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Music Review: A Merry Holloween & A Happy Christmas Are Here With Stephanie J. Block'

Music Review: A Merry Holloween & A Happy Christmas Are Here With Stephanie J. Block's New Holiday Single SLEIGH RIDE!

by Bobby Patrick — October 9, 2023
Does Stephanie J Block reinvent the wheel with her recording of SLEIGH RIDE? Nope, but with her voice, she doesn’t have to....
Album Review: SWEENEY TODD Cast Recording Lacking Flavor

Album Review: SWEENEY TODD Cast Recording Lacking Flavor

by Bobby Patrick — September 30, 2023
The truth is that any recording of this score is worth listening to, and most people do tend to love the recording that was their first....
Review: GET HAPPY! MICHAEL FEINSTEIN CELEBRATES THE JUDY GARLAND CENTENNIAL at Music

Review: GET HAPPY! MICHAEL FEINSTEIN CELEBRATES THE JUDY GARLAND CENTENNIAL at Music Center at Strathmore

by David Friscic — September 24, 2023
The brilliant and undying talent of the legendary entertainer Judy Garland was celebrated at the Music Center at Strathmore in the memory-laden production Get Happy! Michael Feinstein Celebrates the Judy Garland Centennial. Produced with the approval of daughter Liza Minnelli, this memorable show di...
Music Review: Sari Jordan Calls For An End To Hostilities Between… Us All, Really,

Music Review: Sari Jordan Calls For An End To Hostilities Between… Us All, Really, With Her New Single, CEASEFIRE

by Bobby Patrick — September 18, 2023
CEASEFIRE is a beautiful if painful portrait of resolving conflict between people and the battle scars love can leave behind....
Album Review: Barry's Boys Bring Back Beautiful Blends To Broadway On HARMONY'S New C

Album Review: Barry's Boys Bring Back Beautiful Blends To Broadway On HARMONY'S New Cast Album

by Bobby Patrick — September 10, 2023
This recording checks our most important Broadway Album Box - one comes away from the first listening with a real sense of the show and its story....
Album Review: Joplin & Virginia Woolf Live Inside Mary Bridget Davies On Her New Live

Album Review: Joplin & Virginia Woolf Live Inside Mary Bridget Davies On Her New Live Album FREEDOM OF MY MIND

by Bobby Patrick — September 1, 2023
The passion of her music and the soul of her work comes right out of the speakers to you (not AT you)....
Album Review: Idina Menzel's DRAMA QUEEN is Making Us All Dance

Album Review: Idina Menzel's DRAMA QUEEN is Making Us All Dance

by Bobby Patrick — August 30, 2023
This kind of music really does give us that old disco feeling and with Idina Menzel’s DRAMA QUEEN, we can all grab it together....
Album Review: Out Of The Past Comes Rose Marie's 1st Ever CD Collection For Her 100th

Album Review: Out Of The Past Comes Rose Marie's 1st Ever CD Collection For Her 100th Birthday on ROSE MARIE SINGS

by Bobby Patrick — August 28, 2023
For those of us for whom she represents more than kitsch, this album is an essential....
Album Review: Lucie Arnaz Tells Everyone “How I Got The Job” On Her New Album LIV

Album Review: Lucie Arnaz Tells Everyone “How I Got The Job” On Her New Album LIVE AT THE PURPLE ROOM

by Bobby Patrick — August 26, 2023
Lucie’s singing voice is that of a Broadway belter, but more than that, Lucie Arnaz is an actor....
Music Review: Ben Jones' Latest Swoon-Worthy Single TOO LATE NOW Has Arrived Just In

Music Review: Ben Jones' Latest Swoon-Worthy Single TOO LATE NOW Has Arrived Just In Time

by Bobby Patrick — August 22, 2023
We loved this new single of an old song in a young voice, and though many of us have heard this one many times over many years, Ben Jones makes it worthwhile again....
Music Review: Meryl Streep Delivers… Again! This Time on ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDI

Music Review: Meryl Streep Delivers… Again! This Time on ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING Singing LOOK FOR THE LIGHT

by Bobby Patrick — August 21, 2023
Sara Bareilles, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul have composed a beautifully haunting song that you just can’t get out of your head....
Review: THE GIPSY KINGS at The San Diego Symphony's Rady Shell

Review: THE GIPSY KINGS at The San Diego Symphony's Rady Shell

by Ron Bierman — August 17, 2023
What did our critic think of THE GIPSY KINGS at The San Diego Syphony's Rady Shell? The only empty seats at the Rady Shell's high-energy Gipsy Kings concert were the hundreds unoccupied while their associated booties were swaying in the aisles below waving arms. Nicolas Reyes sang 'Quiero Saber' to ...
Album Review: Singer Composers Anya Turner & Robert Grusecki Give Us A Cabaret Gift T

Album Review: Singer Composers Anya Turner & Robert Grusecki Give Us A Cabaret Gift Tied Up In A Pretty Bow With MID-CENTURY MODERN

by Bobby Patrick — August 8, 2023
Finally, what you have with Turner & Grusecki’s MID-CENTURY MODERN is new songs written in an old-fashioned way with old-fashioned sounds...
Music Review: Nicole Henry Covers Sade (In Gold) With Her New Single IS IT A CRIME?

Music Review: Nicole Henry Covers Sade (In Gold) With Her New Single IS IT A CRIME?

by Bobby Patrick — August 4, 2023
The longing of a woman who wants to give all to someone who has nothing but lies for her… but still she asks the title’s question… Is It A Crime?...
Music Review: Clyde Alves Sings To His Mom, For His Mom, & With His Mom On His New Si

Music Review: Clyde Alves Sings To His Mom, For His Mom, & With His Mom On His New Single - IT'S STILL A PARTY

by Bobby Patrick — July 31, 2023
We loved this new single from one of the Broadway Theatre’s go-to song and dance guys, Clyde Alves, and his mom, Teresa Alves....
Review: BONNIE & CLYDE, Original West End Cast Recording

Review: BONNIE & CLYDE, Original West End Cast Recording

by Abbie Grundy — July 28, 2023
The Original West End Cast Recording of Bonnie & Clyde is a tense, cinematic treat....
Review: BEYONCE RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR at Huntington Bank Stadium

Review: BEYONCE RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR at Huntington Bank Stadium

by Jared Fessler — July 23, 2023
What did our critic think of BEYONCE RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR at Huntington Bank Stadium?...
Music Review: Naughty Rupert Holmes & Pool-Pah Album THE FLASHER Still Naughty In All

Music Review: Naughty Rupert Holmes & Pool-Pah Album THE FLASHER Still Naughty In All The Right Ways

by Bobby Patrick — July 28, 2023
THE FLASHER is a time capsule of the psychedelic era of the funky electronic 70s...
Review: Billy Porter Breaks A Sweat On The Dance Floor With His New Single BROKE A SW

Review: Billy Porter Breaks A Sweat On The Dance Floor With His New Single BROKE A SWEAT

by Bobby Patrick — July 16, 2023
Billy hasn't even broken a sweat yet!...
Album Review: Diva Grace Garland Burns Her Bra For All To Hear On New Album LADY G!'S

Album Review: Diva Grace Garland Burns Her Bra For All To Hear On New Album LADY G!'S BRALESS SECLUSION

by Bobby Patrick — July 11, 2023
In the aftermath of hearing LADY G!’S BRALESS SECLUSION, we had no choice but to drop that metaphysical needle back at the beginning and listen to it again, immediately....
Review: CARRY THEM WITH US, Album

Review: CARRY THEM WITH US, Album

by Barry Lenny — July 9, 2023
That Brìghde Chaimbeul is a very fine piper goes without saying....
Album Review: Nicole Zuraitis Releases New Album Of Her Latest Jazz with HOW LOVE BEG

Album Review: Nicole Zuraitis Releases New Album Of Her Latest Jazz with HOW LOVE BEGINS

by Bobby Patrick — July 7, 2023
For this album, Nicole Zuraitis has used deep imagery in the marriage of her words and music. Sometimes swirling, sometimes flowing, sometimes rushing like the rapids....
Review: Eilen Jewell Celebrates Her Roots In Americana With Some Jazzy Blues, Country

Review: Eilen Jewell Celebrates Her Roots In Americana With Some Jazzy Blues, Country, Folk … Stuff At City Winery

by Bobby Patrick — July 4, 2023
We FULLY intend to investigate more of this Jewell we have discovered....
Music Review: Benny Benack III Proves This THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM With His New Album

Music Review: Benny Benack III Proves This THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM With His New Album

by Bobby Patrick — June 30, 2023
With Benny Benack at the head of the project, there is a reasonable expectation of good jazz, good music, good entertainment because he has been at this for a minute, and he really is one of the best....
Music Review: NEW YORK, NEW YORK Sounds Good, Sounds Good

Music Review: NEW YORK, NEW YORK Sounds Good, Sounds Good

by Bobby Patrick — June 29, 2023
NEW YORK, NEW YORK ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING is a 2023 release on the Wine and Peaches Label, available on streaming platforms, with discs and vinyl to come!...
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