Grammy Award-winning singer Joss Stone to perform in ArmeniaSeptember 9, 2016 - 11:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Grammy Award-winning British singer and songwriter Joss Stone will perform in Armenia in the framework of the annual Yerevan Jazz Fest. The event has been organized by the Armenian Jazz Association and Mezzo Production since 2015. Stone's concert will be held in Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex in the capital city of Yerevan on October 16. Yerevan Jazz Fest is an annual music festival held in Yerevan, Armenia every fall. It is one of the biggest music events in the cultural life of the city which gathers hundreds of musicians and international guests from around the world, including Dee Dee Bridgewater, Richard Bona, Nino Katamadze and many others. This year’s festival is dedicated to American-Armenian record producer and executive George Avakian known particularly for his work with Columbia Records, and his production of albums by Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and other prominent jazz musicians. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |