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Kevin Bacon is having a devil of a good time with ‘The Bondsman’

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Kevin Bacon certainly knows a thing or two about catching hell. In “Footloose,” the 1984 movie that catapulted him to stardom, Bacon played a rebellious Chicago youth named Ren who moves to a small town and clashes with a strict religious leader who has banned dancing and rock music. In “The Bondsman,” now streaming on … Read more

Theo Croker finds a path to jazz greatness on ‘Dream Manifest’ by unlearning the rules of the genre

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By all measures, Theo Croker is a jazz artist. The 39-year-old trumpeter/composer has been a Grammy nominee in the jazz fields; he played all the great jazz venues around the world; he was mentored by Donald Byrd at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he graduated with a degree in jazz music; and Dee Dee … Read more