Mickey Thomas to Release 'A Classic Christmas' Digital Two-Sided Single
His voice has powered an array of massive hits, starting with “Fooled Around And Fell In Love” with The Elvin Bishop Band in 1976, followed by “Jane,” “No Way Out,” “Find Your Way Back,” “Stranger,” and “Layin’ It on the Line” with Jefferson Starship, and then three #1 hits—“We Built This City,” “Sara,” and “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now.'
Vakili Band Launches Album Pre-order With New Single 'To the Park'
Finding the sweet spot in the nexus formed by Patti Smith’s loose-limbed punk swagger, Grace Slick’s inviting psychedelia, and the throaty blues-belting of a Janis Joplin, not to mention the full-throated howl of a Grace Potter or Brittany Howard, Vakili Band have launched the pre-order for the upcoming album, Honey, with the new single.
Vakili Band Announces Album With Release of Title Track
The fiery five-piece rock band is fronted by Lily Vakili, a savvy street poet who finds the sweet spot in the nexus formed by Patti Smith’s loose-limbed punk swagger, Grace Slick’s inviting psychedelia and the throaty blues-belting of a Janis Joplin, not to mention the full-throated howl of a Grace Potter or Brittany Howard.
Anna Wilding Continues WOODSTOCK: THE AGE OF INNOCENCE Production
WOODSTOCK: The Age of Innocence features music and never-before-captured interviews exploring the context of the wider music scene in the late 1960’s and 1970’s through to the present-day including appearances by Bob Marley’s The Wailers, now led by Aston Martin Junior. Wilding will chronicle musicians like Jimi Hendrix, Grace Slick, and more.
Review: MOMIX: ALICE at The Joyce Theater
Like a hallucination or fever dream, it's a feat of artistic achievement that seems unreal. The MOMIX cast are called dancer-illusionists for a good reason; what they pulled off in this show seemed superhuman. All of the magic is a product of visionary ideas, creative costuming and props, and bodies with extraordinary ability.
BWW Review: BEEHIVE at Candlelight Music Theatre
A juke box collection of hits from the 60’s where pleasant memories were evocative from that less provocative era. The production was curated such that only ‘girl groups’ or female solo artists were featured. An ensemble of singers and dancers carefully cast by Director/Choreographer Jody Anderson.
BWW Review: Luminario Ballet and Judith Flex Helle Premiere Dance Film L' INVALIDE at Madrid Theatre
“L’ INVALIDE” Viewable ON LINE @: https://luminarioballet.org/movie
We see some very tall, spindly trees above that we are surrounded by, as a cover of “White Rabbit,” circa late ‘60s by Jefferson Airplane and Grace Slick is heard. Next a voiceover begins to tell the story of Alice in Wonderland, and some wild and cut to a different scene altogether. From this moment on, I knew this was going to be a trippy, artistic and somewhat psychedelic journey into someone’s subconsciousness.
That someone is Judith FLEX Helle, the director and choreographer of this unique piece of film. It blends together altered states, symbolism, beautiful movement, and much emotion. It’s loosely autobiographical, in that it portrays how she imagines she felt at a certain time in her life.
Produced by Judith FLEX Helle, Allen Walls and Luminario Ballet, this 12-minute content-packed film will leave you gasping at what just transpired.
BWW Album Review: Lena Hall's THE VILLA SATORI is Perfectly Polished Yet Intensely Raw
As of April 14, 2020 data from Spotify indicated that listeners were turning to throwback hits during the era of quarantines and stay-at-home orders. For fans of music looking for something new that is also nostalgic, they need look no further than Lena Hall's lively new album, THE VILLA SATORI: GROWING UP HAIGHT ASHBURY, released by Hall on April 10, 2020.
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Announces SEGAL TALKS Week Three
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center has announced the third weekly line-up of its new global series, SEGAL TALKS. New York, US, and international theatre artists, curators, researchers and academics will talk daily for one hour with Segal Center's director, Frank Hentschker, about life and art in the Time of Corona.
BWW Review: HITMAKERS: ORIGINS OF CLASSIC ROCK at CenterStage
If you've got a 'whole lot of love' for rock music or if you are 'reelin' in the years' for that 70's sound, you will want to check out HITMAKERS: ORIGINS OF CLASSIC ROCK at JCC's Centerstage now until February 16th. Previous iterations of the Hitmakers series focused on the individual writers and performers who ushered in the age of rock and roll. This time they zero in on the bands that pioneered rock with a capital R!