NEW YORK — After musical trips to Appalachia, Brazil, Argentina, the Silk Road and baroque and modern Italy, Yo-Yo Ma has embarked on a spiritual journey.
JAMES Taylor is one well-liked guy. The folkie was doing a show at Tanglewood in the Berkshires recently when John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston came onstage to wish him a belated 60th birthday. Next, cellist Yo-Yo Ma appeared to back Taylor up on...
George Clooney has been named a United Nations Messenger Of Peace in honor of his humanitarian work. Clooney, who is a long-term campaigner on behalf of refugees in the Darfur region of Sudan, joins fellow actor Michael Douglas and musician Yo-Yo Ma in accepting the honor. [...] Read more!
Happy Birthday to Notebook star Rachel McAdams (1976), singer Toni Braxton (1968), American Idol nice-guy Simon Cowell (1959), Christian recording artist Michael W. Smith (1957), Bon Jovi drummer Tico Torres (1956), cellist Yo-Yo Ma (1955), singer/songwriter John Cougar Mellencamp (1951).
NEW YORK (AP) - Yo-Yo Ma is hitting the road - the Silk Road to China. It's the first time since 2001 that the cellist has taken his Silk Road Project to that key region of the ancient trade route, which stretched from Europe to the Far East.[...] Read more!
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, whose passionate performances thrill audiences, said he hopes to ignite a passion in Chicago students tracing their origins to Africa....
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma's latest CD is the romantically themed Appassionato, which has been billed as his "musical autobiography." Released just last week, the album is already one of the most popular downloads on iTunes.