Father and son: A.J. Croce performs Jim Croce's music
The singer-songwriter lost his dad in a plane crash before he turned two, temporarily lost his sight when he was four, and lost his wife to a heart condition. Now 50, musician and songwriter A.J. Croce is turning to the music that his father, Jim Croce, had made famous, and in the process is embracing his father's legacy – and his own. Correspondent Jim Axelrod reports.
news.yahoo.comBillie Eilish makes an arena feel intimate in her long-awaited D.C. return
Since her last tour stop in D.C. in 2019, the 20-year-old singer-songwriter and pop phenomenon has been busy. On Wednesday night, Eilish’s key to success was scale: making those internal feelings sound as loud and look as harrowing as they are inside. Amid lights and smoke, Eilish emerged onstage in a Goth Spice get-up typical of her iconic style (itself a large part of her appeal). AdvertisementStory continues below advertisementHalfway through her set, Eilish played two songs acoustic, causing the crowd to hush in a way that made the arena feel smaller than it is. After it played, she emerged at the back of the arena and performed atop a moving crane, hovering just above the audience — but still out of reach.
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