James Brown News

In recognition of the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March, TV One will present a two-hour special tonight, Oct. 9 from 8-10 p.m. ET.

Alemayehu Eshete, one of the living legends of modern Ethiopian popular culture, will bring his energetic brand of Ethio-jazz and funk to Arts Centre Melbourne for two special performances with local nine-piece ensemble The JAzmaris this January.

Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its nightly performances, October 7-18, 2015. Scroll down or visit www.joespub.com for a complete list of shows!

Directed by Oscar and Emmy winner Alex Gibney and co-produced by Mick Jagger, Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown digs into the career of one of music and culture's towering figures.

Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its nightly performances, October 7-18, 2015. Scroll down or visit www.joespub.com for a complete list of shows!

Menier Chocolate Factory's summer show WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT? BACHARACH REIMAGINED has been refashioned into CLOSE TO YOU: BACHARACH REIMAGINED, set to run at the Criterion Theatre beginning October 3, 2015. The Daily Mail writes that the show, directed by Oliver Award-winner Steven Hoggett, will once again star Kyle Riabko.

Babes' “Lonely Forever” premieres on All Things Go. View the full post HERE or listen via Soundcloud HERE. The site said, “The LA fivesome's latest channels decades' worth of indie-pop goodness into a track you can't help but sing along to.” The song is off the bedroom-rock family five-piece's forthcoming full-length debutUntitled (Five Tears), out October 30 on Barsuk Records.

Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its nightly performances from tonight, October 1, through October 11, 2015.

The Alden in McLean kicks off its next season of national and international touring artists. Professional artists from the worlds of comedy, dance, theatre, music, jugging, children's theatre and more will visit the 383-seat performing arts venue located inside the Beltway and minutes from downtown DC.

Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its nightly performances from October 1-11, 2015.

A brand new season of West End musicals, gripping dramas, dynamic dance and one night concerts with LESLEY JOSEPH, DERREN BROWN, RUSSELL WATSON, JOE McELDERRY, BRENDAN COLE, PASHA KOVALEV, DES O'CONNOR, JODIE PRENGER, JIM DAVIDSON and BILLY OCEAN.

Tony winner and Grammy nominated Lena Hall releases her live album Sin & Salvation - Live At The Carlyle today, September 28th, 2015. The album recreates a front row seat at Lena Hall's groundbreaking 2015 run at the legendary NYC cabaret room, The Carlyle. This unique, louder-than-you'd-expect set is a showcase for Lena's signature high octane vocals and eclectic, post-modern taste in music. Part Broadway diva and downtown rock goddess, Lena Hall and her band deliver ripping renditions of material from artists as diverse as Tori Amos, Hozier, Led Zeppelin, James Brown and more. 

COURTNEE ROZE: A JAMES BROWN TRIBUTE will play Joe's Pub at the Public Theatre, Saturday October 3.

Beginning this fall, singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash will curate a four-concert Perspectives series at Carnegie Hall—a residency that offers a glimpse of the rich and disparate elements of American southern roots music, from traditional bluegrass to country and soul music, and from Western swing to hardscrabble, virtuosic folk music. Featuring some of the greatest artists working in these fields, the concerts are a celebration of a soulful and quintessentially American cultural form.

The Apollo Theater today announced that Mikki Shepard, Executive Producer of the Apollo, will be stepping down in June 2016.  Since joining the Apollo a decade ago, Ms. Shepard has worked jointly with Jonelle Procope, the theater's President and CEO, in leading the Apollo through an unprecedented period of growth of its operations, programming, and resources.  Together they have reinvigorated the nonprofit Apollo into a major presenting and commissioning institution serving local, national, and international audiences.

Soul musician and drummer for New York rock/hip hop band, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Uncle Frank (Frank Benbini) will play CMJ 2015 at NYC's Fat Baby, October 17.

Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its nightly performances, September 24 - October 4, 2015. Scroll down for details!

In the early 1980s, despite their previously long-running friendship, Broadway director, producer and choreographer Michael Bennett and fellow jack-of-all-trades on the Great White Way Tommy Tune, entered into what many consider the greatest face-off in Tony Awards history. Michael Riedel, writing for Vanity Fair, examines this rivalry between DREAMGIRLS and NINE in an adapted excerpt from his book RAZZLE DAZZLE for the magazine's October 2015 issue.