Ray Charles News

Joe Chambers is set to play with the Rutgers University Jazz Ensemble, directed by Conrad Herwig, on Monday, Dec 10, 2012 at 7:30PM at Rutgers University in the Mason Gross Performing Arts Center.

In 1988, John Lennon's wife Yoko Ono gave a candid interview to record-label president Joe Smith about the Beatles' split: "For John, it was a divorce. I think he was feeling very good about it, as if a big weight was off him." Ono was among more than 200 celebrated performers, producers and industry leaders whose words Smith captured on audiotape more than 25 years ago in an effort to document the oral history of popular music.

"NYC 1993" looks at art made and exhibited in New York over the course of one year, providing a synchronic panorama in which established artists and emerging figures of the time are presented alongside the work of authors whose influence has since faded from the discussion. Centering on the year 1993, the exhibition is conceived as a time capsule, an experiment in collective memory that attempts to capture a specific moment at the intersection of art, pop culture, and politics. "NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star" will be on view at the New Museum from February 13-May 26, 2013.

Monday night, November 26, began week four of the live shows, getting down to the best of the best, because there are only eight singers left. Three from Team CeeLo Green, two from Teams Adam Levine and Blake Shelton, and only one from Team Christina all performed tonight in groups and individually, hoping to make it to the top six. They sang their hearts out, knowing that their journey could end this week.

Broadway veteran Michael Ball will release a new studio album, also titled 'Both Sides Now' in addition to launching a UK tour in spring 2013. Both the tour and the album will comprise of 2 halves, encompassing Michael's biggest hits from both his recorded and stage careers.

The Chicago Jazz Orchestra (CJO) has been chosen to perform at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors Gala this Sun., December 2, in Washington, D.C. This performance marks the 24th straight year that the CJO has been awarded this singular performance honor.

Barbara Morrison, the critically acclaimed and popular Jazz & Blues singer, will return By Popular Demand to Catalina Bar & Grill, 6725 West Sunset Boulevard (just east of North Highland Avenue); Los Angeles, Calif., reprising her popular critically acclaimed signature show, "A Tribute To Dinah Washington - Queen of the Blues" accompanied by the Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center All Star Big Band conducted by John Stephens for one show only tonight, November 24, 2012 at 8:30 p.m.

From the Bavarian beer houses of his native Germany to "Manhattan, America," to Hollywood - one day, and one lady, at a time - Andreas Beckett unfurls his heartfelt, candid life story with song and dance under the masterful hands of legendary Mitzie and Ken Welch in a special one night return engagement Friday, December 2, 2012.

The new family musical special, The Christmas Rose, features a cast of over 400 and stars the multiple Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning actress Jane Seymour and legendary Broadway actor and Tony nominee Lee Roy Reams. The Christmas Rose, with music and story by PBS composer Tim Janis, follows a young orphan named Annabelle, played by thirteen year old Bailey Grey, into the desert where she crosses paths with everyone from the three wise men and singing angels to Mary and Joseph, while being pursued by a team of desert bandits. The Christmas Rose is created in association with the Ogunquit Playhouse and is on stage at Carnegie Hall one night only Thursday, November 29 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are available by calling (212) 247-7800 or online at www.carnegiehall.org. In honor of Thanksgiving, a special holiday offer of 30% off all tickets is available starting Friday, November 23 at 11a.m. and ending Monday November 27 at 11:59p.m. by using code GIV15704.

Tasmania's premier winter festival, the Festival of Voices today announced an outstanding lineup of international guest artists to lead their 2013 workshop series, once again ensuring a warm winter of celebration and song.

Continuing the tradition of preserving and celebrating great recordings,The Recording Academy(®) announces the newest additions to its legendary GRAMMY Hall Of Fame(® )collection.

Lincoln Center has announced the following upcoming events.

A.J. Croce will play Merrimack Hall Performing Arts Center in Huntsville, Ala tonight November 15, 2012, at 7:30 p.m.

Following a string of high-profile dates with Gary Clark Jr., Kat Edmonson will embark on another run November 23 supporting the iconic Chris Isaak. The shows support Edmonson's recent release WAY DOWN LOW which debuted #1 on Billboard's Heatseekers Chart.

One of Chicago's favorite entertainers, Ron Hawking, will appear at Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, on Monday, December 17 at 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. for the His Way for the Holidays concert and at Theatre at the Center, 1040 Ridge Road in Munster, Indiana, on Monday, December 31 at 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. for the New Year's Eve Copa Chicago concert. Known for his critically acclaimed runs of His Way - A Tribute to the Man and His Music and Ron Hawking Celebrates… The Men and Their Music at Chicago's Mercury Theater, Ron Hawking has an uncanny ability to reinterpret a song and redeliver it with the same vocal charm and charisma that made the original artists so beloved.

Kat Edmonson, whose sophomore album 'Way Down Low' is on sale now, has added additional headline shows and been named direct support for a string of dates with Gary Clark Jr.