Blake Allen's INSOMNIA to Receive Recording Featuring Jeanna de Waal and Cree Carrico
Allen’s junior full-length record chronicles a night of an insomniac narrator and was inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story “Sleep and Waking” originally penned in 1934. The two multi-movement works presented on the album, which features Broadway Star Jeanna de Waal as “Voice” (Sweeney Todd, Diana: The Musical), Cree Carrico as “Soprano”, and the acclaimed Argus Quartet conducted by Allen originally premiered in 2022 at Carnegie Hall.
Friendly Rich Announces New LP With New Single 'Killdozer'
Friendly Rich, Canada's legendary songsmith of dark and deranged folk songs, has just announced his highly anticipated new LP Man Out of Time (due out March 31st on We Are Busy Bodies) with an advance single and video for the song Killdozer.
BWW Review: USER NOT FOUND Deals With Death In The Digital Age At A Brooklyn Café
The show itself was entertaining and contained intriguing concepts and questions that could merit continued conversations on the topics addressed (possibly at a cafe over a cup of coffee or tea?) but wasn't completely flawless in execution or innovation, and was more personally reflective than profound. Through our connection to Terry's world by being plugged into his smartphone and hearing what he hears via headphones, as well as what he thinks and feels via his one-sided dialogue, we become privy to a person's private grief in a public space.
Dailey & Vincent to Play Spencer Theater, 7/26
Hailed as the “Rockstars of Bluegrass,” the Dailey & Vincent duo and their band of string masters are admired throughout the music industry as one of the most exciting and elite Bluegrass bands in America. Their uniquely contagious music - so riveting & crisp - has scored 14 significant awards from the International Bluegrass Music Awards Association including three “Entertainer of the Year” titles, three-time “Vocal Group of the Year” awards and “Album of the Year.” They've also garnered three Grammy Award Nominations including nomination for the 2014 “Bluegrass Album of the Year,” and four Dove Awards for “Blue Grass Album of the Year.”
The Ridgefield Playhouse Welcomes Kat Edmonson Tonight
She's new to the music scene but her vocals sound as if she's been around forever. Kat Edmonson is not only part of The Ridgefield Playhouse Emerging Artist series but also part of the No. 109 Cheese & Wine 'Evening of Art, Wine and Jazz', tonight, March 7, kicks off at 7:15 p.m. with a free wine tasting and art by photographer Bonnie Edelman in the lobby before being treated to the music of retro-soul chanteuse Kat Edmonson, who has been compared to everyone from Billie Holiday to Nora Jones.
The Ridgefield Playhouse to Welcome Kat Edmonson, 3/7
She's new to the music scene but her vocals sound as if she's been around forever. Kat Edmonson is not only part of The Ridgefield Playhouse Emerging Artist series but also part of the No. 109 Cheese & Wine 'Evening of Art, Wine and Jazz'. Saturday, March 7, kicks off at 7:15 p.m. with a free wine tasting and art by photographer Bonnie Edelman in the lobby before being treated to the music of retro-soul chanteuse Kat Edmonson, who has been compared to everyone from Billie Holiday to Nora Jones.
BWW Reviews: Stacy Sullivan Honors Piano Jazz Legend Marian McPartland With Enchanting and Enlightening Performance at Don't Tell Mama
Stacy Sullivan tells the audience she became interested in Marian McPartland when she was asked to sing at her memorial in 2013. With her show last Saturday night at Don't Tell Mama, On The Air: Songs for Marian McPartland (which enjoyed a late September run of four shows at the York Theatre), the multi MAC-award winning Sullivan has created a beautifully crafted, biographically-driven show featuring the original music, the history, and the life of a jazz icon, who was best known for hosting Piano Jazz on National Public Radio from 1978-2011. Now Stacy Sullivan has made us all interested in the amazing Marian McPartland.
Sara Watkins to Play Smothers Theatre, 10/11
Singer-songwriter and fiddler Sara Watkins, known for her work in the Grammy-winning band Nickel Creek and as a frequent guest on A Prairie Home Companion, brings her signature sound to Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre at 8 p.m. on Saturday, October 11.
Vicky's of Santa Fe to Celebrate 25 Years on 5/21
Twenty-five years ago, Vicky and Guy Laliberte cast appraising eyes on Indian Wells and liked what they saw. Successful restaurateurs in Santa Fe, New Mexico, they envisioned recreating their Land of Enchantment experience in the Land of Eternal Sun and set about doing just that. They named their expansive and airy dining house Vicky's of Santa Fe and carefully crafted the ambience of its art filled courtyard, Saltillo tile floors, aged wood plank ceilings, American Native-themed copper lamps, and a grand piano lounge for live music.