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BELGRADE - The National Tourist Organization of Serbia (TOS) said in a release Wednesday that the British The Guardian had placed southern Serbian-based Nisville among Europe's Top 10 jazz festivals.
     

Turkish pianist Ay?e Deniz Gökçin, who lives in London, has returned at the same time to both the classical and grunge scenes, following her Pink Floyd Classical Concept album that was sold thousands, with the "#NirvanaProject." The album is currently in the top 10 iTunes Classical Albums Charts, a first for Nirvana!

Eagles of Death Metal, the band whose concert remained unfinished, after it was interrupted by ISIS terrorist attacks at the Bataclan theater on November 13 that left 89 dead say that they have pledged to finish the concert.

More than 20 civilians died in the southeastern town of Cizre of the ??rnak province in clashes during the eight-day curfew between Sept. 4 and 12, eyewitnesses and relatives of the dead have told news website Radikal, elaborating on how the civilian deaths occurred.

The 22nd Istanbul Jazz Festival will end on July 15 with a closing party at the Uniq Open Air Stage. One of the most promising and creative trumpeters of the jazz scene, Theo Croker, will open the night. Then, the go-getter Australian neo-soul quartet Hiatus Kaiyote will storm the stage.

The A to JazZ Fest will gather the audience across Sofia for the fifth time. The event will be held at the capital's South Park 2, located behind the Spartak swimming stadium.

American-born Jazz trumpet player Marcus Belgrave passed away on Sunday, aged 78 of heart failure.

His legendary career included playing with huge names of jazz like Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Joe Cocker, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach and Charles Mingues. Mingus had even told people, back in 1975 that “If I had Marcus Belgrave, my band would be the best”.

2014 may have been one of Taylor Swift’s most successful years but 2015 seems to be even brighter and sexier.

Elvis Presley’s tour bus during his 1976 tour was sold on Saturday for 268,000 USD at a New York auction.

The bus, which can be driven legally on the road, even bears the King’s motto “Takin’ Care of Business”, and is equipped with air conditioning, a fridge, a microwave, a TV and speakers. It can transfer up to 12 people while it can accommodate 9 sleeping.

Country singer Willie Nelson, known for his melodies and his long ponytails told the story of how he was able to smoke a joint in the White House, back in 1977.

Two days after his release in the Bahamas, where he was arrested for smoking pot, current US President Jimmy Carter invited him to dine at the White House.