Thumbs up: In an editorial earlier this week, we thought of the announcement of a newly shaped job pressure meant to deal with the trainer scarcity right here in Texas. It sounded good on the floor, even very important. However a more in-depth look revealed some troubling particulars, notably the shortage of precise academics on this trainer job pressure: simply two out of 28 folks. Since then, and following the duty pressure’s first assembly, the Texas Schooling Company announced it will add one other two dozen academics to the group. Speak about a speedy enchancment. Nice. In the meantime, we’re holding out hope that the TEA may even take into account adopting the rest of our recommendations.
Twiddling: New music is on the way in which from Selena—an announcement which may give some followers of the Queen of Tejano a second’s pause however which we’re selecting to take with cautious optimism. The information was introduced by the late singer’s father, Abraham Quintanilla, in an interview with Latin Groove Information. Followers know that the Quintanilla patriarch has raised eyebrows up to now for what some take into account exploiting the timeless expertise of his daughter. There was the release of a single that, by the household’s personal admission, wasn’t recorded with the intent to launch it. And the repeat tv sequence about her life, together with the newest Netflix sequence that one critic wrote “Disney-fied” her story and centered extra on her father than the star. And there’s that point the family threatened to sue a fan over a mural. Nonetheless, it’s not possible to not get excited over the prospect of a brand new, 13-track album set to be launched in April. New songs are promised, together with one recorded when the singer was simply 13 and digitally redone to replace her voice to what it was earlier than her dying. With a lot of the subtext of Selena’s legacy tied to cash and who will get it, we’ll take new music over company collaborations.
Twiddling: Fascinated by late and much-missed singers brings to thoughts the unhappy information that Bobbie Nelson has handed. She performed piano in her child brother’s backup band for many years, and when your brother is Willie Nelson, that’s saying fairly a bit. She died per week in the past this previous Thursday, and tributes from musicians — together with Willie — have poured on this previous week. As Texas Month-to-month noted in an excellent obituary, Bobbie grounded her brother and was a key purpose why he moved again to Texas within the spring of 1972, after discovering life in Nashville an uncomfortable match. The 2 started enjoying collectively as kids within the Thirties, and Bobbie Nelson could be instrumental to her brother’s sound for the following eight a long time. Thumbs right down to the information of her passing at age 91, however a powerful thumbs as much as the life she led and the music she helped create.
