Katie Pruitt's Original Holiday Song 'Merry Christmas, Mary Jane' Premieres Today
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 11, 2019 In celebration of the holiday season, emerging singer, songwriter and musician Katie Pruitt's original Christmas song, 'Merry Christmas, Mary Jane,' is premiering today. Watch Pruitt perform the song below!...
VIDEO: National Orchestra of France Performs Socially-Distanced 'Bolero'
by Stephi Wild - April 02, 2020 l'Orchestre national de France (The National Orchestra of France) took to YouTube to post a socially-distanced performance of 'Le Boléro de Ravel' while the members are apart....
Raices Jazz Orchestra With Tony Succar & Pablo Gil Premiere Video Release Announced June 26
by A.A. Cristi - June 22, 2020 Raices jazz Orchestra (RJO) continues sharing content from their powerful self-titled debut album with the release of 'Mas Que Nada', a video clip shot on location in Portoalegre (POA), Brazil's southern metropolis. RJO's version of Jorge Ben's classic composition 'Mas Que Nada' is the third track i...
BWW Blog: My 7 Favorite Snowy Songs to Play on a Snow Day
by Student Blogger: Sabrina Duke - February 23, 2021 In honor of my snowy environment, I bring you my 7 favorite snowy songs to play on a snow day. ...
Liz Callaway's New Single, 'The Morning After,' Now Available!
by Nicole Rosky - August 14, 2020 Working Girl Records just announced that Tony nominee and Emmy winner Liz Callaway will release her new single 'The Morning After,' today, August 14, 2020. It is now available on all digital platforms, including iTunes, Spotify and Apple Music. ...
Mary Bragg Enlists Drivin n Cryin For Cover of 'Don't Walk Away'
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 09, 2020 Nashville's 'Americana Queen' (Noisey) Mary Bragg will release her new EP titled Think About It on March 6th. It follows the release of her breakthrough album Violets as Camouflage, featuring single 'I Thought You Were Somebody Else' which was recently picked by NPR Music for their Best Music of 201...
BWW Review: SONGBOOK OF THE 60S AND 70S OPENS AT QUALITY HILL PLAYHOUSE IN KANSAS CITY
by Steve Wilson - May 07, 2019 Quality Hill Playhouse continues its BROADWAY AND ALL THAT JAZZ series with SONGBOOK OF THE 60S AND 70S at the Playhouse in Kansas City. Directed by Producing Artistic Director J. Kent Barnhart the fourth program in the series runs through May 26. The final installment in the series SONGBOOK OF TH...
THE LICKERISH QUARTET Lighthouse Spaceship' Lyric Video Out Now
by A.A. Cristi - March 17, 2020 THE LICKERISH QUARTET (featuring former Jellyfish members Roger Joseph Manning Jr., Tim Smith and Eric Dover) released the lyric video for “Lighthouse Spaceship,” the first single from their highly anticipated debut EP, THREESOME VOL. 1, which is set for release on May 15 via The Lickerish Quartet/L...
Video Flashback: HAMILTON Performs 'America' at Gypsy of the Year 2016
by Stephi Wild - June 13, 2020 The company of Hamilton took top honors for best onstage presentation. In a?oeAmerica,a?? the cast mashed up the music and lyrics of Bob Marley and Lin-Manuel Miranda and the poetry of Langston Hughes into a call for peace and equality in our country....
VIDEO: New York Philharmonic Releases Footage of World Premiere Arrangement of 'We Shall Overcome'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 18, 2020 The New York Philharmonic has just released a video featuring the World Premiere of an arrangement of We Shall Overcome by 13-year-old Philharmonic Very Young Composer Jordan Millar....
VIDEO: Kathryn Gallagher Sings 'How Will You Remember This Christmas?' For #BeAPart
by Stephi Wild - December 13, 2020 A new video has been released of the song 'How Will You Remember This Christmas?' performed by Kathryn Gallagher....
BWW Review: MISS SAIGON at Broadway In Louisville
by Keith Waits - February 17, 2020 Hot off the success of Les Misérables, the creative team of Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil created another war musical: Miss Saigon. Loosely based on the opera Madame Butterfly, Miss Saigon is an epic romance set right before the end of and three years after the Vietnam War. While the mus...
Anakronos' Present A New Take On Old Sounds
by A.A. Cristi - June 10, 2019 In the celebration and enjoyment of music, we don't often pay historians their due. Particularly when it comes to traditional Irish and folk music, we abide by the myth that tunes are passed down from father to son and mother to daughter for generations until they wind up on the stage before us or i...
VIDEO: 170 Artists, Including Renee Fleming and More, Perform 'I'm Standing With You'
by Stephi Wild - May 22, 2020 More than 170 musical artists from six continents around the world have joined together to create a music video of the Oscar nominated original song a?oeI'm Standing With You.'...
Futuresynth Artist And Label Head DJ Ten Releases WE DREAM ALOUD EP
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 20, 2020 Brooklyn-based retrowave producer DJ Ten has released his new EP We Dream Aloud via TenStars. The producer composed and mixed the EP himself with Tonebox, previous associations include DEADLIFE, stepping forward as the master engineer. DJ Ten is also the man behind the tastemaker Youtube Channel, Ne...
Nevill Holt Opera Announces Cast For New Winter Weekend Indoor Performances
by Stephi Wild - October 26, 2020 The cast and creatives have been announced for new production of Trouble in Tahiti, NHO's first indoor performances since lockdown....
Lisa Maxwell Releases New Album 'Shiny!' Dedicated to Lew Soloff
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 24, 2019 Celebrated within the jazz community as a multi-talented musician, Lisa Maxwell, finally releases a long-awaited album of her own material, dedicated to a special cohort. The lineup reads like a Who's Who of the music world (see personnel below)....
Summer Nights Include Fun Classes In Mixology, Art, More At Montalvo, June 19-Sept 11
by A.A. Cristi - June 06, 2019 Montalvo Arts Center invites members of the Bay Area to release their creative side with four after-hours classes as part of its Summer Nights Series. Offered for beginners, experts, and all levels of curiosity, the subject of these Summer Arts Classes range from visual arts to cocktail mixology and...
BWW Review: PREMIERES at Houston Ballet
by Jenny Taylor Moodie - March 22, 2019 While the ballets each have a marked identity, the triad presentation serves to compliment the elements of each. It's a journey into well-crafted worlds, an escape and a reunion all at once....
BWW Review: Bartlett Sher's FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Is Transcendent ~ A Shining Event At ASU Gammage
by Herbert Paine - January 29, 2020 In all the times that I have seen FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (and they have been many ~ whether on stage or film), I have never seen a production as inspired, imaginative, and moving in its staging as Bartlett Sher's. The vision of this Tony Award-winning director imbues this musical classic with a singula...
Psychic Ills Release 'Never Learn Not To Love / Cease To Exist'
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 31, 2020 Earlier this month, the music world mourned the loss of Psychic Ills founder, frontman, and songwriter Tres Warren. At the time of his death, Warren was overflowing with creativity, actively writing new songs, and excited about the next phase of the band....
The Brian Setzer Orchestra Announces 16th Annual 'Christmas Rocks! Tour'
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 22, 2019 Iconic guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and three-time Grammy-Award winnerBRIAN SETZER and his 19-piece ORCHESTRA will tour the country on their 16thannual 'Christmas Rocks! Tour,' presented for the fifth consecutive year bySiriusXM. The over 20-city annual and critically acclaimed holiday extravagan...
Marilyn Michaels Releases New Album LET THERE BE NIGHT
by A.A. Cristi - December 17, 2020 Singer Comedienne, Marilyn Michaels has released a new Album---Let There Be Night, 70th Anniversary CD. ...
BWW Blog: My 7 Favorite Snowy Songs to Play on a Snow Day
by Student Blogger: Sabrina Duke - February 23, 2021 In honor of my snowy environment, I bring you my 7 favorite snowy songs to play on a snow day. ...
BWW Review: The Sun Comes Out for Singer Sylvia Brooks
by Don Grigware - October 29, 2019 Listening to Sylvia Brooks' album The Arrangement is a thrilling experience. Attending her live performance onstage is even more so. On Saturday October 26, Brooks brought her fascinating jazz/pop/Latin sounds to Feinstein's Upstairs at Vitello's for a sold out concert. What a pleasure to see this l... |