey’

9th: Remy Wright-’Moments Passed’

9th: Chloe Baddley-’Volcanic’

10th: Teigyn Holt-’L J’

10th: Lilia McArthur-’Something’

Mini Duo/Trio

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio-’Blue Skies’

2nd: Las Vegas Danceworks-’Maniac’

3rd: The Winner School-’So Long Dearie’

Junior Duo/Trio

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio-’Size’

2nd: The Winner School-’Energia’

2nd: The Winner School-’Million Dollar Secret’

3rd: Alliance Academy of Dance-’Bones’

3rd: Empower Dance-’Daughter’s’

3rd: To The Pointe Dance Centre-’Fallen’

3rd: Studio C-’Praise You’

3rd: The Pointe Academy-’The Dance’

3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio-’Turning In’

Teen Duo/Trio

1st: The Rock Center for Dance-’Last Light’

1st: The Rock Center for Dance-’Make Me High’

2nd: Empower Dance-’All My Friends’

3rd: Alliance Academy of Dance-’You Mean the World to Me’

Senior Duo/Trio

1st: Studio C-’The Raid’

2nd: Las Vegas Danceworkz-’No Ordinary’

3rd: Empower Dance-’Lose Somebody’

3rd: The Pointe Academy-’Two by Two’

Rookie Group

1st: Echo School of Dance-’It’s My Party’

2nd: Echo School of Dance-’Tonight Belongs To You’

Mini Group

1st: Echo School of Dance-’Don’t Hustle Me’

1st: Devotion Dance Academy-’Show Off’

1st: The Pointe Academy-’Smile’

2nd: Studio C-’Ease on Down’

3rd: The Winner School-’Dance Bug’

3rd: Studio C-’I’m In Love With A Monster’

3rd: The Winner School-’Stand By Me’

Junior Group

1st: The Winner School-’Icon’

2nd: The Winner School-’Searching Together’

3rd: The Winner School-’At My Best’

Teen Group

1st: The Winner School-’Free Hand’

2nd: The Rock Center for Dance-’Shadow Work’

3rd: Empower Dance-’Don’t Take The Money’

3rd: Empower Dance-’Lying Down’

Senior Group

1st: Echo School of Dance-’No Choir’

2nd: Alliance Academy of Dance-’Breathe’

3rd: Studio C-’Cello Ascends’

Rookie Line

1st: The Rock Center for Dance-’Innana’

2nd: The Rock Center for Dance-’Suite Tea’

Mini Line

1st: The Rock Center for Dance-’6 Out of Six’

2nd: The Rock Center for Dance-’Salient’

3rd: The Rock Center for Dance-’The Invitation’

Junior Line

1st: The Rock Center for Dance-’All Good People’

2nd: Creative Arts Academy-’Hey’

3rd: Creative Arts Academy-’Mr. Pitiful’

Teen Line

1st: The Rock Center for Dance-’Hey!’

2nd: The Rock Center for Dance-’Dark Winter’

3rd: The Rock Center for Dance-’Beautiful Truth’

3rd: The Rock Center for Dance-’Cadance’

Senior Line

1st: Echo School of Dance-’I Lost A Friend’

2nd: Alliance Academy of Dance-’End of Love’

3rd: Alliance Academy of Dance-’Build It Up’

Mini Extended Line

1st: The Rock Center for Dance-’Settle Down’

2nd: The Rock Center for Dance-’Jump!....Jump!’

Junior Extended Line

1st: Studio C-’Missy’

2nd: Heart n Soul Dance-’End As We Know It’

3rd: Heart n Soul Dance-’Swingin’

Teen Extended Line

1st: The Rock Center for Dance-’Movimento’

2nd: Alliance Academy of Dance-’Vogue’

3rd: The Pointe Academy-’Miss Otis’

Senior Extended Line

1st: Alliance Academy of Dance-’Come My Way’

Mini Production

1st: The Rock Center for Dance-’Mambo Baby’

High Scores by Performance Division:

Rookie Jazz

Echo School of Dance-’Tonight Belongs To You’

Rookie Ballet

The Rock Center for Dance-’Suite Tea’

Rookie Hip-Hop

Echo School of Dance-’It’s My Party’

Rookie Contemporary

The Rock Center for Dance-’Inanna’

Mini Jazz

Devotion Dance Academy-’Show Off’

Echo School of Dance-’Don’t Hustle Me’

Mini Ballet

The Rock Center for Dance-’The Invitation’

Mini Lyrical

The Winner School-’Stand By Me’

Mini Hip-Hop

The Rock Center for Dance-’Jump!....Jump!’

Mini Ballroom

The Rock Center for Dance-’Mambo Baby’

Mini Specialty

The Rock Center for Dance-’Settle Down’

Mini Contemporary

The Rock Center for Dance-’6 Out of Six’

Mini Musical Theatre

Studio C-’Ease on Down’

Junior Jazz

The Winner School-’Icon’

Junior Ballet

Studio C-’Penny Lane’

Junior Hip-Hop

Creative Arts Academy-’Watch The Throne’

Junior Contemporary

The Rock Center for Dance-’All Good People’

Junior Lyrical

The Winner School-’At My Best’

Junior Musical Theatre

Empower Dance-’I Won’t Say’

Junior Ballroom

Creative Arts Academy-’Mambo Italiano’

Junior Specialty

Heart n Soul Dance-’End As We Know It’

Teen Jazz

The Rock Center for Dance-’Shadow Work’

Teen Ballet

The Rock Center for Dance-’Dark Winter’

Teen Hip-Hop

Empower Dance-’Dior Mix’

Teen Contemporary

The Rock Center for Dance-’Hey!’

Teen Lyrical

The Winner School-’Moving On’

Teen Ballroom

The Rock Center for Dance-’Movimento’

Teen Specialty

The Rock Center for Dance-’Cadance’

Senior Jazz

Alliance Academy of Dance-’Come My Way’

Senior Ballet

Studio C-’Cello Ascends’

Senior Hip-Hop

Elevated Dance Project-’Are You That Somebody’

Senior Contemporary

Echo School of Dance-’No Choir’

Senior Lyrical

Elevated Dance Project-’Humbled By Breaking Down’

Senior Specialty

Elevated Dance Project-’Familial Division’

Best of Radix:

Rookie

Echo School of Dance-’It’s My Party’

The Rock Center for Dance-’Innana’

Mini

Studio C-’Ease on Down’

Devotion Dance Academy-’Show Off’

Echo School of Dance-’Don’t Hustle Me’

The Pointe Academy-’Smile’

The Rock Center for Dance-’6 Out of Six’

Junior

Empower Dance-’EveryHeart’

Alliance Academy of Dance-’Money’

Creative Arts Academy-’Hey’

The Winner School-’Icon’

The Rock Center for Dance-’All Good People’

Studio C-’Dangerous’

Teen

Studio C-’Station’

Echo School of Dance-’Fantastic Wreck’

The Winner School-’Free Hand’

The Rock Center for Dance-’Hey!’

Alliance Academy of Dance-’Vogue’

Empower Dance-’Don’t Take The Money’

Senior

Alliance Academy of Dance-’Come My Way’

Studio C-’Cello Ascends’

Echo School of Dance-’No Choir’

Elevated Dance Project-’Familial Division’

Studio Standout:

The Winner School-’Free Hand’

The Rock Center for Dance-’Hey!’

The Pointe Academy-’Miss Otis’

Studio C-’Station’

Las Vegas Danceworkz-’Derailed’

Heart n Soul Dance-’Gladiator’

Empower Dance-’Don’t Take The Money’

Echo School of Dance-’No Choir’

Alliance Academy of Dance-’Come My Way’

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“I believe today is our icon’s birthday”

- Danielle (@theladymeera) approximately 10 minutes ago

Happy 29th birthday to our lord and savior, Ellie Kendrick!

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Hi all!

My inbox and IM boxes are both pretty full with your lovely requests so therefore I have decided to group them all together as I have done previously from time to time! Just to let everyone know, I am away today until Tuesday with a work event, I won’t be putting this blog on hiatus but just to let you know there will be a smaller delay with requests. 

All requests are under the cut as usual. If you don’t see your request on here then please to send me a message or IM me. If you requested before the 23rd of June then your request should be on my normal to do list! :)

Also a special thanks to everyone for all the wonderful messages and get well wishes, I really appreciate it and it’s all so sweet that you have taken your time to send your wishes. Lots of love <3

- Sanna

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Meet Ellie Bamber: The skateboarding Chanel muse and Les Misérables star you'll be seeing a LOT more of in 2019

Plus the cast are Trap loving queens. Kendrick Lamar period drama, anyone?

If you were going to categorise Ellie Bamber’s 2018, 'intense AF' springs to mind. No stranger to a gritty role – you will recognise Ellie from her chilling role in Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals – Ellie jetted to Brazil to portray a real-life backpacker who was kidnapped, repeatedly raped and abused in the back of a tiny van for the film, The Seven Sorrows of Mary.

Then if that wasn’t gut wrenching enough for one twenty-one-year-old, she popped on a corset and tackled one of the most iconic roles of all, Cosette in BBC’s sans singing adaption of Les Misérables. Set to become Christmas TV’s break out star, Ellie’s star turn takes her from rising eugine to fully fledged power house.

Here, one of Britain’s best rising stars opens up her photo album and takes us on a whistle-stop tour of her 2018 from the trap music loving set of Les Misérables to the Chanel Couture show…

Les Misérables Trap Queens

My first reaction when I watched Les Misérables was, ‘wow, my hair looks good!’ They put half a wig in and I was always kinda worried it was gonna make my head look twice as big! This is the girl playing younger Cosette and I. It was actually really bizarre as there was an even younger child, called Milo and then there was a baby me. It was interesting to see what they had gone for and how similar they had made us.

The real lol was, one morning at 5am I asked Dominic West if it was it ok if I played trap music and he said, ‘absolutely I love trap music!’ Next minute I’m playing trap music and we’re having a dance around the trailer. That was fun.

Some Friday nights the crew put on parties in the car parks where we had the trailers. We had fire breathers, smoke machines, disco lights, like, 90s raves!

[...]

Landing roles

I was in East London when I found out I got the role in The Trail of Christine Keeler so I took this to remember it. I really like East London and I thought like the TV show, this was quite 1960s. My flat now has a 60s vibe, too. I am always so excited when I get roles. When I first got my first ever role, I literally ran around the house screaming for a solid two minutes. Now I think I do still scream sometimes especially if it’s one where I really want it – Les Misérables was one of those roles. I walked out of the audition and I’d been crying so much in it. I thought I’d done so awfully, and the tears suddenly came. I was walking through Covent garden with tears down my face, feeling really sorry for myself because I didn’t think I’d got it, but then when I did I screamed. 

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Grammy Awards 2019: The List, Part 3

Latin

Best Latin Pop Album

Sincera – Claudia Brant

Prometo – Pablo Alborán

Musas, Vol. 2 – Natalia Lafourcade

2:00 AM – Raquel Sofía

Vives – Carlos Vives

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album

Aztlán – Zoé

Claroscura – Aterciopelados

COASTCITY – COASTCITY

Encanto Tropical – Monsieur Periné

Gourmet – Orishas

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

¡México Por Siempre! – Luis Miguel

Primero Soy Mexicana – Ángela Aguilar

Mitad Y Mitad – Calibre 50

Totalmente Juan Gabriel Vol. II – Aida Cuevas

Cruzando Borders – Los Texmaniacs

Leyendas de Mi Pueblo – Mariachi Sol de Mexico

Best Tropical Latin Album

Anniversary – Spanish Harlem Orchestra

Pa' Mi Gente – Charlie Aponte

Legado – Formell y Los Van Van

Orquesta Akokán – Orquesta Akokán

Ponle Actitud – Felipe Peláez

American Roots Music

Best American Roots Performance

"The Joke" – Brandi Carlile

"Kick Rocks" – Sean Ardoin

"St. James Infirmary Blues" – Jon Batiste

"All on My Mind" – Anderson East

"Last Man Standing" – Willie Nelson

Best American Roots Song

"The Joke"

"All the Trouble"

"Build a Bridge"

"Knockin' on Your Screen Door"

"Summer's End"

Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)

Waylon Payne, Lee Ann Womack & Adam Wright, songwriters (Lee Ann Womack)

Jeff Tweedy, songwriter (Mavis Staples)

Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)

Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)

Best Americana Album

By the Way, I Forgive You – Brandi Carlile

Things Have Changed – Bettye LaVette

The Tree of Forgiveness – John Prine

The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone – Lee Ann Womack

One Drop of Truth – The Wood Brothers

Best Bluegrass Album

The Travelin' McCourys – The Travelin' McCourys

Portraits in Fiddles – Mike Barnett

Sister Sadie II – Sister Sadie

Rivers and Roads – The Special Consensus

North of Despair – Wood & Wire

Best Traditional Blues Album

The Blues Is Alive and Well – Buddy Guy

Something Smells Funky 'Round Here – Elvis Bishop's Big Fun Trio

Benton County Relic – Cedric Burnside

No Mercy in This Land – Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite

Don't You Feel My Leg (The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker) – Maria Muldaur

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Please Don't Be Dead – Fantastic Negrito

Here in Babylon – Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps

Cry No More – Danielle Nicole

Out of the Blues – Boz Scaggs

Victor Wainwright and the Train – Victor Wainwright and the Train

Best Folk Album

All Ashore – Punch Brothers

Whistle Down the Wind – Joan Baez

Black Cowboys – Dom Flemons

Rifles & Rosary Beads – Mary Gauthier

Weed Garden – Iron & Wine

Best Regional Roots Music Album

No 'Ane'i – Kalani Pe'a

Kreole Rock and Soul – Sean Ardoin

Spyboy – Cha Wa

Aloha from Na Hoa – Na Hoa

Mewasinsational: Cree Round Dance Songs – Young Spirit

Reggae

Best Reggae Album

44/876 – Sting & Shaggy

As the World Turns – Black Uhuru

Reggae Forever – Etana

Rebellion Rises – Ziggy Marley

A Matter of Time – Protoje

World Music

Best World Music Album

Freedom – Soweto Gospel Choir

Deran – Bombino

Fenfo – Fatoumata Diawara

Black Times – Seun Kuti & Egypt 80

Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II, various artists

Children's

Best Children's Album

All the Sounds – Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats

Building Blocks – Tim Kubart

Falu's Bazaar – Falu

Giants of Science – The Pop Ups

The Nation of Imagine – Frank & Deane

Spoken Word

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

Faith: A Journey for All – Jimmy Carter

Accessory to War – Courtney B. Vance

Calypso – David Sedaris

Creative Quest – Questlove

The Last Black Unicorn – Tiffany Haddish

Comedy

Best Comedy Album

Equanimity & The Bird Revelation – Dave Chappelle

Annihilation – Patton Oswalt

Noble Ape – Jim Gaffigan

Standup for Drummers – Fred Armisen

Tamborine – Chris Rock

Musical Theater

Best Musical Theater Album

The Band's Visit – Etai Benson, Adam Kantor, Katrina Lenk & Ari'el Stachel, principal soloists; Dean Sharenow & David Yazbek, producers; David Yazbek, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

Carousel – Renée Fleming, Alexander Gemignani, Joshua Henry, Lindsay Mendez & Jessie Mueller, principal soloists; Steven Epstein, producer (Richard Rodgers, composer; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist) (2018 Broadway Cast)

Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert – Sara Bareilles, Alice Cooper, Ben Daniels, Brandon Victor Dixon, Erik Grönwall, Jin Ha, John Legend, Norm Lewis & Jason Tam, principal soloists; Harvey Mason Jr., producer (Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer; Tim Rice, lyricist) (Original Television Cast)

My Fair Lady – Lauren Ambrose, Norbert Leo Butz & Harry Hadden-Paton, principal soloists; Andre Bishop, Van Dean, Hattie K. Jutagir, David Lai, Adam Siegel & Ted Sperling, producers (Frederick Loewe, composer; Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist) (2018 Broadway Cast)

Once on This Island – Phillip Boykin, Merle Dandridge, Quentin Earl Darrington, Hailey Kilgore, Kenita R. Miller, Alex Newell, Isaac Powell & Lea Salonga, principal soloists; Lynn Ahrens, Hunter Arnold, Ken Davenport, Stephen Flaherty & Elliot Scheiner, producers (Stephen Flaherty, composer; Lynn Ahrens, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast)

Music for Visual Media

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

The Greatest Showman – Hugh Jackman (& Various Artists)

Call Me by Your Name – (Various Artists)

Deadpool 2 – (Various Artists)

Lady Bird – (Various Artists)

Stranger Things – (Various Artists)

Alex Lacamoire, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul & Greg Wells, compilation producers

Luca Guadagnino, compilation producer; Robin Urdang, music supervisor

David Leitch & Ryan Reynolds, compilation producers; John Houlihan, music supervisor

Timothy J. Smith, compilation producer; Michael Hill & Brian Ross, music supervisors

Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Timothy J. Smith, compilation producer; Nora Felder, music supervisor

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

Black Panther – Ludwig Göransson, composer

Blade Runner 2049 – Benjamin Wallfisch & Hans Zimmer, composers

Coco – Michael Giacchino, composer

The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat, composer

Star Wars: The Last Jedi – John Williams, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media

"Shallow" (from A Star Is Born)

"All the Stars" (from Black Panther)

"Mystery of Love" (from Call Me by Your Name)

"Remember Me" (from Coco)

"This Is Me" (from The Greatest Showman)

Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper)

Kendrick Duckworth, Solána Rowe, Alexander William Shuckburgh, Mark Anthony Spears & Anthony Tiffith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar & SZA)

Sufjan Stevens, songwriter (Sufjan Stevens)

Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Miguel featuring Natalia Lafourcade)

Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, songwriters (Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble)

Composing

Best Instrumental Composition

"Blut Und Boden (Blood and Soil)"

"Chrysalis"

"Infinity War"

"Mine Mission"

"The Shape of Water"

Terence Blanchard, composer (Terence Blanchard)

Jeremy Kittel, composer (Kittel & Co.)

Alan Silvestri, composer (Alan Silvestri)

John Powell & John Williams, composers (John Powell & John Williams)

Alexandre Desplat, composer (Alexandre Desplat)

Arranging

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

"Stars and Stripes Forever"

"Batman Theme (TV)"

"Change the World"

"Madrid Finale"

"The Shape of Water"

John Daversa, arranger (John Daversa Big Band featuring DACA Artists)

Randy Waldman & Justin Wilson, arrangers (Randy Waldman featuring Wynton Marsalis)

Mark Kibble, arranger (Take 6)

John Powell, arranger (John Powell)

Alexandre Desplat, arranger (Alexandre Desplat)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

"Spiderman Theme"

"It Was a Very Good Year"

"Jolene"

"Mona Lisa"

"Niña"

Mark Kibble, Randy Waldman & Justin Wilson, arrangers (Randy Waldman featuring Take 6 & Chris Potter)

Matt Rollings & Kristin Wilkinson, arrangers (Willie Nelson)

Dan Pugach & Nicole Zuraitis, arrangers (Dan Pugach)

Vince Mendoza, arranger (Gregory Porter)

Gonzalo Grau, arranger (Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider)

Packaging

Best Recording Package

Masseduction

Be the Cowboy

Love Yourself: Tear

The Offering

Well Kept Thing

Willo Perron, art director (St. Vincent)

Mary Banas, art director (Mitski)

HuskyFox, art director (BTS)

Qing-Yang Xiao, art director (The Chairman)

Adam Moore, art director (Foxhole)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic

Appetite For Destruction (Locked N' Loaded Box)

I'll Be Your Girl

Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings

Too Many Bad Habits

Meghan Foley, Annie Stoll & Al Yankovic, art directors ("Weird Al" Yankovic)

Arian Buhler, Charles Dooher, Jeff Fura, Scott Sandler & Matt Taylor, art directors (Guns N' Roses)

Carson Ellis, Jeri Heiden & Glen Nakasako, art directors (The Decemberists)

Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson & Roy Henry Vickers, art directors (Grateful Dead)

Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Johnny Nicholas)

Notes

Best Album Notes

Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris

Alpine Dreaming: The Helvetia Records Story, 1920-1924

4 Banjo Songs, 1891-1897: Foundational Recordings of America's Iconic Instrument

The 1960 Time Sessions

The Product of Our Souls: The Sound and Sway of James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra

Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13/1979-1981 (Deluxe Edition)

David Evans, album notes writer (Various artists)

James P. Leary, album notes writer (Various artists)

Richard Martin & Ted Olson, album notes writer (Charles A. Asbury)

Ben Ratliff, album notes writer (Sonny Clark Trio)

David Gilbert, album notes writer (Various artists)

Amanda Petrusich, album notes writer (Bob Dylan)

Historical

Best Historical Album

Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris

Any Other Way

At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight...

Battleground Korea: Songs and Sounds of America's Forgotten War

A Rhapsody in Blue: The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant

William Ferris, April Ledbetter & Steven Lance Ledbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various artists)

Rob Bowman, Douglas McGowan, Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Jeff Lipton, mastering engineer (Jackie Shane)

Martin Hawkins, compilation producer; Christian Zwarg, mastering engineer (Various artists)

Hugo Keesing, compilation producer; Christian Zwarg, mastering engineer (Various artists)

Robert Russ, compilation producer; Andreas K. Meyer & Rebekah Wineman, mastering engineers (Oscar Levant)

Production, Non-Classical

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Colors

All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do

Earthtones

Head Over Heels

Voicenotes

Julian Burg, Serban Ghenea, David "Elevator" Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Greg Kurstin, Florian Lagatta, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco, Jesse Shatkin, Darrell Thorp & Cassidy Turbin, engineers; Chris Bellman, Tom Coyne, Emily Lazar & Randy Merrill, mastering engineers (Beck)

Ryan Freeland & Kenneth Pattengale, engineers; Kim Rosen, mastering engineer (The Milk Carton Kids)

Robbie Lackritz, engineer; Philip Shaw Bova, mastering engineer (Bahamas)

Nathaniel Alford, Jason Evigan, Chris Galland, Tom Gardner, Patrick "P-Thugg" Gemayel, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Tony Hoffer, Derek Keota, Ian Kirkpatrick, David Macklovitch, Amber Mark, Manny Marroquin, Vaughn Oliver, Chris "TEK" O'Ryan, Morgan Taylor Reid & Gian Stone, engineers; Chris Gehringer & Michelle Mancini, mastering engineers (Chromeo)

Manny Marroquin & Charlie Puth, engineers; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer (Charlie Puth)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Pharrell Williams

Boi-1da

Larry Klein

Linda Perry

Kanye West

"Apeshit" (The Carters)

Man of the Woods (Justin Timberlake)

No One Ever Really Dies (N.E.R.D)

"Stir Fry" (Migos)

Sweetener (Ariana Grande)

"Be Careful" (Cardi B)

"Diplomatic Immunity" (Drake)

"Friends" (The Carters)

"God's Plan" (Drake)

"Heard About Us" (The Carters)

"Lucky You" (Eminem featuring Joyner Lucas)

"Mob Ties" (Drake)

"No Limit" (G-Eazy featuring ASAP Rocky & Cardi B)

"All These Things" (Thomas Dybdahl)

Anthem (Madeleine Peyroux)

The Book of Longing (Luciana Souza)

"Can I Have It All" (Thomas Dybdahl)

Junk (Hailey Tuck)

"Look At What We've Done" (Thomas Dybdahl)

Meaning to Tell Ya (Molly Johnson)

"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" (Willa Amai)

Served Like a Girl (Various artists)

28 Days in the Valley (Dorothy)

Daytona (Pusha T)

Kids See Ghosts (Kids See Ghosts)

K.T.S.E. (Teyana Taylor)

Nasir (Nas)

Ye (Kanye West)

Best Remixed Recording

"Walking Away" (Mura Masa Remix)

"Audio" (CID Remix)

"How Long" (EDX's Dubai Skyline Remix)

"Only Road" (Cosmic Gate Remix)

"Stargazing" (Kaskade Remix)

Alex Crossan, remixer (Haim)

CID, remixer (LSD)

Maurizio Colella, remixer (Charlie Puth)

Stefan Bossems & Claus Terhoeven, remixers (Gabriel & Dresden featuring Sub Teal)

Kaskade, remixer (Kygo featuring Justin Jesso)

Production, Immersive Audio

Best Immersive Audio Album

Eye in the Sky: 35th Anniversary Edition

Folketoner

Seven Words from the Cross

Sommerro: Ujamaa & The Iceberg

Symbol

Alan Parsons, surround mix engineer; Dave Donnelly, PJ Olsson & Alan Parsons, surround mastering engineers; Alan Parsons, surround producer (The Alan Parsons Project)

Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Anne Karin Sundal-Ask & Det Norske Jentekor)

Daniel Shores, surround mix engineer; Daniel Shores, surround mastering engineer; Dan Merceruio, surround producer (Matthew Guard & Skylark)

Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Ingar Heine Bergby, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Choir)

Prashant Mistry & Ronald Prent, surround mix engineers; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Prashant Mistry & Ronald Prent, surround producers (Engine-Earz Experiment)

Production, Classical

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11

Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1

John Williams at the Movies

Liquid Melancholy: Clarinet Music of James M. Stephenson

Visions and Variations

Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra)

Mark Donahue & Dirk Sobotka, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edwards Parks, Jessica E. Jones & Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)

Mark Donahue, engineer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, engineers; Keith O. Johnson, mastering engineer (Jerry Junkin & Dallas Winds)

Bill Maylone & Mary Mazurek, engineers; Bill Maylone, mastering engineer (John Bruce Yeh)

Tom Caulfield, engineer; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer (A Far Cry)

Producer of the Year, Classical

Blanton Alspaugh

David Frost

Elizabeth Ostrow

Judith Sherman

Dirk Sobotka

Arnesen: Infinity - Choral Works (Joel Rinsema & Kantorei)

Aspects of America (Carlos Kalmar & Oregon Symphony)

Chesnokov: Teach Me Thy Statutes (Vladimir Gorbik & PaTRAM Institute Male Choir)

Gordon, R.: The House Without a Christmas Tree (Bradley Moore, Elisabeth Leone, Maximillian Macias, Megan Mikailovna Samarin, Patricia Schuman, Lauren Snouffer, Heidi Stober, Daniel Belcher, Houston Gran Opera Juvenile Chorus & Houston Grand OperaOrchestra)

Haydn: The Creation (Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Betsy Cook Weber, Houston Symphony & Houston Symphony Chorus)

Heggie: Great Scott (Patrick Summers, Manuel Palazzo, Mark Hancock, Michael Mayes, Rodell Rosel, Kevin Burdette, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Nathan Gunn, Frederica von Stade, Ailyn Pérez, Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Chorus & Orchestra)

Music of Fauré, Buide & Zemlinsky (Trio Séléné)

Paterson: Three Way - A Trio of One-Act Operas (Dean Williamson, Daniele Pastin, Courtney Ruckman, Eliza Bonet, Melisa Bonetti, Jordan Rutter, Samuel Levine, Wes Mason, Matthew Treviño & Nashville Opera Orchestra)

Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Serenade to Music; Flos Campi (Peter Oundjian & Toronto Symphony Orchestra)

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Volume 7 (Jonathan Biss)

Mirror in Mirror (Anne Akiko Meyers, Kristjan Järvi & Philharmonia Orchestra)

Mozart: Idomeneo (James Levine, Alan Opie, Matthew Polenzani, Alice Coote, Nadine Sierra, Elza van den Heever, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)

Presentiment (Orion Weiss)

Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier (Sebastian Weigle, Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Erin Morley, Günther Groissböck, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)

Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edwards Parks, Jessica E. Jones & Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)

The Road Home (Joshua Habermann & Santa Fe Desert Chorale)

Beethoven Unbound (Llŷr Williams)

Black Manhattan Volume 3 (Rick Benjamin & Paragon Ragtime Orchestra)

Bolcom: Piano Music (Various Artists)

Del Tredici: March to Tonality (Mark Peskanov & Various Artists)

Love Comes in at the Eye (Timothy Jones, Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio, Jeffrey Sykes, Anthony Ross, Carol Cook, Beth Rapier & Stephanie Jutt)

Meltzer: Variations on a Summer Day & Piano Quartet (Abigail Fischer, Jayce Ogren & Sequitur)

Mendelssohn: Complete Works for Cello and Piano (Marcy Rosen & Lydia Artymiw)

New Music for Violin and Piano (Julie Rosenfeld & Peter Miyamoto)

Reich: Pulse/Quartet (Colin Currie Group & International Contemporary Ensemble)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

Lippencott: Frontier Symphony (Jeff Lippencott & Ligonier Festival Orchestra)

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Thierry Fischer, Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Utah Symphony)

Music of the Americas (Andrés Orozco-Estrada & Houston Symphony)

Classical

Best Orchestral Performance

Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1

Nielsen: Symphony No. 3 & Symphony No. 4

Ruggles, Stucky & Harbison: Orchestral Works

Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

Thomas Dausgaard, conductor (Seattle Symphony)

David Alan Miller, conductor (National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic)

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

Best Opera Recording

Bates: The (R)evolution Of Steve Jobs

Adams: Doctor Atomic

Lully: Alceste

Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier

Verdi: Rigoletto

Michael Christie, conductor; Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edward Parks, Garrett Sorenson & Wei Wu; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer (The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)

John Adams, conductor; Aubrey Allicock, Julia Bullock, Gerald Finley & Brindley Sherratt; Friedemann Engelbrecht, producer (The BBC Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers)

Christophe Rousset, conductor; Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro & Judith Van Wanroij; Maximilien Ciup, producer (Les Talens Lyriques; Choeur De Chambre De Namur)

Sebastian Weigle, conductor; Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Günther Groissböck & Erin Morley; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Constantine Orbelian, conductor; Francesco Demuro, Dmitri Hvorostovsky & Nadine Sierra; Vilius Keras & Aleksandra Keriene, producers (Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra; Men Of The Kaunas State Choir)

Best Choral Performance

McLoskey: Zealot Canticles

Chesnokov: Teach Me Thy Statutes

Kastalsky: Memory Eternal

Rachmaninov: The Bells

Seven Words From The Cross

Donald Nally, conductor (Doris Hall-Gulati, Rebecca Harris, Arlen Hlusko, Lorenzo Raval & Mandy Wolman; The Crossing)

Vladimir Gorbik, conductor (Mikhail Davydov & Vladimir Krasov; PaTRAM Institute Male Choir)

Steven Fox, conductor (The Clarion Choir)

Mariss Jansons, conductor; Peter Dijkstra, chorus master (Oleg Dolgov, Alexey Markov & Tatiana Pavlovskaya; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)

Matthew Guard, conductor (Skylark)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Anderson, Laurie: Landfall – Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet

Beethoven, Shostakovich & Bach – The Danish String Quartet

Blueprinting – Aizuri Quartet

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Concerto for Two Pianos – Leif Ove Andsnes & Marc-André Hamelin

Visions And Variations – A Far Cry

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Kernis: Violin Concerto – James Ehnes

Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2 – Yuja Wang

Biber: The Mystery Sonatas – Christina Day Martinson

Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46; Violin Concerto No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 26

Glass: Three Pieces In The Shape of A Square

Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)

Simon Rattle, conductor (Berliner Philharmoniker)

Martin Pearlman, conductor (Boston Baroque)

Joshua Bell (The Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields)

Craig Morris

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Songs of Orpheus: Monteverdi, Caccini, d'India & Landi – Karim Sulayman

ARC – Anthony Roth Costanzo

The Handel Album – Philippe Jaroussky

Mirages – Sabine Devieilhe

Schubert: Winterreise – Randall Scarlata

Jeannette Sorrell, conductor; Apollo's Fire, ensembles

Jonathan Cohen, conductor (Les Violons Du Roy)

Artaserse, ensemble

François-Xavier Roth, conductor (Alexandre Tharaud; Marianne Crebassa & Jodie Devos; Les Siècles)

Gilbert Kalish, accompanist

Best Classical Compendium

Fuchs: Piano Concerto 'Spiritualist'; Poems Of Life; Glacier; Rush

Gold

The John Adams Edition

John Williams at the Movies

Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Serenade To Music; Flos Campi

JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Tim Handley, producer

The King's Singers; Nigel Short, producer

Simon Rattle, conductor; Christoph Franke, producer

Jerry Junkin, conductor; Donald J. McKinney, producer

Peter Oundjian, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Kernis: Violin Concerto

Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

Du Yun: Air Glow

Heggie: Great Scott

Mazzoli: Vespers for Violin

Aaron Jay Kernis, composer (James Ehnes, Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)

Mason Bates, composer; Mark Campbell, librettist (Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edward Parks, Jessica E. Jones & Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)

Du Yun, composer (International Contemporary Ensemble)

Jake Heggie, composer; Terrence McNally, librettist (Patrick Summers, Manuel Palazzo, Mark Hancock, Michael Mayes, Rodell Rosel, Kevin Burdette, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Nathan Gunn, Frederica von Stade, Ailyn Pérez, Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Chorus & Orchestra)

Missy Mazzoli, composer (Olivia De Prato)

Music Video/Film

Best Music Video

"This Is America" – Childish Gambino

"Apeshit" – The Carters

"I'm Not Racist" – Joyner Lucas

"Pynk" – Janelle Monáe

"Mumbo Jumbo" – Tierra Whack

Hiro Murai, video directors; Ibra Ake, Jason Cole & Fam Rothstein, video producers

Ricky Saiz, video director; Mélodie Buchris, Natan Schottenfels & Erinn Williams, video producers

Joyner Lucas & Ben Proulx, video directors; Joyner Lucas, video producer

Emma Westenburg, video director; Justin Benoliel & Whitney Jackson, video producers

Marco Prestini, video director; Sara Nassim, video producer

Best Music Film

Quincy – Quincy Jones

Life in 12 Bars – Eric Clapton

Whitney – (Whitney Houston)

Itzhak – Itzhak Perlman

The King – (Elvis Presley)

Alan Hicks & Rashida Jones, video directors; Paula DuPré Pesmen, video producer

Lili Fini Zanuck, video director; John Battsek, Scooter Weintraub, Larry Yelen & Lili Fini Zanuck, video producers

Kevin Macdonald, video director; Jonathan Chinn, Simon Chinn & Lisa Erspamer, video producers

Alison Chernick, video director; Alison Chernick, video producer

Eugene Jarecki, video director; Christopher Frierson, Georgina Hill, David Kuhn & Christopher St. John, video producers

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20 best/most important music videos of the decade (so far) (2010-2018)

One thing I miss from the 90s was watching MTV -- which still played music videos -- 24/7, waiting for the next great music video.

I remember watching Weezer’s “Buddy Holly” and its brilliant Happy Days mash-up. Sinead O’Connor shedding a tear (”Nothing Compares 2U”). Smashing Pumpkins going to a voyage to the moon (”Tonight, Tonight”). People saying ‘F this traffic’ and walking down a bridge (”Everybody Hurts”). Slash on top of a church (”November Rain”). Trashing a gym (”Smells Like Teen Spirit”). Invisible conveyor belts (”Virtual Insanity”). Christopher Walken dancing it up in a hotel (”Weapon of Choice”). Of course, all the Alicia Silverstone videos (”Crazy,” “Cryin’,” “Amazing”). And Jeremy spoke in class today. And that’s just the 90s -- my favorite music video is still A-Ha’s “Take on Me.”

I’ve always had the impression that music videos nowadays don’t seem to match the glory days of MTV, but after this mental exercise, I guess it’s not so bad after all. Here are my top 20 music videos of the decade -- off the top of my head:

(By the way, I wish I could include Ang Bandang Shirley’s “Umaapaw,” but that’s just being biased. ;) )

20. Drake - “God’s Plan” (2018)

Why it’s great: Drake gives away a total of $1 Million to random people and the reactions are all so genuine.

19. Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX - “Fancy” (2014)

Why it’s great: It’s a Clueless send-up. Duh.

18. MGMT - “Me and Michael” (2018)

Why it’s great: The music video features Filipino band True Faith and MGMT concocts a whole plagiarism scandal (against themselves) for kicks.

17. Radiohead - “Burn the Witch” (2016)

Why it’s great: It’s The Wicker Man in creepy claymation.

16. Robin Thicke ft. T.I. and Pharrell Williams - “Blurred Lines” (2013)

Why it’s great: Two words: Emily Ratajkowski.

15. David Bowie - “Lazarus” (2016)

Why it’s great: David Bowie meditates on death, in his last music video. This is painful to watch.

14. Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar - “Bad Blood” (2015)

Why it’s great: Part Sin City, part Kill Bill, all good fun. And the music video is a who’s-who of it girls -- Selena Gomez, Hailee Steinfeld, Gigi Hadid, Ellie Goulding, Zendaya, Cindy Crawford, and the list goes on.

13. St. Vincent - “Cruel” (2012)

Why it’s great: Annie Clark, queen of crazy, gets stuffed in a trunk and buried alive.

12. Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment - “Sunday Candy” (2015)

Why it’s great: It’s a candy-coloured one-take music video set up like a school play, with Chance the Rapper and Jamila Woods playing lead.

11. Beyoncé - “Countdown” (2011)

Why it’s great: Full disclosure: I have not watched the entirety of “Lemonade” so I couldn’t include it here. In any case, “Countdown” is a visual pop-art treat.

10. Maroon 5 - “Sugar” (2014)

Why it’s great: Genuine or not, crashing weddings is a great idea and makes for good visuals.

9. Miley Cyrus - “Wrecking Ball” (2013)

Why it’s great: Now we’re entering iconic territory. And there are few images more iconic than white-clad Miley straddling the titular wrecking ball.

8. Gotye ft. Kimbra - “Somebody that I Used to Know” (2011)

Why it’s great: And another iconic image -- Gotye and Kimbra, broken down into a human pastel mosaic, not even looking at each other: a representation of a relationship gone awry.

7. Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris - “We Found Love” (2011)

Why it’s great: Dangerous, edgy, sexy. Shot in Northern Ireland without permission, the video depicts addiction, abuse, and violence. It’s the Requiem for a Dream of music videos. 

6. Grimes - “Oblivion” (2012)

Why it’s great: Weird pink-haired girl infiltrates the macho space of a football stadium and sings without restraint in front of oblivious fans. What’s not to love?

5. Sia - “Chandelier” (2014)

Why it’s great: Solo interpretative dances are nothing new, but few are more powerful than an 11-year old girl dancing her heart out.

4. Kanye West ft. Pusha T - “Runaway” (2010)

Why it’s great: The less said about Kanye, the better, but his recent antics do not take away from this powerful long-form video on heartbreak. And those ballet dancers, man.

3. Kendrick Lamar - “Alright” (2015)

Why it’s great: The first of two #BlackLivesMatter videos in this list, “Alright” shows how a simple chant (”we gon’ be alright”) captured an entire movement.

2. PSY - “Gangnam Style” (2012)

Why it’s great: There’s a reason why it has 3 Billion views on YouTube. This proves that great music videos don’t have to take themselves way too seriously.

(As an aside -- what are good *fun* music videos apart from Gangnam Style? Three off the top of my head: Thriller, Buddy Holly, and Praise You. Maybe Here it Goes Again.)

1. Childish Gambino - “This is America” (2018)

Why it’s great: Arguably the most talked-about and controversial music video of the past decade. At the same time shocking, compelling, and entertaining, this begs for multiple viewings. I’m at 20 and counting.

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Game Of Thrones Season 6 BTS Experience!

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Winter Is Truly Here! Last November, we partnered with HBO to bring Westeros to major cities around the country and celebrate the release of the eponymous season 6 on DVD and Digital HD. The goal of this program was to take fans to the world of Westoros through custom fabrication build outs, props, costumes, photo and virtual reality experiences, all tied in with custom RFID bracelets that captured guests’ experiences throughout the event.

The program traveled to exuberant fans in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles.

1. Registration

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A week before the event began, a dedicated website was activated for fans to register in their perspective cities and sign up for a time slot to go through one of the experiences without waiting in line. The registration guaranteed that guests received an RFID bracelet on-site, which recorded their photo experiences throughout the day and processed it into a compilation video.

2. RFID Bracelet

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Every guest who came into the experience was given a GOT RFID bracelet. The RFID bracelet was linked to guests’ email addresses and captured each photo they took at each photo booth station. This allowed guests to have a hands free experience, as opposed to guests typing in their emails after a snapshot.

3. The Map

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Guests who entered the space were greeted by a 16′x 8′ recreation of the show’s iconic opening. Guests got a chance to see a detailed map of the worlds of Westeros. From Dorne to Kings Landing to The Wall all the way down to Winterfell, elated fans and guests got to recreate their own opening videos with the map, while the GOT theme played in the background.

4. Dothraki Temple

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Inside the Dothraki Temple, guests got a chance to see a build out of the temple Khaleesi burned down in season 6. On display were props from Dario, Dothraki soldiers and Drogon’s large chain from when he was imprisoned. In addition to that, guests got to try their hands at the Dothraki language. On display were scripts from the show for guests to practice the language - Dracarys!

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At the green screen photo experience in the temple, guests got to channel their inner Khaleesi and recreate the iconic scene from season 6, when Khaleesi pushes the urn and blazes the temple to the ground. 

5. Bran’s Journey

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Just north of the wall, guests got a chance to go through Bran’s Journey. Inside the build out, guests got to see a recreation of the iconic weirwood tree as well as props from Bran’s world including The Night King’s sword. Guests got to also see behind the scenes photos of Bran’s scenes.

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For the photo booth experience, guests got to recreate their own versions of the climatic ‘Hold The Door’ scene from season 6. The door from that scene was recreated with fabricated white walker props to get guests in the right mood to HOLD THE DOOR!

6. Winterfell

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Inside the world of Winterfell, guests got a chance to experience the world of Jon Snow and his followers. Inside the tent, props from the iconic Battle Of Bastards scene were staged for guests to experience. From Jon Snow and Melisandre’s cloaks, to the flags from the battle, guests got to transport themselves to that world.

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In the accompanying photo booth experience, guests got to recreate the symbolic body pile scene from Battle Of The Bastards. Guests donned a green screen garb, looked up to the camera and channeled their inner Jon Snow. 

7. Castle Black

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Welcome to the cold cold world of Castle Black. Inside the Castle Black structure, guests got a chance to experience a ‘Defend The Wall’ virtual reality experience with a state of the art VR program. Guests had to defend the wall from attackers by shooting arrows and dodging boulders with a shield. The experience immersed guests into how Watchers Of The Wall would defend their home if they were attacked.

8. The Workshop

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The last structure of the experience was a recreation of the workshop, where all the behind the scenes magic happens on the show. Guests got a chance to walk through this workshop and see photos and videos of producers, prop makers and designers hard at work. Guests also got a chance to see Grey Worm’s full costume as well as props.

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The workshop also housed the iconic Iron Throne for guests to take photos on. Being the most popular booth through out the activation, guests waited hours to get their chance to sit on the throne. 

9. Meera, Tommen and Loras!

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What better way to truly immerse guests into the world of GOT but by having some of the beloved characters on-site. Dean Charles Chapman (Tommen), Finn Jones (Loras) and Ellie Kendrick (Meera) made stops in LA, Chicago and NYC respectively to meet fans and talk about their favorite moments from season 6.

The GOT Behind The Scenes Experience gave guests the opportunity to choose their own experience. They could move from Dothraki Temple to Bran’s Journey and fully immerse themselves into the world of Westeros. Winter is truly here and we are looking forward to how season 7 is going to top season 6.

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The Best Remixes Of The Week 025

Kick off August with spicy remixes from YehMe2, Slow Magic, StayLoose, Tim Gunter, Win and Woo, CRAY, and more. Also check out our feisty Run The Remixes playlist on Spotify with all our all-time favorite remixes, updated weekly.

Kendrick Lamar – X (Rickyxsan x YehMe2 Remix) | Free Download

If a remix has Rickyxsan and YehMe2 on it, you know it’s going to be good.  Showcasing their affinity for reimagining originals, Rickyxsan and YehMe2 deliver a remix so good you’ll instantly turn up and hit 10 in no time.  Starting off with an infectious bounce, things quickly escalate into a flurry of non-stop trap insanity with energetic twists and turns for a massive remix that will quickly take over the festival circuit for the rest of the summer. – Peach Gallagher

Instupendo – Fleur (feat. Teen Daze) [Slow Magic Remix] | Stream

Slow Magic always delivers magically unique remixes with luscious, atmospheric soundscapes. His latest takes on Instupendo and Teen Daze‘s single “Fleur”, turning it into a dreamy wonderland. Light piano stabs flutter against twinkling percussion and light guitar melodies before soaring into a feathery dream pop paradise. Check out the full remix pack here.

Kasbo – Your Tempo (Tennyson Remix) | Stream

Swedish producer Kasbo amazed with his gorgeous debut album Places We Don’t Know via Foreign Family Collective. He’s now enlisted Skrillex and Mr. Carmack collaborators Tennyson to remix “Your Time” and it is absolutely stunning. Tennyson have revamped the track with a fresh R&B flare that swings with thumping percussion and groove infested synths. Tennyson have crafted a sonically wondrous soundscape with their “Your Time” remix.

BØRNS – Tension (Noah Breakfast Remix) | Stream

Philadelphia producer Noah Breakfast is one of the greatest unknown talents behind hits by Alina Baraz, Tei Shi, Ty Dolla $ign, and Ellie Goulding. He’s now unveiled a rare remix of BØRNS‘ “Tension”, spinning it into dark, luxurious electro pop remix. Sensual bass lines beat under shimmering synths and sparkling melody lines, bringing a mysterious seductive nature to the track. Noah Breakfast has certainly amazed with this remix.

Robert DeLong – Favorite Color Is Blue ft. K.Flay (Win and Woo Remix) | Stream

Win and Woo are one of our favorite future house duos and for good reason. They consistently bring their shimmering, feel good vibes to each remix, and their latest continues their summer hot streak. The Chicago bred duo have been drafted to spin Robert DeLong and K.Flay‘s collaborative “Favorite Color Is Blue” into a banging mix of electro, house, and trap. Deep, ringing bass lines pluck against electrifying synths and wonky percussion, bringing a hypnotic club vibes to the track. Win and Woo have seriously turned up on this one.

Alessia Cara – Growing Pains (Justin Caruso Remix) | Stream

Justin Caruso is one of our favorite remixers with his fun future bass flips of artists like Marshmello, The Chainsmokers, Lost Kings, Krewella, and more. Following a summer supporting The Chainsmokers on tour and a debut at Firefly Music Festival, the LA based producer has been enlisted to remix Alessia Cara‘s latest hit “Growing Pains”. Vibrant, playful synths and snappy percussion bounce around Alessia Cara’s sultry vocals before diving into an anthemic house influenced future bass drop. Justin Caruso has seriously outdone himself with this “Growing Pains” remix.

Louis The Child – Better Not ft. Wafia (StayLoose Flip) | Stream

RTT favorite StayLoose has stepped up with a fun and flirty flip of Louis The Child and Wafia‘s “Better Not” and it’s spectacular. StayLoose instantly turns the track an ethereal dreamland with wavy guitar melodies drifting against light percussion and deep basslines. StayLoose’s flip then bursts into a gorgeous ODESZA-like drop fueled by long, lavish synth stabs and dynamic percussion. StayLoose has certainly impressed with his “Better Not” flip.

Hotel Garuda – Blurry Eyes (feat. RUNN) [Tim Gunter Remix] | Stream

Tim Gunter never fails to deliver a stunning remix and his latest will have you on the edge of your seat. The LA based producer has been drafted as part of Hotel Garuda‘s official “Blurry Eyes” remix package and delivered a jaw-dropping trap inspired remix. Dark, zippering bass lines rumble beneath RUNN‘s slick vocals and eclectic percussion, flooding the track with a sensational dose of fun future trap. Tim Gunter’s “Blurry Eyes” remix is a certified banger.

Owl City – Fireflies (it’s different Cover) | Stream

it’s different is one of the most dynamic duos out there. They’ve been relatively quiet following their collaborative Forever M.C. hip hop album and have now unleashed a indie inspired cover of Owl City‘s “Fireflies”. Whistling synths bounce against snappy percussion and plucked basslines, combining to bring a flirty indie dance flare to the Owl City staple. it’s different have once again crafted something uniquely beautiful.

DVBBS X Blackbear – IDWK (Loud Luxury Remix) | Stream

Hot off their recent official remix of Charlie Puth and Kehlani’s “Done For Me“, Toronto based deep house duo Loud Luxury have drawn up another banging official remix. Their latest turns up DVBBS and Blackbear‘s electro house hit “IDWK“, fueling it with shaking percussion, bubbly synth melodies, and brighter house elements. The duo bring a lighter soundscape to contrast DVBBS’ deep punching melody lines while still maintaining the momentum and groove of the original. Loud Luxury have certainly dropped yet another hot one.

Maroon 5 – Girls Like You (feat. Cardi B) [CRAY Remix] | Stream

Rising female producer CRAY has gone off on her first ever official remix. The LA based producer has dropped a banging remix of Maroon 5 and Cardi B‘s “Girls Like You” just in time for her performance at this weekend’s Hard Summer. CRAY’s “Girls Like You” remix is a dreamy future bass wonderland, bouncing with sultry synth melodies and crisp vocal chops. CRAY has seriously stepped up with this Maroon 5 remix.

Martin Garrix – Ocean (feat. Khalid) [MYRNE Remix] | Free Download

MYRNE surprised with his recent flip of Diplo’s “Get It Right” and he’s once again turned up with another stellar remix. MYRNE has now spun Martin Garrix and Khalid‘s “Ocean” into a wondrous, cinematic future bass anthem. Fluttering basslines and eclectic trap inspired percussion ring amidst Khalid’s soulful vocals, and bring an iconic, festival ready essence to the track. MYRNE is definitely on a remix roll.

Shaun Frank & Krewella – Gold Wings (tofû remix) | Free Download

RTT favorite tofû consistently impresses with his lush future pop remixes of Martin Garrix, CHVRCHES, Vérité, and more. His latest takes on Shaun Frank and Krewella‘s collaborative single “Gold Wings” and flipped it into luscious, wavy utopia, exploding with wild, colorful synths and crisp percussion. If one thing’s for sure, tofû knows how to make a damn good remix.

Robotaki – Together We’re Screwed Ft. Nevve (Kwon Remix) | Free Download

It’s been a minute since rising talent Kwon released one of his gooey remixes and his latest is exceptional. He’s taken on Robotaki‘s “Together We’re Screwed”, wrapping Nevve‘s sultry vocals in layers of sultry guitar melodies, deep, swelling basslines and light percussion that bring a luscious downtempo vibe to the track. Kwon has definitely outdone himself with this remix.

Robert DeLong – Favorite Color Is Blue ft. K.Flay (CRVE U Remix) | Stream

Up and coming talent CRVE U has certainly caught our eye with his banging remixes of Lil Xan and DENM. He’s now been drafted as part of Robert DeLong‘s new remix pack for his K.Flay featured hit “Favorite Color Is Blue”. His take is fun and upbeat, playfully bouncing with bright future house rhythms and dance crazed percussion. CRVE U is definitely one to watch this year.

Ben Esser – Promises (Delusion Remix) | Stream

Delusion’s remix of Ben Esser‘s “Promises” is a fresh take of an already amazing track. The superb edit is filled with disjointed fractures of melody and an off-kilter, richly melodic drops. A new bubbling bassline adds a refreshing punch to the song and elevates it to a new level. Delusion showcases his own sound through his edit while still making sure Noah Slee’s smooth vocals shine through. It is a unique interpretation of the track, and we are excited to see what Delusion puts out next. – James Lorenz

deadmau5 ft. Rob Swire – Monophobia (Birthdayy Partyy Remix) | Stream

Slapping new bass duo Birthdayy Partyy have amazed with their heavy throwback flips of Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl” and Fergie’s “London Bridge“. Their latest remix takes on deadmau5‘s new banger “Monophobia”, uplifting the track with deep, electrifying basslines and a heavy dose of dubstep. Birthdayy Partyy have once again outdone themselves.

neutral. ft. Pauline Herr – How It Goes (Opae Remix) | Stream

Last week, neutral. went off on his collaborative VIP remix of his BonFire Records single “How It Goes” and now he’s dropped a full remix pack. Amongst the pack, rising talent Opae certainly stands out with his feathery future pop remix, crafting an elegant, airy soundscape around Pauline Herr’s emotional vocals. Opae coats neutral.’s original in light, orchestral elements and rich, luxurious sounds that brilliantly elevate the track. Opae is one to keep an eye on this year.

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//lateass Mutual Tag :D

beps tagged me like 10 days ago and i love being tagged in things!! mandated reminder to followe @naxzela or pewish!!

nickname: okay, so im not really a nickname person but most people call me eli (or even more cursed, ewi) elly, jaah, pj calls me elijah hemsworth and i don’t know why, and im pretty fond of the nickname pumpkin, @nnaiad calls me lord farquad but if you do that i’m legally allowed to kill you.

zodiac: Leo ( august 9th babes)

height: 5′5/ i used to be the tall kid, man :(

age: 17 going on 18 (AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)

time: i started this at like 8:30 and it’s 9:58 now lmao

fave bands/artists: i still like brockhampton, sometimes i like kendrick, but only sometimes, paramore is aight, and.. you Know.. the boys,, btr (dont fucking @ me) and i still love vocaloid ;; song stuck in my head: memory from cats (but only one specific part????)

last movie i watched: hhhh???? i don’t remember?

last thing i googled:  diphylleia

other blogs: hoooo okay, @bxgtxmerush is my BTR blog (dont judge) @analogggs​ is our system blog (one of them at least lmao), @loopnovas is my simblr lmao, i have others that aren’t active, and all of my alters have tumblrs, but ya’ll don’t need to know ‘em.

do i get asks?: I get a ton now and it’s awesome! i love talking to people!!

why i chose my username?: it me name, pal.

following: 1,111. i need to unfollow a loooot of blogs. 

average amount of sleep: hehehehe. like three hours on a good day. i try, but sleep is hard to come about uwu

lucky number: 14.

what am i wearing: Grey muscle shirt we’ve had since we were a wee lad, it fits better now than it did before lmAO. some really tattered leggings that are actually turned inside out AND backwards. and a choker, cause i’m hot like that.

dream job: not working and being rich sounds fun i wanna write cartoons or comics, maybe even draw ‘em.

dream trip: ehhh, i wanna go to greece one day.

play any instruments: self taught piano, and i used to play the trombone (i joined the school band to impress a gal and a guy i like, and i hated it)

fave song: hehehe Dreams Of an Absolution, Lee Brotherton (yes its a sonic song. yes its from sonic 06. what about it,)

play any sport: ha, nope! jay does love him some hockey though!

hair colour: black-brown, reaaally wanna dye it silver though.

eye colour:  warm brown.

most iconic song: either Return of the Mack, or Toxic.

language(s) you speak: english and some ASL

random fact: my bones refuse to break???

describe yourself as aesthetics: The loud whirring of a laptop in an empty room at the crack of dawn, the soft scuffling of socks against a carpeted floor, chewed down nails and raw fingertips, sharp breaths that you can’t figure out if it’s from a laugh or a sob, the smell of blood and lavender, a judging click of the tongue and a cheeky grin, water bottles with flowers growing from them, holding your own hand as rain falls down harder and harder. haircuts that you instantly regret, letters never written. a missed sunset. i tagggg uh,, anyone?? if you wanna do it hh do it aedfghj

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We Tried On And Reviewed Our Fave Pieces From Tracee Ellis Ross' Collection At JCPenney | Tracee Ellis Ross

Her eye often twitched or closed, leaving fans to wonder what was going on. Music's megastars gathered last night to celebrate the 2017 American Music Awards, rocking the stage and the red carpet in a series of stunning looks. Bruno Mars was the biggest winner of the night as he went away with seven awards at the event. Actress Tracee Ellis Ross hosted the American Music Awards last night and as is typical for awards show hosts, Tracee had a lot of stylish ensembles.

Diana Ross has five children, namely; Chudney Ross, Evan Ross, Tracee Ellis Ross, Ross Naess and Rhonda Ross Kendrick. Now this is one look Rihanna could rock- Knee-high boots are everything and Tracee kills this one with a sequin jumpsuit. She also has grandkids, some of whom were present at the AMAs.Tracee Ellis Ross hosted the event in a rotation of several over-the-top numbers, with one ruffled copper Ronald van der Kemp getup garnering a lot of attention for its likeness to a Thanksgiving turkey. Tracee Ellis Ross SLAYED as the host of the 2017 American Music Awards and the only thing as entertaining as her hosting chops was her arsenal of outfits.