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Scotsman
4 days ago
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- Scotsman
Album reviews: Gloria Estefan Lavinia Blackwall
Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Gloria Estefan: Raices (Crescent Moon/Sony Music Latin) ★★★ Faith Eliott: Dryas (Lost Map) ★★★★★ Lavinia Blackwall: The Making (The Barne Society) ★★★★ Latin superstar Gloria Estefan marks 50 years in music with her first Spanish language album in almost two decades. Raices, meaning 'roots', is a vibrant exploration of her Cuban-American heritage, written and produced by her husband Emilio Estefan. Its title track is a joyous Cubano catharsis, with lyrics translating as 'if you want a good harvest, you need to know how to sow, with faith and dedication, that tree will grow roots'. Gloria Estefan | Crescent Moon/Sony Music Latin Elsewhere, Estefan helms the big band clamour and salsa explosion of La Vecina (No Se Na) with infectious verve, delivers impassioned balladeering on Tan Iguales y Tan Diferentes, accompanied by Spanish guitar and lush orchestration, and settles into a gentler middle of the road sway on Cuando el Tiempo Nos Castiga. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Edinburgh-based singer/songwriter Faith Eliott is something special, following up debut album Impossible Bodies with another imaginative dive into science, nature and mythology. Dryas is a gorgeous, gentle, poignant and hopeful folk pop fantasia, where the elemental intersects with the digital. Eliott dives into apocalypse stories on snowglobe, weaves a sparse, gothic anthropomorphic yarn on thys creatur and presides beautifully over an ode of unrequited love from a hagfish to a giant isopod, where the needy meets the unavailable on the ocean floor. Faith Eliott | Contributed Trembling Bells frontwoman Lavinia Blackwall is a similarly bold stylist. Her latest solo album is a full folk band fiesta in the spirit of Pentangle and Steeleye Span with her own soaring vocal as the star instrument. Maggie Reilly of Moonlight Shadow fame guests on My Hopes Are All Mine, a bitter tale of inequality, themed round the creaky turning of the wheel of fortune. Laura J Martin adds ye olde recorder part to the folk fable Scarlett Fever, while Blackwall veers into plaintive baroque pop on We All Get Lost and lets loose her inner Kate Bush on the glam eccentricity of Morning To Remember. CLASSICAL Yeol Eum Sol: Ravel & Bach (Naïve) ★★★★ Yet more Maurice Ravel to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth, this time from dynamic South Korean pianist Yeol Eum Son with The Hague's Residentie Orkest under Anja Bihlmaier. Both Son and Bihlmaier have hugely impressed live audiences in Scotland of late, performing with the SCO and BBC SSO respectively. But here they are together in a Ravel piano concerto double bill – the scintillating G major and hybrid Left Hand Concerto (written for Paul Wittgenstein, who lost his right arm in the First World War) – and the teamwork is exemplary. Son brings freshly-conceived excitement to the G major, a glorious mix of zestfulness and laid-back poeticism, woozy and bluesy in the slow movement, pyrotechnically scintillating in the Finale, with Bihlmaier deploying lightning orchestral fire in response. The Left Hand Concerto is weightier, but still possesses drive and determined musicality. Son ends with four left hand solo transcriptions by Wittgenstein. Ken Walton JAZZ Tom Lyne with Dave Milligan: Well Mixed Blue (LisaLeo Records) ★★★★ Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad
Pink Villa
4 days ago
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- Pink Villa
Hollywood Celebrity Exes Who Worked Together Post Breakup: From Lili Reinhart-Cole Sprouse to Blake Lively-Penn Badgley
When two actors play couples onscreen and share kisses or heartfelt moments, they often fall in love in real life too. And when things start to go South and they unravel that the spark between them has died, or worse, never existed, the two take the difficult decision of breaking up. But when they have to continue to work together and be on the same set, it can get difficult. That's when their true professionalism is tested. Several actors have continued to work together in films and TV shows despite not being able to look eye to eye in real life. Here are 10 Hollywood exes who shared screen space despite parting ways and calling it quits. Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake Relationship Timeline: 2003 to 2007 Worked Together On: Bad Teacher Diaz and Timberlake first met at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in 2003, and soon rumors of romance between the two started swirling. At the time, Timberlake was 22 and Diaz was 31. Despite breaking up in 2006, they continued to have a friendly bond. In 2011, they shared screen space in the comedy-drama film Bad Teacher, directed by Jake Kasdan. When asked about the collaboration, Diaz told US Weekly that Timberlake was the best choice for the role and she always shared a good laugh with him on sets. Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder Worked Together On: The Vampire Diaries The pair fell in love on the set of the American supernatural teen drama TV series The Vampire Diaries. Despite announcing their split in 2013, they continued to work together as onscreen love interests on the series. While the series concluded in 2017 after airing eight seasons and 171 episodes, Dobrev left the show after its sixth season in 2015. The pair proved that they can keep their personal and professional lives separate as they didn't let their differences affect their performances. They even bagged the Best Chemistry trophy at the 2014 People's Choice Awards. Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony Relationship Timeline: 2004 to 2011 Worked Together On: Spanish album Ni Tú Ni Yo Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony started dating in 2003, and they tied the knot in 2004. In 2011, they announced their separation, and their divorce was finalized in 2014. They share two children together, twins Max and Emme, born in 2008. Nearly five years after parting ways, the exes collaborated for a Spanish-language album, Ni Tú Ni Yo, which was released in 2016. Anthony also served as the executive producer of the album via his company, Magnus Media, and Sony Music Latin. Jennifer Garner and Michael Vartan Relationship Timeline: 2003 to 2004 Worked Together On: Alias Before tying the knot with Ben Affleck, Garner briefly dated Vartan while working on the TV show Alias. Despite parting ways, they remained friends and kept working on the TV show until 2006. In 2018, Vartan was asked if he would ever reconcile with Gartner. To which, he said that if something didn't work the first time, it would never work. On Alias, Gartner played the role of Sydney Bristow, a double agent for the Central Intelligence Agency posing as an operative for SD-6. Vartan played the role of Michael Vaughn, one of Sydney Bristow's co-workers and her love interest. Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult Relationship Timeline: 2011 to 2014 Worked Together On: X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse, and X-Men: Dark Phoenix Lawrence and Hoult first met on the set of X-Men: First Class and started dating. After four years of dating, they parted ways in 2014. Despite their split, they shared screen space as Mystique and Beast in X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse, and X-Men: Dark Phoenix. In an interview with Elle, Hoult explained how he managed to work with Lawrence despite their separation. He said, "It's like going back to school after the summer holidays. The reality of [the X-Men franchise] is that there are lots of characters, so everyone was together for brief periods, but not every day for four months." Zendaya and Jacob Elordi Relationship Timeline: 2019 to 2020 Worked Together On: Euphoria and Deep Water The two co-stars reportedly dated for a brief period in 2019 and 2020. In August 2019, they vacationed in Greece together. Later, they were also seen spending time with each other's families. However, they never confirmed their relationship. In Euphoria, Zendaya plays Rue Bennett, a recovering drug addict, and Elordi plays Nate Jacobs, a high school athlete. The two also had a scene together in the film Deep Water. Joey King and Jacob Elordi Relationship Timeline: 2017 to 2018 Worked Together On: The Kissing Booth, The Kissing Booth 2, and The Kissing Booth 3 Elordi and King dated for about a year before parting ways in 2018. Despite calling off their relationship, the two continued to share screen space in The Kissing Booth trilogy as Elle Evans and Noah Flynn. In 2020, King shared that working with her ex wasn't the easiest thing to do, especially since people would be watching the two onscreen with curiosity about their relationship. "No one's thinking to themselves, 'That was easy,' because it wasn't. I'm sure people will analyze every movement and every detail. And you know what? Let them," she told Cosmo at the time. "But at the end of the day, I was just thrilled to be Elle Evans again." Camila Mendes and Charles Melton Relationship Timeline: 2018 to 2019 and 2021 to 2022 Worked Together On: Riverdale The two actors met on the set of the TV series Riverdale. They dated on and off for about a year before calling it quits. They later rekindled their relationship in 2021, however, they didn't date for long and again decided to move away in 2022. The pair worked together on Riverdale from 2017 to 2023. While Mendes played the role of Veronica Lodge, Mantle was seen as Reggie Mantle. Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse Relationship Timeline: 2017 to 2020 Worked Together On: Riverdale Reinhart and Sprouse's romance, both on and off screen, grabbed headlines. They dated on and off for approximately three years, from 2017 to 2020. They met on the set of Riverdale and fell in love. They made their red carpet debut in 2018 at the Met Gala. After separating, the two actors continued to share screen space as Betty Cooper and Jughead Jones in the hit CW teen drama. The two are currently friends, and they have left their differences in the past. Blake Lively and Penn Badgley Relationship Timeline: 2007 to 2010 Worked Together On: Gossip Girl The two might have ended their relationship in 2010, but they continued to play their love interests in Gossip Girl till 2012. While Lively played the role of Serena van der Woodsen and Badgley was seen as Dan Humphrey. In 2015, Badgley revealed that they didn't let their complicated relationship affect their work or get in the way of their jobs. "We were constantly professional to be honest, and we should both pat ourselves on the back because anything is complicated in that way… and we handled it," Penn said. Hollywood celebrities have proven that it's possible to put professionalism above personal feelings, be it due to contracts or on fans' demand. It's admirable how these stars have shown emotional maturity by staying friendly despite nasty breakups and doing justice to their jobs.
Yahoo
31-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bomba Estéreo & Rawayana's ‘Me Pasa (Piscis)'& More Best New Music Latin
New Music Latin is a compilation of the best new Latin songs and albums recommended by Billboard Latin and Billboard Español editors. Check out this week's picks below. Astropical (Bomba Estéreo & Rawayana), 'Me Pasa (Piscis)' (Sony Music Latin) More from Billboard Mick Jagger, Metallica & More Remember Marianne Faithfull: 'She Was a Wonderful Friend' Sum 41 Say Farewell: The Canadian Pop-Punk Legends on the Highs and Lows of Their Unpredictable Career Here Are All the Performers and Presenters at the 2025 Grammy Awards Bomba Estéreo and Rawayana are two of the most beloved contemporary bands from Colombia and Venezuela. Now together, as the supergroup Astropical, they deliver an explosion of flavor with 'Me Pasa (Pisces)' – the first single from a project that combines the worlds of astrology and tropical rhythms. The song, which fuses Afrobeats with the sounds of the Colombian gaita flute and a nostalgic guitar line, makes references to the Colombian champeta, the Venezuelan arepas and songs by Juan Luis Guerra when talking about an irresistible attraction between two people who are ready to start a journey together. The voices of Li Saumet of Bomba and Beto Montenegro of Rawa shine separately, but create magic when they meet in the infectious chorus: 'What's wrong with me? What's wrong with me?/ The floor is moving and there is no one in the house/ My heart beats and that doesn't happen to me/ But what do I care?' It's a joyous and promising letter of introduction to the new supergroup that we didn't know we needed. — SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS Elena Rose & Morat, 'Un Beso Menos' (Kira Records/Warner Music Latina) Elena Rose's knack to craft love songs shines in her latest single, 'Un Beso Menos,' with Colombian band Morat adding another layer of emotional depth to the sentimental song. In the heartfelt pop ballad, Elena Rose and Morat narrate a relationship where every kiss feels like a bittersweet goodbye, and time together is always too short. 'I can't help but think that every time we see each other, it's not one more kiss, it's one less/ So don't let me go tonight,' they sing with pathos. — GRISELDA FLORES Daniel Sabater, 'danito' (Sony Music Entertainment Spain) Emerging Spanish pop artist Daniel Sabater delivers a deeply emotional ballad with 'danito,' a piano piece that evokes nostalgia and mourning for a lost love. With a delicate, cracked voice and a performance full of vulnerability, the singer-songwriter reflects on the longing for who he used to be, while saying goodbye to his former self, who lived tied to that relationship. The music video adds an even more intimate dimension, showing the artist performing the song in a single take. — LUISA CALLE Trueno + Feid, 'Cruz' (Sur Capital Records/Sony Music Latin) In a first collaborative effort, Trueno and Feid deliver 'Cruz,' which translates to 'cross' in English. Effortlessly lacing the Argentine and Colombian lingo, the two artists sing to an ex who they miss but has moved on: 'Baby your eyes are my light and my sins are bigger than the cross/ That's why I go to where you are.' Notably is the track's G-funk beat helmed by producers Tatool and LukasBL. 'Cruz' fuses rap with funk, deep bass, snare drums, and groovy synthesizers, bringing to 2025 the g-funk made popular in the '90s by artists such as Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. — JESSICA ROIZ Meme del Real, 'Princesa' (DOCEMIL Music/HYBE Latin America) Meme del Real, famously known as a key member of Café Tacvba, launches his solo debut with 'Princesa,' under Hybe Latin America's new label, DOCEMIL Music. The multifaceted singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist channels the serenity of the natural environment into his music, establishing an intimate connection between himself and his surroundings. The song starts as a soft ballad enriched with orchestral and harp elements, then seamlessly transitions into vibrant synth-pop. This single is the first from his upcoming album, and it heralds his personal rebirth as a vocalist. 'The opportunity to have such a close relationship with nature provided me with a different perspective on the ecology of systems; not only natural, but also how I relate to my family, my friends, and the environment,' Meme says in a press release. With production led by the legendary Gustavo Santaolalla, 'Princesa' solidifies itself as an exceptional debut in Meme's solo career. — ISABELA RAYGOZABest of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
