A list of notable characters from the ABC soap opera General Hospital who significantly impacted storylines and began their run, or significantly returned, during the years of 2010 to present day.
Jordan Ashford is a fictional character from the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital. The role has been portrayed by Vinessa Antoine since March 17, 2014.
In March 2014, Jordan Ashford arrived in Port Charles upon learning that her son T.J. Ashford (Tequan Richmond) had found himself caught in a mob war between Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Julian Jerome (William deVry). While T.J. and his guardian, Shawn Butler (Sean Blakemore), assured Jordan that T.J. was safe from Julian, Jordan still pressured her son to leave Port Charles with her. When T.J. refused, Jordan decided to remain in Port Charles with her son and took a job working for the Jerome Organization at an art gallery they owned. Shawn warned Jordan to stay away from the Jerome's and when she refused, he threatened to tell T.J. that the reason he had been sent to Port Charles in the first place was because she was serving a two-year prison sentence for dealing drugs. While Jordan attempted to convince Shawn that she had changed, she secretly offered to distribute drugs for Julian that he was running through town. Jordan is eventually arrested as part of a sting operation organized by the Port Charles Police Department, at which time she reveals she is working undercover with the DEA to bring down the Jerome Organization. Jordan confides in Anna Devane of her DEA status and Anna agrees to work with her to reveal the identity of Julian Jerome's boss.
Reik is the debut eponymous album from Mexican pop group Reik, released on May 24, 2005 through Sony Music. The album features the singles "Yo Quisiera", "Qué Vida La Mía", "Noviembre Sin Ti", "Niña" and "Levemente". The song "Noviembre Sin Ti" is also featured on the compilation album Now Esto Es Musica! Latino, while "Levemente" is featured on Now Esto Es Musica! Latino 2.
Nina, o sia La pazza per amore (Nina, or the Girl Driven Mad by Love) is an opera, described as a commedia in prosa ed in verso per musica, in two acts by Giovanni Paisiello to an Italian libretto by Giambattista (also Giovanni Battista) Lorenzi after Giuseppe Carpani's translation of Benoît-Joseph Marsollier's Nina, ou La folle par amour, set by Nicolas Dalayrac in 1786.
The work is a sentimental comedy with set numbers, recitative and spoken dialog. It is set in Italy in the 18th century.
Nina was first performed in a one act version at the Teatro del Reale Sito di Belvedere in Caserta, San Leucio on 25 June 1789. A revised two-act work was presented at the Teatro dei Fiorentini in Naples in the autumn of 1790.
Nina is a Nina Simone tribute album recorded by Xiu Xiu. It was released on Graveface Records on December 3, 2013 to generally favorable reviews.
The idea for the album came while Jamie Stewart was on tour with Swans.Nina was recorded in a day. The album features Jamie Stewart's voice, Ches Smith on drums, Tim Berne and Tony Malaby on saxophones, Andrea Parkins on accordion, and Mary Halvorson on guitar. The latter four had experience in avant jazz. The album reimagines rather than recreates Nina Simone's songs. It was released on Graveface Records on December 3, 2013.
Nina received a "generally favorable" score of 65 (out of 100) from the ratings aggregator Metacritic. Nate Chinen from The New York Times described the album as accentuating Simone's "spooky, unsettling side". He adds that Stewart's vocals add to the "psychodrama" in "Four Women" and "the wildness" in "Wild Is the Wild". Chinen thought the art rock Nina Simone covers field was already crowded before Nina. Heather Phares of AllMusic considered Stewart's stylistic choices "provocative" and the album Stewart's "most avant-garde ... in years". She added that the album considered the "more progressive aspects" of Simone's music. Kyle Fowle of Slant Magazine thought the album to be Xiu Xiu's "most ambitious ... in years". He thought Stewart's vocal style was out of place on "Don't Explain" and "Just Say I Love Him". Billy Hamilton of Under the Radar wrote that Simone would approve of the album. Mark Richardson of Pitchfork noted a mystical connection between Xiu Xiu and Simone as artists who perform raw emotions, but described the album as a "wasted opportunity" and "weirdly conservative". For this, he blamed Stewart's vocals for being "theatrical" and insincere. Richardson praised the album's selection of songs covered.
These empy notes hide and conceal
the faster we touch the less I feel
I've cornered this problem and kicked it to death
inhale exhale don't use your breath
stones thrown away from decay
fall on your knees and pray that angels will fall away
I'll see you on the way down
You're no angel you're the parasite
you're no angel you're all lies
you're no angel I see your wings but you can't fly
you're no angel tonight
this rotten shell cradled inside
we're all looking for something I'm just looking to die... yea yea
I've cornered this problem put the blade on in
my cage bought with this wage of sin
stones thrown away from decay
fall on your knees and pray that angels will fall away
I'll see you on the way down
You're no angel you're the parasite
you're no angel you're all lies
you're no angel I see your wings but you can't fly
you're no angel tonight
when the sky cries out angels will dance in the rain
in the falling downpour we will learn to live again
when the sky bleeds forgiveness we will drink from its veins, drink from its veins
cause you're no angel (x 4)
if I put it on the line said you would be mine
would you throw those wings away?
If I showed you all the signs and they pointed on down
would you follow me anyway?
there is no time at all
no time at all angel
if I put it on the line said you would be mine
would you throw those wings away?
If I showed you all the signs and they pointed on down
would you follow me anyway?
if I put it on the line said you would be mine
would you throw those wings away? (there is no time at all)
If I showed you all the signs and they pointed on down