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It's the genre that, to adapt the slogan of another upmarket food retailer, isn't just popular music; it's a fruity mix of well-known, homely tunes with multi-generational appeal, sung in a soaring operatic style by beautiful young people, drizzled in crisply pronounced consonants, often translated into passionate Italian and served on a bed of rich, creamy orchestral arrangement. Read More

In a clever piece of cultural promotion the French Embassy and Alliance Française are touring Henry Padovani, the original guitarist of the band The Police. Read More

Acclaimed Kent State University alumni Jeff Richmond and Alice Ripley will serve as honorary chairs of an effort to name the KSU School of Theatre and Dance's new black box theatre after two professors who played major roles in the program's growth. Read More

An unknown guitarist helped form one of the world's biggest bands but his career took a different direction, writes Garry Maddox. Read More

In a clever piece of cultural promotion the French Embassy and Alliance Française are touring Henry Padovani, the original guitarist of the band The Police He is currently on the Australian leg of his tour where he has performed and also given master classes. Read More

HE'S PERFORMED at some of the world's top opera houses and in front of monarchs and Pontiffs. Read More

HE'S PERFORMED at some of the world's top opera houses and in front of monarchs and Pontiffs. Read More