Lenny Williams News

The Blues Is Alright Tour returns to Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, located at the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts for the 12th Annual Raleigh Blues Festival on Friday, September 29 at 8 p.m.

An absorbing portrait of one of the most influential women photographers in the history of photography, UNVEILED: JOYCE TENNESON AND THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY is one of the featured films at this year's Sedona International Film Festival.

Shae Nycole has released her new single, 'RUN IT UP,' featuring Choppa. 'RUN IT UP' was written by Leavon Sweet, Keisha “Shae” Williams, Julian Blake Ray, Roy Dyshon Warren, Darwin “Choppa” Turner and produced by Leavon Sweet, Roi Chip Anthony and Jason “J.SOL” Lopez.

Hammer Theatre Center will kick off summer with its new Sunset Series, inviting Bay Area audiences to enjoy rooftop performances by musical headliners on The Hammer Terrace.

Signature Theatre releases Season 2, Episode 2 of The Signature Show, streaming free on YouTube featuring performances by acclaimed artists, interviews, and a peek behind the scenes at Signature Theatre.

ANTHONYKEN, LLC. has announcedthe return of their tribute concert KINGS AND QUEENS OF SOUL: A TRIBUTE CONCERT TO THE PIONEERS OF SOUL MUSIC which will be available starting Valentine's Day, February 14th.

Internationally renowned singer Eva Cassidy, who died from melanoma in 1996 at the age of 33, has been cultivating new fans in the U.S. as her signature rendition of Cyndi Lauper’s classic “Time After Time” serves as the soundtrack for Kay Jewelers’ national advertising campaign that has been running throughout the holiday season.

On the third single from her critically acclaimed full album 'Hike Up Your Socks,' Liz Kennedy presents a light-hearted jazzy track in the vein of Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits.

The Capitol Congressional staffers turned comedians,  famed comedy troupe composed ofSteps, will perform Make America Grin Again at the Montalvo Arts Center. Called 'an oasis of good-natured ribbing in a fiercely partisan world' by The Washington Post, the Capitol Steps have slayed the country with their hilarious send-up of the people and institutions that once employed them. Their sketch and improvisational comedy offers a mix of song and standup, lampooning modern political leaders, and tackling major current issues. No issue or public figure, Democrat or Republican, can escape this satire. The Capitol Steps will be performing Make America Grin Again 3:00pm & 7:00pm, Sunday, April 14 at the Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Rd., Saratoga. For tickets ($55 Reserved, $60 Premier) or more information, the public may visit www.montalvoarts.org or call 408-961-5858.

The Cleveland Blues Festival featuring Sir Charles Jones, Pokey Bear, Shirley Brown, Theodis Ealey, Calvin Richardson and Lenny Williams returns to Playhouse Square on Friday, March 15, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. at the KeyBank State Theatre. Tickets are on sale now and are available at 216-241-6000 or www.playhousesquare.org.

Eva Cassidy, the versatile, much-missed vocalist praised for her emotional range and interpretive skills, receives a unique reimagining as her poignant vocal performance of the classic song 'Autumn Leaves' is paired with the backing of the London Symphony Orchestra. This inspired musical context was created by isolating Eva's 1996 live vocal performance recorded at the Blues Alley Jazz Club in Washington, DC and combining it with a new orchestral arrangement by the team of four-time Emmy Award winner William Ross and Grammy winner Jochem van der Saag.

Eva Cassidy, the versatile, much-missed vocalist praised for her emotional range and interpretive skills, receives a unique reimagining as her poignant vocal performance of the classic song 'Autumn Leaves' is paired with the backing of the London Symphony Orchestra. This inspired musical context was created by isolating Eva's 1996 live vocal performance recorded at the Blues Alley Jazz Club in Washington, DC and combining it with a new orchestral arrangement by the team of four-time Emmy Award winner William Ross and Grammy winner Jochem van der Saag.

The Hackensack Main Street Business Alliance and the City of Hackensack are excited to announce the latest group of musical artists to participate in second annual 'PAC the House' series at the Hackensack Performing Arts Center (HACPAC). Tickets for the performances range from $40 to $60.

Eva Cassidy's SONGBIRD album was initially released by independent label Blix Street Records in April, 1998.  The posthumous release, an anthology of recordings by the Washington, DC-based singer who had died in November of 1996, is comprised of four tracks from her first solo album, LIVE AT BLUES ALLEY(taken from her January 3, 1996 performance with her band at the Georgetown jazz club and locally released a few months before she died); five tracks from EVA BY HEART, the studio album she was recording at the time of her passing, posthumously released locally a year after she died; and one track (Over The Rainbow) from THE OTHER SIDE, a 1992 collection of jazz and blues duets with Washington's Chuck Brown.

There are many songs that has inspirations of words to be said, and many people today need encouragement though any situation to get though the hard times. Angel Sessions brings that in this new song, 'I Know That You Can.'

Decades after penning those first tunes about family and relationship challenges that she and other kids faced, this natural gift for bucking convention brilliantly serves her as a unique singer songwriter releasing her debut album 'The Dream of Life: Set Yourself Free,' Friday, September 29th.

Decades after penning those first tunes about family and relationship challenges that she and other kids faced, this natural gift for bucking convention brilliantly serves her as a unique singer songwriter releasing her debut album The Dream of Life: Set Yourself Free today, September 29th.

On Hike Up Your Socks, San Francisco based singer-songwriter Liz Kennedy's latest full length album of soulful and poetic narratives, Kennedy finds fresh ways to define rootsy - including bringing in legendary bluesman Taj Mahal who plays harmonica on the front porch ballad 'Love Gave Me Away' and contributes his inimitable vocals and banjo to the buoyant opener 'Everyone Knows How It Goes.'

On Hike Up Your Socks, San Francisco based singer-songwriter Liz Kennedy's latest full length album of soulful and poetic narratives, Kennedy finds fresh ways to define rootsy - including bringing in legendary bluesman Taj Mahal who plays harmonica on the front porch ballad 'Love Gave Me Away' and contributes his inimitable vocals and banjo to the buoyant opener 'Everyone Knows How It Goes.'

Today's subject Tracy Lynn Olivera is currently living her theatre life onstage at Signature Theatre as the stalwart countess Charlotte in Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning musical, A Little Night Music. The production runs through October 8th in Signature's Max Theatre.