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MICHAEL FRANKS


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With 20 albums to his credit, along with a number of major hits, Michael's gentle songs have topped jazz charts and delighted listeners for years. His newest album is "Time Together," which was released in June, 2011. His best known songs are "Popsicle Toes", "The Lady Wants to Know", "Tiger in the Rain", and "Tell Me All About It." His songs have been covered by the likes of Carmen McCrae, Peggy Lee, The Carpenters, Natalie Cole, Diana Krall, Patti Labelle, Melissa Manchester, Ringo Starr, Mark Murphy, Gordon Haskell, and many, many others. "Seamlessly weaving lyrics of stunning sensuality, wit, reflection and literary eloquence over music that tastefully utilizes top shelf shadings of jazz, soul, pop, chamber and music from around the globe, Michael Franks the songwriter has set a bar in the music world that places him as nothing less than a statesman of song craft."

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Bret Michaels Partners With Live Nation for the Return of 'Parti-Gras 2.0' Photo Bret Michaels Partners With Live Nation for the Return of 'Parti-Gras 2.0'
by Michael Major - February 12, 2024

Bret Michaels partners with Live Nation for the triumphant return of Parti-Gras 2.0, a feel-good music festival featuring Chris Janson, Don Felder, Dee Snider, and Lou Gramm. Pre-sale tickets available Feb. 13. General on sale Feb. 16....

Tom Waits Joins Iggy Pop For Two-Hour Radio Special Photo Tom Waits Joins Iggy Pop For Two-Hour Radio Special
by Michael Major - November 21, 2023

Tom Waits joins Iggy Pop for a two-hour radio special where they spin and discuss their favorite records. The show will be broadcast globally on Sunday, December 3 at 4 PM UK time. Waits' entire metamorphic and groundbreaking mid-period Island Records studio catalog is out now....

Foreigner Wraps Up First Leg Of Two-Year Farewell Tour Grossing Over $18M Photo Foreigner Wraps Up First Leg Of Two-Year Farewell Tour Grossing Over $18M
by Michael Major - September 14, 2023

Fans at the 32 tour stops were treated to some of rock and roll’s most enduring anthems including, “Juke Box Hero,” “Cold As Ice,” “Hot Blooded,” “Waiting For A Girl Like You,” “Feels Like The First Time,” “Urgent,” “Head Games,” “Say You Will,” “Dirty White Boy,” “Long, Long Way From Home” and the ...

Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival Schedule & On-Site Experiences Announced Photo Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival Schedule & On-Site Experiences Announced
by Michael Major - June 27, 2023

Inkcarceration will feature an all-star rock and metal lineup led by headliners Slipknot, Pantera and Limp Bizkit, plus more than 65 tattoo artists and haunted attractions at the historic grounds of the Ohio State Reformatory (made famous by the movie The Shawshank Redemption), located in Mansfield,...

Ex-Moby Grape Member Peter Lewis Shares 'Frank Zappa's Ghost' Photo Ex-Moby Grape Member Peter Lewis Shares 'Frank Zappa's Ghost'
by Michael Major - May 04, 2023

Imagination will be released through OMAD Records, the boutique label of the album's producer John DeNicola. Impossible to peg, Lewis also lets loose with a country waltz (“The Garden Song”), a flamenco-influenced tragedy (“La Mujer”) and a jazzy, trippy nightmare (“Frank Zappa’s Ghost”). ...

2022 ASCAP Pop Music Awards Winners Announced Photo 2022 ASCAP Pop Music Awards Winners Announced
by Michael Major - April 11, 2022

ASCAP Pop Music Awards Publisher of the Year goes to Sony Music Publishing. The publishing powerhouse takes home the prestigious recognition for its contributions to pop music in 2021 with top songs including “Arcade,” “Back in Blood,” “Beers and Sunshine,” “drivers license,” “Kiss Me More,” “Peache...

Manoa Valley Theatre Announces One Night Only With Rolando Sanchez Photo Manoa Valley Theatre Announces One Night Only With Rolando Sanchez
by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 18, 2019

Manoa Valley Theatre is pleased to announce a very special one-night engagement with the legendary Rolando Sanchez, performing live on-stage Monday, November 25th in its very intimate theatre. Audiences will be thrilled by the Latin beats that have made him one of Honolulu's most popular entertainer...

Kris Russell and the Mystery Jazz Ensemble Release A New Single Photo Kris Russell and the Mystery Jazz Ensemble Release A New Single
by Tori Hartshorn - August 08, 2019

In celebration of Bossa Nova's recent 60th anniversary, Kris Russell and the Mystery Jazz Ensemble are releasing their newest single 'Batucada Surgiu,' music and lyrics by the legendary Brazilian composers Marcos K Valle and his brother Paulo Valle. Released on June 1, 2019, 'Batucada Surgiu' (prono...

DC Jazz Festival Announces Nick Cannon to Host Finale Celebrating Great Masters of Ja Photo DC Jazz Festival Announces Nick Cannon to Host Finale Celebrating Great Masters of Jazz
by Tori Hartshorn - May 03, 2019

DC Jazz Festival (DCJF), with the only city-wide jazz festival in the mid-Atlantic region, today announced that Nick Cannon will host Great Masters of Jazz, on June 16 in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Co-presented by the DC Jazz Festival and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, wit...

Jazz Vocalist Kris Russell Releases New Single 'Down in Brazil,' Along With New Tristeza lll Fragrance
by Caryn Robbins - May 15, 2017

Jazz Vocalist Kris Russell will release her newest single titled 'Down in Brazil,' a contemporary bossa nova with music and lyrics written by Jazz singer and award winning artist and composer Michael Franks, with a new arrangement by Kris Russell and the Mystery Jazz Ensemble....












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