Band of Friends: A Celebration of Rory Gallagher Embarks on Midwest and East Coast Dates
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 20, 2019 “He would have wanted the show to go on,” Band of Friends bassist Gerry McAvoy laments about the passing of his lifelong friend and drummer, Ted McKenna. The two men had crisscrossed the globe together for decades playing high octane blues-rock at clubs, theaters, and festivals before McKenna passed...
TRANS VIEWS to Tour Rhode Island
by Stephi Wild - April 25, 2018 URI Feinstein Providence Campus Arts and Culture Program with Rhode Island State Council of Churches present Trans Views touring production by Frank V. Toti, Jr. May 11th - June 8th....
Brown Box Theatre Project Announces World Premiere
by A.A. Cristi - January 16, 2019 Brown Box Theatre Project (Brown Box) opens its ninth year of programming with a world premiere of don't feed the bear, a workshop production. Local playwright Cam Torres stars in his one man show, touring to Boston, Rhode Island, and Ocean City....
Full Casting Announced For LIZZIE, Presented By Color & Light Theatre Ensemble
by Stephi Wild - August 07, 2018 126 years ago this week, the town of Fall River, MA, played unknowing host to one of the most infamous murders in history. The prime suspect was one Lizzie Borden. Her story has become an American legend, and now her story sings....
BWW Review: Epic Theatre Company's twisty, fabulist LIZZIE BORDEN, LIZZIE BORDEN
by John McDaid - March 09, 2019 Among the delights of postmodern theater are carefree mashups of reality and fiction, blurred genres, and coaxing new meaning out of old material. The Epic Theatre Company's 'Lizzie Borden, Lizzie Borden' gleefully takes an axe to history, and in the process creates an intriguing, engaging evening t...
Brown Box Theatre Project Announces Free Summer Tour Of MEASURE FOR MEASURE
by Stephi Wild - April 08, 2019 Brown Box Theatre Project announces its ninth consecutive year of free outdoor Shakespeare with the troupe's largest and most ambitious production yet: Measure for Measure. Brown Box, under the direction of Executive Artistic Director and Co-Founder Kyler Taustin, will tour Shakespeare's timeless - ...
Jalen N'Gonda Releases Debut EP TALKING ABOUT MARY
by Tori Hartshorn - June 01, 2018 Jalen N'Gonda has released his debut EP Talking About Mary, which features the new track 'Don't You Remember' that premiered on The 405 earlier this week. The EP, a culmination of an extraordinary musical journey from the US to the UK, also includes the soul-heavy tracks 'I Guess That Makes Me A Los...
Photo Flash: THE CRAZY TIME Opens Tonight at Newport Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - October 13, 2017 Next up at the Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant is Sam Bobrick's comedic romp The Crazy Time, directed by Playhouse favorite Rick Bagley of Middletown. Written by TV scribe andSaved by the Bell creator Sam Bobrick, The Crazy Time is a laugh-filled look at the joys and perils of May/December ro...
Dance Theatre Of Harlem Is Annenberg Center's Artist-in-Residence This March
by A.A. Cristi - February 13, 2019 Annenberg Center Live and NextMove Dance present the intenationally-acclaimed Dance Theatre of Harlem, Friday, March 1 (8 PM) and Saturday, March 2 (2 PM and 8 PM). The program includes the world premiere of Philadelphia native and DTH Resident Choreographer Robert Garland's Nyman String Quartet #2;...
Band Of Friends Come to Daryl's House
by Stephi Wild - March 15, 2018 The award-winning trio Band of Friends: A Celebration of Rory Gallagher is making its long-awaited debut in the United States with a series of tour dates April 5-24. A highly-influential Irish blues-rock legend listed 57th on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time," Gallagh...
Alan Doyle Announces North American Tour In Support of 'A Week At The Warehouse'
by Caryn Robbins - September 26, 2017 Iconic Newfoundland singer-songwriter, best-selling author, actor and recent recipient of the Order of Canada, Alan Doyle today announces that he will embark on a 45+ date North American tour in 2018 to support his third solo album, A Week at The Warehouse. The album drops October 13, 2017 via Unive...
Kinky Friedman to Celebrate Release of New Album CIRCUS OF LIFE at NYC City Winery, July 8
by Macon Prickett - May 31, 2018 At long last, Kinky Friedman's second musical act begins. With the proclamation that here “is what music was, before it came homogenized, trivialized and sanitized,” Kinky is dropping his first all-new CD of original tunes in four decades. Called Circus of Life, it presents a side of Kinky that few ...
Photo Flash: First Look At LIZZIE BORDEN, LIZZIE BORDEN Opening Tonight
by A.A. Cristi - March 08, 2019 Epic Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of 'Lizzie Borden, Lizzie Borden' written and directed by Epic's Artistic Director Kevin Broccoli. The play is far from a historical narrative. Instead, it uses the story of Lizzie Borden and Lo, a young woman with a tragic and somewhat iconic past, t...
George Winston Comes to Emelin Theater Today
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2018 Celebrated American pianist George Winston recently released a cancer research benefit album, Spring Carousel, on RCA Records on March 31, 2017 that debuted at #1 on Billboard's Jazz Chart. Spring Carousel features a collection of 15 solo piano compositions written by Winston while in recovery from...
THE WEIGHT BAND Releases New Single WORLD GONE MAD
by Macon Prickett - February 09, 2018 Today, February 8, Woodstock-based artists The Weight Band released the music video for their latest single, “World Gone Mad.” The track is featured on the band's first full-length studio album World Gone Mad. The album features original tracks, guest vocals and slide guitar from Jackie Greene on a ...
BWW Review: Infamous Scandal Gets Punk Rock Concert Treatment in LIZZIE THE MUSICAL at Chance Theater
by Michael Quintos - February 19, 2019 Many have, of course, heard of the infamous Lizzie Borden, a young woman, who was charged with---but later acquitted of---the brutal axe murders of her father and stepmother in 1892. Strong curiosity and speculation remain til this day about the tragic events that took place more than a century ago,...
BWW Review: LIZZIE at the 5th Wall Theatre: Campy Carnage Has Entered The Basement...
by Brent Deekens - October 17, 2018 Plays Through The 3rd of November, 2018 at The Basement...
Ruf's Blues 2018 Caravan Tour Comes to The Stanhope House
by Tori Hartshorn - September 17, 2018 The celebrated Blues Caravan 2018 Tour featuring stellar Ruf Records' guitarists Mike Zito, Ally Venable, and Bernard Allison gets underway in the U.S., with a local performance at The Stanhope House, 45 Main St., Thursday, October 4. Showtime: 9:00pm. Tickets: $20., $25., $30. Info: (973) 347-7777 ...
The Suitcase Junket Shares EVERYTHING I LIKE Video, Plus Expands Tour
by Tori Hartshorn - February 26, 2019 The Suitcase Junket will release Mean Dog, Trampoline on April 5 viaSignature Sounds. Produced by Steve Berlin of Los Lobos (Jackie Greene, Rickie Lee Jones, Leo Kottke), Mean Dog, Trampoline marks a deliberate departure from the homespun approach of The Suitcase Junket's previous efforts and emerge...
Sister Sparrow Unveils Haunting New Video GHOST via Billboard.com
by Tori Hartshorn - October 31, 2018 Sister Sparrow (nee Arleigh Kincheloe) has unveiled “Ghost,” the first official video from the new album, Gold, appropriately released on Halloween and premiered exclusively on Billboard.com. Watch HERE....
Nashville Ballet Explores Lizzie Borden's Infamous Murder Case this Halloween
by BWW News Desk - October 13, 2017 Nashville Ballet will present a haunting double feature of original works just in time for Halloween the long-awaited return of Lizzie Borden based on the infamous double murder and the world premiere of The Raven inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's poem October 26-28, 2017, at TPAC's Polk Theater....
Sister Sparrow Releases New Album 'Gold'
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 12, 2018 Sister Sparrow (nee Arleigh Kincheloe) has released the highly anticipated new studio album, Gold, today, October 12th, via Thirty Tigers. The album contains the singles, 'Ghost,' 'Gold' and 'Bad Habit,' which display the evolution of Sister Sparrow's sound, showcasing her immense voice while fusing...
Mipso Releases New Video For MOONLIGHT
by Tori Hartshorn - June 12, 2018 North Carolina's indie-Americana darlings Mipso have released the official video for the track “Moonlight,” from their critically acclaimed new album Edges Run. Premiering with No Depression, the video illustrates the familiar and all-too-human emotion of feeling alone, even while surrounded by thos...
The Weight Band Debuts Original Studio LP 'World Gone Mad'
by Caryn Robbins - January 24, 2018 On February 23, Woodstock-based artists The Weight Band will release their first full-length studio album World Gone Mad featuring original tracks, guest vocals and slide guitar from Jackie Greene on a cover of a Jerry Garcia-Robert Hunter song, and writing contributions from the late Levon Helm on ...
BWW Review: Infamous Scandal Gets Punk Rock Concert Treatment in LIZZIE THE MUSICAL at Chance Theater
by Michael Quintos - February 19, 2019 Many have, of course, heard of the infamous Lizzie Borden, a young woman, who was charged with---but later acquitted of---the brutal axe murders of her father and stepmother in 1892. Strong curiosity and speculation remain til this day about the tragic events that took place more than a century ago,... |