内容摘要：on Sunday targeted young recruits waiting to register at a military camp, killing at least 13 and wounding 21 others, witnesses said.

on Sunday targeted young recruits waiting to register at a military camp, killing at least 13 and wounding 21 others, witnesses said.

Batiste believes his unreleased music can still forge a connection, even with those hearing it for the first time.“I try to tell the most up-to-date origin story through the set,” he said. “If you come to the show and you don’t know any of the music, or you don’t know anybody on stage and it’s your first time seeing me perform or seen me on television, you’ll leave and feel like you know the songs. You’ll connect with the artist, the human being and the movement. It’s almost like you’re going to see a play.”

Batiste said the tour will mark the beginning of his “next era” of music. He views the live performances as an opportunity to introduce new material to audiences, allowing the songs to evolve through connection before ultimately recording them for his forthcoming album.Tickets will be available through artist presales beginning Friday.“It’s about getting the music to a point where you and your community and everybody is acquainted with the sound and feeling of it,” he said. “You’ve explored every aspect of it. You’ve arranged and rearranged, then go record and share it, versus the opposite, which is most often the case. It’s fresh and brand new. Then you go on tour, and you start discovering things in the music on stage you didn’t even know were there in the studio.”

Along with introducing fresh sounds, Batiste said he’ll incorporate some improvisation.“I’m always going to find a space in the show where there’s improv,” he said. “That’s at the heart of what I’m all about in trying to represent the cultural music that I come from. I really take a responsibility to push forward. This is about bringing people together, channeling the moment and communal expression.”

“Tall Tales,” the first full-length collaboration between

and electronic music pioneer Mark Pritchard, captures two prolific artists without much to prove and whole worlds left to explore.Another issue tackled by Francis pertained to laws in dozens of countries criminalizing homosexual activity.

In 2008, the Vatican declined to sign a U.N. declaration calling for an end to such laws. But in a 2023, Francis assailed these laws as unjust and called for their elimination.

“Being homosexual isn’t a crime,” Francis said.Pope Francis pauses during an interview with The Associated Press at The Vatican, Jan. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)