Nov 21st, 2008 · Singer-songwriter Karla Adolphe and percussionist Caleb Friesen make up the Manitoba-based duo Jacob & Lily. On their recent Mountain Stage appearance, the two show off Adolphe's powerful, passionate voice and steady guitar strumming, along with Friesen's meticulous and driving rhythmic work.
Nov 18th, 2008 · As a child, musician Elizabeth Willis was formally trained in piano and violin, and often imagined she'd grow up to be a classical musician. But at some point along the way she decided to walk away from classical music and start writing grand and beautiful pop. The 11 songs on her self-titled debut bridge the gap between her two passions by pairing her distinctive vocals and pop stylings with cinematic string and piano arrangements. The result is refreshing and often gorgeous.
Nov 13th, 2008 · Inspired by the post-punk sounds of Echo & the Bunnymen, The Stills often find themselves in the deluge of like-minded bands. It's the kind of thing that sticks to a band, but The Stills continue to hone their sound, now taking on much darker and passionate approach.
Nov 4th, 2008 · Almost half of the eligible voters in this country usually don't bother to vote. On the other side, there are people who are extremely passionate about politics. They pass out pamphlets, work the phones, write letters to the editor and place political signs and stickers all over their cars and front yards. Independent producer Barrett Golding wondered — why the divide?
Nov 4th, 2008 · In this week's parenting segment for moms, Jolene Ivey and Leslie Morgan Steiner weigh the value of engaging children early in the political process. Also, Ivey's son, Alexander, and Steiner's son, Max, explain how, as youngsters, they've discovered their own political passion.
Nov 1st, 2008 · Students at the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at New York University are learning technological and entrepreneurial skills so they can compete in a changing marketplace. The students all have different ambitions, but their artistic director says what they really need is passion.
Oct 30th, 2008 · Lively, naughty and crude, it's exactly the film you'd expect from Kevin Smith. Maybe too much so: The director's sentimental passions (and his frat-boy urges) have congealed into schtick.
Oct 10th, 2008 · Electric passion becomes lasting love, and ends with desperate tragedy, in Puccini's La Boheme — maybe the greatest "date opera" in history — in a racy new production from the Washington National Opera.