John May News

With a cumulative 130 years in the music business, The Hambones - John Kouri (Ringmaster General, lead vocalist & harmonica), Scott Milch (drums, vocals), John Pizzacarola (guitar, vocals), and Steve Soltow (bass, vocals) - perform a retrospective of what is arguably Bob Dylan's greatest album, "Blood on the Tracks", in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of its release and also Dylan's 75th birthday.

Joe's Pub at The Public presents the New York City premiere of Multiplied, the new show from Grammy Award-winning Lady Rizo, on July 19, 20, 25 and 26. The world-renowned cabaret superstar explores how fecundity and parenthood fit with the revelry of showbiz. Lady Rizo ingeniously weaves carefully chosen pop songs with her own stirring originals. Tickets ($30) are available now via www.joespub.com, phone (212-967-7555) and in-person at The Public Theater's Taub Box Office (425 Lafayette St, @ Astor Place, NYC).  

Dead & Company musicians John Mayer and Bob Weir played a little something for Andy Cohen live in the Clubhouse on last night's WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE. Watch the performance below!

Ghostlight Records has released the Original London Cast Recording of KYLE RIABKO's Close to You: Bacharach Reimagined in digital formats today, Friday, June 24.

John Mayer, a singer-songwriter with a catalog of major solo hits, says in an interview with CBS SUNDAY MORNING that playing in the band Dead & Company is like being an actor working alongside a legend like Al Pacino.

Ghostlight Records will release the Original London Cast Recording of KYLE RIABKO's Close to You: Bacharach Reimagined in digital formats, Friday, June 24 with two-disc physical copies online and in stores Friday, July 1.

Buddy Guy will be taking the stage at the Morrison Center Monday, August 22nd at 7:30 pm. Buddy Guy is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a major influence on rock titans like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, a pioneer of Chicago's fabled West Side sound, and a living link to the city's halcyon days of electric blues. Buddy Guy has received 7 GRAMMY Awards, a 2015 Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY Award, 34 Blues Music Awards (the most any artist has received), the Billboard Magazine Century Award for distinguished artistic achievement, a Kennedy Center Honor, and the Presidential National Medal of Arts. Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him #23 in its '100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.'

Ghostlight Records will release the Original London Cast Recording of KYLE RIABKO's Close to You: Bacharach Reimagined in digital formats, Friday, June 24 with two-disc physical copies online and in stores Friday, July 1.

Nearly 900 graduates from 68 countries received degrees today at Berklee's 2016 commencement. Berklee President Roger H. Brown presented honorary doctor of music degrees to music legends Rita Moreno, the Isley Brothers, Lucian Grainge, and Milton Nascimento. Moreno delivered the commencement address to the graduating class and an estimated audience of nearly 7,000 guests at the Agganis Arena. The annual commencement concert, held the previous evening at the Agganis Arena, featured some of the college's most accomplished students paying tribute to the honorees with performances of music associated with their careers.

Get ready for the mother of all weekends with LMN's Don't Mess With Mommy movie stunt, hosted by the queen of gab, Wendy Williams. With new LMN premieres beginning May 6th

Back in early 2013, veteran cabaret performer and actress Barbara Porteus presented a show at Don't Tell Mama called Up On The Roof, a celebratory recollection of her youth through adulthood, while spanning 40 years of pop music including Carol King and Joni Mitchell to John Mayer and Adelle. Three years later, Porteus is bringing back Up On The Roof to the Metropolitan Room as the June 2016 installment of Producer Stephen Hanks' monthly series, New York Cabaret's Greatest Hits (Associate Producer, Fr. Jeffrey Hamblin, MD). Porteus' all-strings band features Award-winning Jack Cavari as Musical Director, arranger, and lead guitarist, with Larry Saltzman on guitar and Zev Katz on bass.

Get ready for the mother of all weekends with LMN's Don't Mess With Mommy movie stunt, hosted by the queen of gab, Wendy Williams. With new LMN premieres beginning May 6th

In 'Second Time Around' premiering Sunday, April 17, 9 pm ET/PT, 8C, Cassie (Catherine Bell) and her handsome neighbor, Dr. Sam Radford (James Denton), finally seem ready to move their relationship forward.

Poway OnStage and Berkley Hart Announces line-up for April 9th 2016 performance of O' BERKLEY, WHERE HART THOU? at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts.

Poway OnStage and Berkley Hart Announces line-up for April 9th 2016 performance of O' BERKLEY, WHERE HART THOU? at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts.

Phillip Phillips and Matt Nathanson are teaming up for a 40+ city U.S. co-headline tour. Kicking off on June 17 at San Diego County Fair- the singers will visit major markets including a stop in St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre on Saturday, June 25 at 7 p.m. Singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson will perform as special guest for the St. Louis engagement.

CMoore Live presents Phillip Phillips & Matt Nathanson with special guests, A Great Big World coming to Outlaw Field at Idaho Botanical Garden on July 14, 2016. Tickets go on-sale Friday, April 1st at 10am and can be purchased at Taco Bell Arena box office, Idaho Botanical Garden admin office, online at Ticketmaster.com, or by phone at 208-426-1766.

New York-Sunnyside Concert Series presents Helen Hayes Award Winner Brian Childers and performer Amanda Keane-Stack in a new concert enAtled Life, Love and Other Mysteriesis. The Concert is an evening of songs exploring those aspects of life in the city and more, featuring classic and contemporary musical theatre songs from composers such as Sondheim, William Finn, James Taylor, Jeanine Tesori, Jule Styne, Irving Berlin and more.

In 'Second Time Around' premiering Sunday, April 17, 9 pm ET/PT, 8C, Cassie (Catherine Bell) and her handsome neighbor, Dr. Sam Radford (James Denton), finally seem ready to move their relationship forward.