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Associated Press
17-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Country Artist Jillian Cardarelli Releases Official Music Video for 'The Boys'
New Single Pays Heartfelt Homage to the Legendary Artists who Shaped the Genre 'My idea of a perfect evening at home is a glass of wine paired with some of my favorite country artists like Willie, Waylon and Hank (i.e., The Boys).'— Jillian Cardarelli, Country Artist NASHVILLE, TN, UNITED STATES, April 17, 2025 / / -- Country artist and songwriter Jillian Cardarelli has released the Official Video for her new single, " The Boys,' available now on all streaming platforms. The song was written by Jessica Cayne, Kyle Kelso and Tina Parol and produced by Daniel Dennis. The tune immediately captured Cardarelli's attention, drawing on her love for all things classic country and iconic sound. Blending rich, traditional country influences with a contemporary sound, 'The Boys' is a heartfelt homage to the legendary artists who have shaped the genre. Cardarelli's signature vocals and emotive delivery brings the song to life, making it a must-listen for both longtime country fans and new audiences alike. 'At my core, I'm kind of a homebody. My idea of a perfect evening at home is a glass of wine paired with some of my favorite country artists like Willie, Waylon and Hank (i.e., The Boys). When one of my best friends and collaborators, Tina Parol, played this song for me, I knew I had to record it,' said Jillian Cardarelli. 2025 is shaping up to be another exciting year of musical and television projects for Cardarelli. Her single 'Waiting on the Sunrise' aired on the popular Fox TV series Farmer Wants a Wife, while the popular Netflix series Love is Blind featured her song 'Same Moon' on a recent episode (S7/E3). Cardarelli made her hosting debut and performed for the Tunnel to Towers Never Forget TV Concert Special featuring Jelly Roll in 2024. In addition, her single 'If I Could Talk to Elvis' featuring Larry Strickland keeps her on the road making international appearances at various events and festivals, including the Bergen Elvis Fest in Norway next month where she is slated to be a featured performer. This release is sure to be a fan favorite among her popular singles 'Can't Help Falling in Love,' 'I'll Get Over You' featuring Vince Gill, 'If We Were Strangers' and 'Worth The Whiskey,' all of which have garnered support from Apple Music, Spotify and Pandora. "The Boys' is available now on all streaming platforms, with the music video now available on her Official YouTube Channel. For updates and upcoming tour dates, visit or follow her on social media. More About Jillian Cardarelli This Massachusetts native, singer-songwriter Jillian Cardarelli, is blazing her own path in Music City with her stunning vocals, captivating songwriting and strong work ethic. Her debut single, 'Rerun,' written by Grammy Award-winning artist Maren Morris, Tina Parol and Jordan Reynolds made a splash on CMT Music, with the music video spending two weeks at #1 and several weeks in the Top 10. Her second single, 'Souvenirs,' debuted on Radio Disney Country, while the music video spent eight weeks in the Top 10 on Her inspirational single 'Strong' featuring Charles Esten was named one of 2020's Most Powerful Songs by American Songwriter and Rolling Stone named her a Top New Artist to Watch. In December 2020, Jillian was honored to be asked to participate in the National Christmas Tree Lighting Virtual Concert in Washington, D.C. as she sang the classic, 'O Holy Night.' Her song 'I Never Do This,' was named Best New Country Song by Rolling Stone in October 2019. Her single 'If I Could Talk to Elvis' featuring Larry Strickland, Elvis Presley's background vocalist from The Stamps Quartet, hit #1 Fan Voted Video on CMT 12-Pack Countdown with appearances on WSM's Coffee, Country & Cody, Sirius XM Elvis Radio and she performed at the Nashville Elvis Festival and at Elvis Week at Graceland. Cardarelli has opened for acts such as Reba, Willie Nelson, Jake Owen, Lee Brice, Hunter Hayes, Scotty McCreery, Trace Adkins, Dierks Bentley, and Alabama. In addition to writing and performing, Jillian is passionate about being involved in charitable organizations like Tunnel to Towers Foundation, PEDIGREE Foundation, Stand Up 2 Cancer, Band Against Cancer, Musicians on Call, and St. Jude Children's Hospital. She often performs for charitable events and, an avid golfer, plays in various charity golf tournaments around the country. For more information, visit Tresa Halbrooks LEGACY PR [email protected] Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content 'as is' without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.
CBC
18-03-2025
- Business
- CBC
McDonald's Canada testing a vegetable-based burger — again
McDonald's Canada is trying its hand at a vegetable-based burger — again. The fast-food chain announced Tuesday that it will test its new McVeggie at some restaurants in Langley, Richmond and Surrey, B.C., as well as Brampton and Windsor, Ont., and Dieppe, Moncton, Riverview and Sussex, N.B., until April 14. The sandwich, which will come in regular and spicy habanero varieties, has a breaded patty made of carrots, green beans, zucchini, peas, soybeans, broccoli and corn. It comes on a toasted sesame bun and is topped with shredded lettuce and sauce. The dish is the latest attempt by McDonald's Canada at courting customers uninterested in or unable to consume popular staples like the Big Mac. Prior attempts to cater to vegetarians have not succeeded, leaving the sandwich portion of the company's menu full of beef and poultry options but little for those who don't eat meat. The chain's most recent menu item prior to the McVeggie was the plant, lettuce and tomato or PLT. The sandwich made with a plant-based Beyond Meat patty was tested in September 2019 at 28 restaurants, predominantly in London, Ont. It later expanded to 52 locations covering neighbouring Kitchener-Waterloo and Guelph in a 12-week trial beginning in January 2020. "That wasn't quite what consumers are looking for," chief marketing officer Francesca Cardarelli conceded while sitting at a McDonald's restaurant in Brampton, Ont. She figures part of why the PLT missed the mark was because its patty was designed to mimic meat as most of the hot plant-based meat alternatives did about six years ago. At the time, a Nielsen study revealed that 43 per cent of Canadian consumers expected to increase plant-based food consumption, and in the two years prior, had bought four per cent less meat. Buoyed by these reports and others suggesting the plant-based "meat" market would be valued at $135 billion US by 2035, fast-food joints such as Tim Hortons and McDonald's rushed to offer such products. However, diners didn't take to them and they were eventually pulled from menus because of a lack of demand. The McVeggie attempts to learn from all that. "This is just something that's more craveable and more desirable," said Cardarelli, who said she eats two a week. Whether someone has dietary restrictions or is seeking variety, she thinks the dish's appeal is obvious as soon as one takes a bite out of the sandwich and spots the mélange of chunky greenery that forms the patty. "You can really see the vegetable component in it, which I think adds a bit of a vibrancy and uniqueness from what we've tested in the past," she said. "This is what they're looking for now." McVeggie differs from international options Testing that theory will be the culmination of months of product development, studying PLT feedback and looking at vegetable-based products McDonald's trialed elsewhere. India, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand have also sold sandwiches called the McVeggie at times, but they're not the same as McDonald's Canada's offering, which was developed for this country specifically. The sandwich, however, is not completely made with Canadian ingredients because Cardarelli said the country's climate makes it "quite difficult" to source domestic produce year-round. The company would not name what countries other than Canada it will get vegetables from. The pressure to ensure the McVeggie is a hit is high, not just because of the past failures but because McDonald's stands to win over even more customers who might have eaten elsewhere because of a lack of plant-based options. Its research shows about 35 per cent of Canadians have some sort of food limitation, whether it's an allergy or a personal preference, and about half of the time that one-third determines where the group they're dining with go to eat. McDonald's will watch whether the McVeggie shifts this trend and analyze how often people come in for the sandwich, what they're ordering with it and whether it fits into their routines. "I'm hopeful they will feel the excitement and then gravitate toward a product like this," Cardarelli said.
Ya Biladi
11-02-2025
- Business
- Ya Biladi
IMF forecasts 3.9% growth for Morocco in 2025, up from 3.2% in 2024
The Moroccan economy is projected to experience a growth rate of 3.9% in 2025, following a 3.2% increase in 2024, according to Roberto Cardarelli, the IMF mission chief in Morocco. Cardarelli led an IMF staff team from January 27 to February 7 for the 2025 Article IV consultations. «Our forecasts indicate that economic activity will have grown by 3.2% in 2024 and is expected to accelerate to 3.9% in 2025», Cardarelli stated in a release on the IMF website. He attributed this anticipated growth to a rebound in agricultural production following recent droughts and sustained growth in the non-agricultural sector, driven by strong domestic demand. Cardarelli highlighted that this stronger growth should reduce the balance of payments current account deficit to around its 3% norm from its current low levels. He also noted that inflation is expected to stabilize at approximately 2%. Despite the positive outlook, Cardarelli acknowledged the presence of balanced risks, citing significant uncertainty due to geopolitical tensions and climate change impacts. «With inflation expectations anchored around 2% and minimal signs of demand pressures, the current broadly neutral monetary policy stance is appropriate», Cardarelli asserted. He emphasized that the IMF staff concurs with Bank Al-Maghrib that any future adjustments to the policy rate should be guided by data-driven insights.
Zawya
11-02-2025
- Business
- Zawya
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Staff Completes 2025 Article IV Consultation with Morocco
Economic growth is accelerating thanks to strong domestic demand, amid a new investment cycle in many sectors. Tax reforms have allowed the fiscal deficit in 2024 to be lower than expected while also funding spending measures. Going forward, saving part of the revenue windfall would help strengthen the fiscal buffers. The current monetary policy stance is appropriate and should remain data dependent. Structural reforms should focus on strengthening job creation, including by better targeting active labor market polices, consolidating programs to support small and medium firms, and removing regulatory distortions that hinder firms' growth. An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team led by Roberto Cardarelli conducted discussions with the Moroccan authorities in Rabat on the 2025 Article IV Consultation from January 27 to February 7. At the conclusion of the visit, Mr. Cardarelli issued the following statement: 'Economic activity is expected to have grown by 3.2 percent in 2024 and to accelerate to 3.9 percent in 2025, as agricultural output rebounds after the recent droughts and the nonagricultural sector continues to expand at a robust pace amid strong domestic demand. Higher growth is expected to increase the current account deficit towards its estimated medium-term norm of around 3 percent, while inflation is expected to stabilize at around 2 percent. The risks to the outlook are broadly balanced, with significant uncertainty regarding the economic impact of geopolitical tensions and changing climate conditions. 'With inflation expectations anchored around 2 percent and little signs of demand pressures, the current broadly neutral monetary policy stance is appropriate, and staff agrees with Bank Al-Maghrib that future changes of policy rates should remain data dependent. With inflation back to around 2 percent, Bank Al-Maghrib should continue its preparation to adopt an inflation-targeting framework.' 'Recent reforms to the tax system and tax administration have helped expand the tax base while lowering the tax burden. As a result, tax revenues in 2024 have been greater than expected. With only a small part of the additional tax revenues being saved, the central government's deficit for the year was 4.1 percent of GDP compared to the 4.3 announced in the 2024 Budget. While the 2025 Budget confirms the gradual pace of fiscal adjustment projected last year, higher-than-expected revenues should be used to accelerate the pace of debt reduction to levels closer to pre-pandemic. In addition, continuing to finance structural reforms may require further efforts to expand the tax base and rationalize spending, including by reducing transfers to state-owned enterprises as part of the ongoing reform of the sector and expanding the use of the Unified Social Registry to all social programs. 'Staff welcomes the ongoing reform of the Organic Budget Law that should introduce a new fiscal rule based on a medium-term debt anchor. Good progress has been made in the Medium-Term fiscal framework to include an assessment of the risk from climate change. Staff encourages the authorities to build on this progress by adding more information on the impact of new policy measures and a quantification of the risks from the increased reliance on public-private partnership (PPP) projects. 'Stronger job creation requires a novel approach to active labor market policies, focusing on labor displaced from the agricultural sector due to the sequence of droughts. A special focus should be placed on encouraging the growth of small and medium size enterprises (SME) and favoring their integration into sectoral value chains. Staff welcomes the progress in the operationalization of the Mohammed VI Investment Fund that should help SMEs access equity financing. Measures that may encourage the development of a more buoyant private sector include strengthening the support for SMEs under the new Charter of Investment, strengthening regional investment centers so they can better help SMEs access the financial and technical resources needed for their growth, and reviewing the labor code, tax system, and regulatory and governance frameworks so as remove the distortion that incentivize firms to remain small or informal. It will also be necessary that the ongoing SOE reform effectively pursues market neutrality between public and private sector firms. 'The IMF team held discussions with senior officials of the government of Morocco, Bank Al-Maghrib, and representatives of the public and private sectors. The team thanks the Moroccan authorities and other stakeholders for their hospitality and candid and productive discussions.' Distributed by APO Group on behalf of International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Chicago Tribune
28-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Chicago's Facets film presenter turns 50 this year. What's on deck, beyond a new name for itself?
Founded in 1975, in a tumultuous heyday of European, Eastern European, Scandinavian and Latin American cinema breaking through to adventurous American movie audiences, Facets Multimedia turns 50 this year. More has changed about the hardy nonprofit Chicago survivor since the days of its booming mail-order rental business than can be recounted. Film itself, and how people will and won't find it or take a chance on it, has changed no less. For its golden anniversary, Facets is getting a marketing facelift. No longer titled Facets Multimedia in full name, the organization co-founded by the late Milos Stehlik now officially goes by Facets Film Forum. And Facets, says executive director Karen Cardarelli, now in her fifth year there, has a $1 million fundraising goal to be met by 2027. There's $250,000 already committed thanks to 'a very supportive board,' she says. Plus new board co-chairs, though not new to Facets. Rich Moskal, longtime head of the Chicago Film Office, oversees the board activities with creative strategist Tamara Bohórquez, connected to Facets for more than a decade. The 'Film Forum' part of its name is more ceremonial than everyday; it's still Facets, still staking out its piece of Chicago's film community, but the institutional change to Facets Film Forum suggests a conscious link to the venerable four-screen Film Forum in Greenwich Village, New York, founded in 1970. But in the same ecosystem as the Gene Siskel Film Center, a program of the School of the Art Institute, and the Music Box Theatre, Chicago's Facets isn't really in the game of booking local premieres of first-run international films. What they're screening this year and beyond, Cardarelli says, will continue to involve encore runs of work that would otherwise 'come and go very quickly. Too quickly.' Veteran Facets programming director Charles Coleman now leads a seven-person roster of programmers, many with decades of experience there and around the city, some newer to the curation racket. Two of the latter, Emma Greenleaf and Nick Edelberg, work at Facets and last year proposed a monthly anime club with monthly screenings and free ramen. It took a while, as things do, but Cardarelli says they're drawing close to 100 per screening now. 'We're learning what the community wants from us,' she says. Board co-chair Moskal is programming a 'Chicago On Screen' series starting March 14, which will include 'The Fugitive' and in a darker vein, 'Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer.' In April, Coleman will oversee a five-film, decade-by-decade tribute to the Facets legacy, roping in some stray critics to introduce films that capture something of the place's history and cinematic values. More to come, as Facets undergoes a year of looking back and forward both.
