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Music Review: Isabelle Georges Continues Releasing New Music
by Erin Samms - January 15, 2024

New music by Isabelle Georges is a great thing, in any language....

Streaming Review: Bradley Cooper's Latest Director Endeavor Comes To NETFLIX & Shows He, Too, Is Becoming A MAESTRO
by Bobby Patrick - January 15, 2024

In all, Maestro is the fast-paced chronicle of a giant living a giant life, as told through a love (or love-ish) story...

Album Review: Willy Wonka Wuns Wild On The New Movie Soundtrack WONKA
by Bobby Patrick - January 12, 2024

They have created a score in 2023 that marries to its 1971 progenitor wonderfully and made this rainbow boy tear up a bit and really want to go see WONKA...

Album Review: GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES AND RARE BONUS TRACKS A Welcome Sepia Records Release
by Erin Samms - January 08, 2024

What did our critic think of GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES AND RARE BONUS TRACKS at A?...

Music Review: Cabaret Queen Natalie Douglas Begins Her Beguine At The Beginning With Her New Single BEGIN THE BEGUINE
by Bobby Patrick - January 07, 2024

As for this BEGIN THE BEGUINE, Natalie Douglas uses what has come before and adds her own brand of polish....

Album Review: YENTL 40TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION A Bounty Of Unreleased Materials
by Erin Samms - January 06, 2024

The special edition was released on the Legacy Recordings label, available on CD, vinyl, and cassette, and the album is worth owning...

Album Review: Jessica Hendy Is Handy With Words (& Music) On The OCR Of Her One-Woman Musical WALKING WITH BUBBLES
by Bobby Patrick - January 04, 2024

We loved WALKING WITH BUBBLES the show and now we truly enjoy this OCR. It is one to return to again and again....

Music Review: Ricky Asch Releases His Latest ORIGINAL Song & Shows Us All He Has A FOOL'S HOPE
by Bobby Patrick - January 02, 2024

Will FOOL’S HOPE do it for him? We feel sure people will dance to it and that should be enough....

Album Review: Chilina Kennedy's WILD ABOUT YOU (World Premiere Recording) Debuts A New Show In Development
by Bobby Patrick - January 02, 2024

A little over halfway through, Bobby’s ears felt a bit overtaxed on the ballad/power ballad front and wished there were one or maybe even two more up-tempo songs...

Music Review: Isabelle Georges Is In Love, Apparently, & With Paris, Apparently, As She Releases 2 Singles - SO IN LOVE & I LOVE PARIS
by Bobby Patrick - January 01, 2024

Cole Porter’s music matched with his incomparable lyrics was unmatched in his day, but finds a perfect match with Isabelle Georges...

Album Review: Ted Nash and Kristen Lee Sergeant Give Reason To Celebrate The HOLIDAYS
by Stephen Mosher - December 20, 2023

A jazz album for the holidays that packs a serious artistic and emotional wallop....

Review: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS: A CELEBRATION, Live at the Sondheim Theatre, Cast Recording
by Cheryl Markosky - December 13, 2023

Were you one of the lucky few who managed to bag a ticket for the one-night-only, star-studded gala revue, StephenSondheim’s Old Friends, on May 3, 2022?...

Music Review: Robert Bannon Redecorates DON'T SAVE IT ALL FOR CHRISTMAS DAY & Does Celine Proud
by Bobby Patrick - December 11, 2023

DON’T SAVE IT ALL FOR CHRISTMAS isn’t on the horizon, dear Bobby readers, it’s here already and poised to be put on your playlist for your holiday party...

Review: T.3: THE OPTION UP TOUR at The Sheldon Music Hall
by James Lindhorst - December 09, 2023

T.3’s performance at The Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis was an extremely enjoyable evening of unforgettable music. The well-rehearsed 90-minute show flew by in an instant. Fennecken, Hogan, and Smith’s electric stage presence and mellifluous voices combined to create a truly memorable experience....

Album Review: CHRISTMAS Is A Time To CHER!
by Bobby Patrick - December 08, 2023

Taking on the 1967 Stevie Wonder hit WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME, who else could our queen sing with but the R&B king himself...

Music Review: Brandi Burkhardt MERRY & BRIGHT Just Right For Christmas
by Erin Samms - December 07, 2023

Singer-Songwriter Brandi Burkhardt makes a most engaging entry into the world of Christmas music....

Album Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC SUPER DELUXE EDITION A Must Have For Die Hards
by Erin Samms - December 08, 2023

Fans of the movie The Sound Of Music will find real treasures here - some that they've waited a long time for....

Music Review: Laura Osnes Single Not One Of MY FAVORITE THINGS
by Erin Samms - December 06, 2023

It isn't all the fault of Laura Osnes that the new recording misses, but it's her name out front....

Music Review: Bryan Eng Shares Some Holiday Happiness With His New Jingle Single SANTA'S FAVORITE PLACE TO GO
by Bobby Patrick - December 05, 2023

Finally, you may ask, “Bobby, is SANTA'S FAVORITE PLACE TO GO worth the download?” and our answer would be, “You bet.”...

Album Review: The Horn Blows & The Heart Sighs on The New Album CHRIS BOTTI VOL. 1
by Bobby Patrick - December 03, 2023

Quite frankly, dear Bobby Fans, if you can’t make hay to this album then you’ve reached the last straw....

Album Review: Barbra Streisand EVERGREENS: CELEBRATING SIX DECADES ON COLUMBIA RECORDS A Beautiful, If Off-Balanced, Collection Of Ballads
by Erin Samms - December 01, 2023

Barbra Streisand sings everything perfectly but there has to be a reason to buy a compilation album, and there doesn't seem to be one here, though streaming it is do-able....

Review: Shania Twain Ends QUEEN OF ME Tour in Vancouver!
by Alyson Eng - November 24, 2023

Beginning in April of this year, Shania Twain began her 5th headlining concert tour. Named the “Queen of Me” tour after her most recent 6th studio album of the same name, this was Shania’s return to the stage after nearly five years....

Music Review: Anthony Nunziata Gifts Us His Single FIRST CHRISTMAS For Our Christmas
by Bobby Patrick - November 19, 2023

FIRST CHRISTMAS is new music and don't we all need some new Christmas music, my angels?  How many times can we listen to the same holiday songs over and over?...

Music Review: Ted Nash and Kristen Lee Sergeant Tease HOLIDAYS CD With Two Sweet Seasonal Singles
by Erin Samms - November 19, 2023

The countdown to the release of the Kristen Lee Sergeant/Ted Nash HOLIDAYS album has begun and we have two swell singles to show off the duo....

Album Review: On Her New EP Lisa Dawn Miller Shares The Hopes Of The Season With MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR
by Bobby Patrick - November 18, 2023

We truly got a lot of feels from Lisa Dawn Miller’s MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR, and ‘tis the season for many to want lovely ballads sung in beautiful ways....