Etta James News

The Pheasantry has announced its October lineup at Kings Road, London. Scroll down for details!

Jackie Taylor, founder and CEO of Black Ensemble Theater, will be honored with the Fifth Star Award from the City of Chicago and Allstate Insurance Company, at Millennium Park tonight, September 14 at 7 pm.

Martinis Above Fourth | Table + Stage presents multi-platinum selling singer/songwriter and Tony-nominee Ann Hampton Callaway in "Diva Power." The show features a soaring celebration of the legendary ladies who helped shape the soundtrack of our lives - Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Edith Piaf, Etta James, Carole King and Joni Mitchell. Tickets for the Tuesday, September 27 performance at 8PM are available atwww.ma4sd.com/shows.

The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) will honor four Chicago artists and arts advocates and one iconic cultural institution at the 3rd annual Fifth Star Awards presented by Allstate Insurance Company today, September 14 at 7pm-at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce that Joe Lauro will be hosting an ALL NEW LEGENDS OF ROCK film on Thursday, September 29 at 8 pm. This version is a celebration of the diversity and passion that is AMERICAN MUSIC. Rare film clips of the 'Best of the Best' featuring Sam Cooke, Staple Singers, Beach Boys, Etta James, B.B. King, Janis Joplin, Bill Monroe, Willie Nelson, Ben Goodman, Billie Holiday, Jerry Garcia, Louis Armstrong, Bob Dylan and many more will be presented by film maker Joe Lauro in celebration of the upcoming 3rd Annual SAG HARBOR AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL. Tickets are $15 and available online at www.baystreet.org or by calling the Bay Street Theater Box Office at 631-725-9500, open Tuesday through Saturday 11 am to 5 pm.

Arts Centre Melbourne is delighted to announce that the star of the original Australian production, Colleen Hewett, will be the special guest star of the Melbourne season of Godspell Reimagined. 

Revolutionizing the live musical theater experience, the acclaimed company For The Record makes its triumphant return to Los Angeles in a new production, For The Record: Scorsese - American Crime Requiem. This new show will bring the legendary filmmaker's soundtracks to life in a new generation cabaret from September 21 through October 16 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. For The Record: Scorsese - American Crime Requiem is co-produced by The Wallis and Ad Astra Live, and is made possible by the generous support of David C. Bohnett.

Janis Joplin was a force of nature. She was a candle in the wind. She was brash, vulgar, hard-drinking, hard-drugging, hard-living and fatally flawed.

As SULLY ERNA, founder, vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for the multi-platinum rock band Godsmack, gets ready to release his new solo albumHOMETOWN LIFE--due out Friday, September 30 via BMG--he has teamed up with Guitar Player.com to premiere a the new song and lyric video'Different Kind Of Tears' (here).  For the clip, SULLY puts the pen to the page handwriting all the lyrics to the countrified track, which offers a glimpse of what's to come on HOMETOWN LIFE. Composed by SULLY on piano and acoustic guitar and produced in his New Hampshire studio, the 10 songs onHOMETOWN LIFE are a powerful mix of rock and country while even including orchestral overtones.

Teatro Paraguas of Santa Fe proudly presents a night of Americana, Blues and Soulful Folk with a Pop Flair featuring folk/blues troubadours, David Jacobs-Strain and Michelle McAfee on Friday, September 16 at 8 p.m.

The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) will honor four Chicago artists and arts advocates and one iconic cultural institution at the 3rd annual Fifth Star Awards presented by Allstate Insurance Company on Wednesday, September 14 at 7pm-at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park.

The Alley Theatre brings Tony Award-nominated musical A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN to its Hubbard stage.

In Red Dress & The Sugar Man, the seedy underworld of Tom Waits' lyrics is transformed into a noir pop-up book. A dark and smoky cabaret, Red Dress & the Sugar Man, tells the story of Romeo and Rosie, two likely characters drowning in an ocean of regret

?The smash-hit show, At Last - The Etta James Story, returns to the Concert Hall, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) on Saturday 19 November 2016, starring the sensational Vika Bull.

The Ouuu La, La, La is back with other blazing single heating up the airwaves! Grammy Award winning songwriter, singer, musician Grady Champion debuts “Move Something”

Sully Erna--founder, vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for the multi-platinum rock band Godsmack--will release a new solo album HOMETOWN LIFE Friday, September 30 via BMG.

?On the 45th anniversary of one of the best-selling albums of all time, Carole King's pop masterpiece Tapestry will be celebrated by two of Australia's most loved vocalists. Iconic performers Vika Bull and Debra Byrne, along with jazz chanteuse Monique diMattina and The Brill Band, will take to the Playhouse stage on 5 and 6 August to reimagine the songs of one of the most successful and revered female songwriters in pop music history.

Alley Theatre Artistic Director Gregory Boyd announces the cast and creative team for the theatre's Summer Thrills Series and Broadway musical event - A Night With Janis Joplin. The Tony-Award nominated musical runs August 19 - September 18 in the Hubbard Theatre. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at alleytheatre.org or by calling the Box Office at 713-220-5700.

In Red Dress & The Sugar Man, the seedy underworld of Tom Waits' lyrics is transformed into a noir pop-up book. A dark and smoky cabaret, Red Dress & the Sugar Man, tells the story of Romeo and Rosie, two likely characters drowning in an ocean of regret.

Professional dancer Kym Johnson and her former DANCING WITH THE STARS partner Robert Herjavec tied the knot yesterday in a romantic wedding ceremony held in LA.