Author: Blackbird News
This Fall, award-winning author and Washington Post KidsPost Sports Columnist (“The Score”) Fred Bowen is back with more soccer action—and a new mystery—in Soccer Trophy Mystery(Peachtree Publishing; 9/1/21; ISBN: 978-1-68263-078-5; Hardcover $16.99; Ages 7-12; 144 pages), the newest addition to the popular middle grade Fred Bowen Sports Story Series that I think may be of interest to readers of ABOUT INSIDER. Thirteen-year-old twins Aiden and Ava and their good friend Daniel, all avid soccer players, have just learned their county league soccer trophy mysteriously disappeared forty years ago from the town library. It was never recovered. So between games and practices for the town’s soccer championships, the three…
Emmet Glascott is a music producer from Waterford, Ireland. His songs have taken him over the globe working with international superstars to Grammy Award winners.His song ‘The War’ has been used in a sold out cinema called ‘Strand Cinema’ in Belfast, in a film called ‘Suicide & Me’ a film raising awareness for suicide prevention. It features vocals from Sean McGrath from the band Stolen City who were recently on RTE’s ‘The Late Late Show’ with Ryan Tubridy performing their song ‘Coming Home’. ‘The War’ will get a re-release as a rock-Indie style song at a later date featuring Reid…
A unique and welcoming cafe in Richmond BC offers visitors the chance to experience a “home away from home” atmosphere. You’ll find that The Breakfast Club, located in The courtyard of the old Royal Bank Building on Main Street, is both unique and attractive – and it’s also a great place to work. Here, you’ll enjoy delicious food (of course! ), cozy, private seating, live music, and, best of all, the proximity to the finest Vancouver events. The cafe in Richmond BC is just steps from an area filled with exciting nightlife, amazing shopping, and world-class attractions. Why stay at home when…
Rinse Your Eyes.Allergies can cause burning, itching, and tearing in our eyes as well as swelling of the eyelids. Washing your eyes moistens them to provide relief when they are dry and irritated. It also removes allergens that cause eye inflammation. Incorporate eye drops to moisten the eyes and wash out allergens. Wash Your Clothes Often.When you go outdoors, your clothes can carry small particles back into your home and cause even more exposure to allergens and, ultimately, allergic reaction. Washing your clothes and taking a shower after outdoor activity can remove lingering allergens and minimize the risk of them coming…
Non-prescription over-the-counter drugs and prescription drugs are deadly and are now killing more people annually than heart disease, cancer and diabetes. The American Medical Association admits that prescription drugs are now the third leading cause of death in the United States. It’s worth repeating: Prescription and over the counter drugs are killing more people than they are supposed to be curing. For anyone old enough to remember the Vioxx drug scandal back in the mid 2000’s, all we have to do is examine what happened to understand how the pharmaceutical industry operates. Merck, the developer of Vioxx, and the FDA,…
$TYLJA, who is also known as Daraja Hakizimana is one of the well-established musicians that anyone can find out there as of now. He was working as a painter, but eventually transformed into a fearless musician. Along with the background that he had as a painter, he was able to combine paintings and music together. In fact, he created painting inspired music, #ARTMUSIC. If you are keen to explore his work, you should take a look at the two impressive projects offered by him. The first album, which is titled as $TYLJA Live (Disc 1) contains of four tracks. Music…
HI POLARTROPICA! CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF?Polartropica is a gay, Taiwanese-American sparkly tiger-corn alien playing space dream rock for galaxy scorpions. TELL US ABOUT HOW YOU STARTED MAKING MUSIC?I started playing classical piano and trumpet as a kid. I spent most of my high school years playing in jazz ensembles, marching band and youth orchestras. I started writing my own tunes in college when I discovered rock bands. WHAT’S YOUR PROCESS LIKE FOR MAKING MUSIC?I usually build a song up from a melody idea that matches a set of lyrics I’ve written – and then layer on/add the…
Versatile powerhouse vocalist Carrie Zaruba has kept busy over the past few years. With the release of her new album titled Natural Disaster, Carrie is ready to return to the music scene in a mighty way. The album is now available on Spotify, Apple Music, and all other digital retailers.While drawing back the curtain on her journey to self-discovery and following the momentum of her previous albums, Carrie decided she needed to take some time to be with her family and find her true self as an artist. “I took time to develop my own writing styles without thinking they’d ever see the light of…
All the way from Liberia, Louch started singing in church as a young boy with his grandma. He found his passion in music with Young Thug’s album: Jeffrey which ignited a fire in him to continue pursuing his dream. He wants to leave a dent in music history and defy the norms but be able to make hit caliber records in multiple genres. He compares music to math and he feels like he has a lot of equations and formulas that haven’t been explored so in a nutshell my end goal with music is to birth a new genre. His…
Today we had a great opportunity to talk to one of the Montreal based residents, Yana Brenar and she agreed to tell us about the lockdown in Canada., her own experience and expectations. HI YANA, SO HOW ITS REALLY GOING FOR YOU, COULD YOU PLEASE SHED SOME LIGHT ABOUT THE CANADIAN PANDEMIC EXPERIENCE?Hello, yes sure. I would love to share my experience. From the beginning of 2020 in March we have started to see some cases that really messed up the stats and the government decided that best thing is to go to the lockdown, I can recall how I,…