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War Strings Share 'Heaven in Your Hands'
by Michael Major - June 27, 2023
Andrew Stogel's Of Aether feels like an exhale; the clouds clearing. In stark contrast to the gloom and brooding of his early 2023 album Prelude to Nothing under his songwriting moniker War Strings, Stogel has found himself in a brighter headspace, feeling joyous. Where his last endeavor was a lo-fi...
SPANISH LOVE SONGS Release New Single 'Clean-Up Crew'
by Michael Major - June 13, 2023
The new song follows the lead single “Haunted”, which was released last month with the announcement of ‘No Joy’. The track carries the saltwater-kissed vignetting of an Asbury Park summer, awash in Boss-inspired nostalgia and percussive acoustic guitar that build to some of the band’s bigg...
Lineup Announced For 7th Annual Fort Worth Fringe
by A.A. Cristi - May 31, 2023
The 7th Annual FW Fringe returns to the theatres of the Fort Worth Community Arts Center in the Fort Worth Cultural District....
Actors Collaborative Toledo Presents ON THE EXHALE, June 4
by A.A. Cristi - May 22, 2023
Actors Collaborative Toledo (ACT) closes out their 2022/23 season with the return of their powerful one-woman play at Trinity Episcopal Church, located at 316 Adams St, Toledo, OH 43604, on June 4, 2023, in observance of The National Gun Violence Awareness Weekend. ...
'THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL Star Belinda Davids Returns To Joburg Theatre
by Stephi Wild - May 22, 2023
South African singing sensation Belinda Davids returns to the Joburg Theatre with The Greatest Love of All* at the iconic Mandela Theatre from the 24 August to 10 September 2023....
Shania Twain's Global QUEEN OF ME Tour Kicked Off Last Night
by Blair Ingenthron - April 29, 2023
Let's go, girls! Last night, five-time GRAMMY️ Award-winning singer, best-selling female artist in country music history, and Queen of all Queens, Shania Twain, kicked off the first leg of her highly anticipated global Queen of Me Tour in Spokane, WA at Spokane Arena. ...
iskwē Sparks Up On New Single 'I Get High' Featuring Nina Hagen
by Michael Major - April 20, 2023
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Chris Lake & Aluna Collaborate on New Single 'Beggin''
by Michael Major - April 20, 2023
GRAMMY®-nominated, chart-topping artist Chris Lake and acclaimed singer-songwriter Aluna team up on the irresistible new single “Beggin,’” released via Black Book Records/Astralwerks. Lake and Aluna co-wrote “Beggin’” and recorded it at his Black Book Studios. Plus, check ou...
Cast Set For SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY at the Lyric Hammersmith
by Stephi Wild - April 13, 2023
Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced casting for the UK première of critically acclaimed smash hit comedy School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play by Jocelyn Bioh one of America's most exciting writers....
Wendell Pierce Receives Prominent NAACP Image Award Nomination for DON'T HANG UP
by Michael Major - February 23, 2023
Actor Wendell Pierce has received the distinguished NAACP Image Award Nomination for his starring role in the No Equal Entertainment production of “Don’t Hang Up.” Globally recognized as one of the most distinguished multicultural awards shows, the “54th NAACP Image Awards” will continue a...
The Hails Release New Single 'Breathless'
by Michael Major - February 16, 2023
Five-piece indie outfit The Hails unveil their next single “Breathless,” and set a run of upcoming tour dates supporting The Happy Fits. Dreamily sliding from a leisurely guitar-driven stroll into a swanky groove, “Breathless” tier by tier climbs in intricacy until a sharp, punctuated ending...
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Comes to Stage West
by Stephi Wild - February 03, 2023
An unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything—what more could go wrong? Plenty, and you’ll have a grand time finding out, in the uproarious The Play That Goes Wrong, which begins a 4-week run Thursday, February 16, following its initial run a...
Angela Bassett To Be Honored With The Spotlight Award At The 25th CDGA
by Michael Major - January 26, 2023
The Spotlight Award honors an actor whose talent and career personify an enduring commitment to excellence, including a special awareness of the role and importance of Costume Design. Past recipients include Andrew Garfield, Charlize Theron, Glenn Close, Kerry Washington, Cate Blanchett, Naomi Watts...
Annabel Lee Announces Debut LP & Shares Track 'Los Angeles'
by Michael Major - January 25, 2023
Lee shares the powerful final single of the project, 'Los Angeles' out everywhere now. The most delicate and heart-wrenching song on the forthcoming LP, “Los Angeles” is the comfort to which every hopeless creative can empathetically cry along. With a pulsating soundscape like an unstable heartb...
Angela Bassett to be Honored at 10th Annual MUAHS Awards
by Michael Major - January 17, 2023
ANGELA BASSETT is an actress, director, and executive producer known for captivating, emotionally tinged performances full of dignity in treasured films such as Waiting To Exhale, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and the Tina Turner biopic What’s Love Got To Do With It, for which she received an Ac...
Twinsleep (John Hayes & Maxy Dutcher) Release Debut Single 'Kin'
by Michael Major - January 06, 2023
Denver-based John Hayes and Missoula-based Maxy Dutcher, unveil their new collaboration, Twinsleep. The airy track feels like an aural inhale and exhale, with each texture adding its own back and forth eb and flow. The one-of-a-kind tones heard on the song were crafted by sampling Maxy Dutcher’s v...
The CIA (Denée & Ty Segall, Emmett Kelly) Release 'Inhale Exhale' Single
by Michael Major - December 06, 2022
Their forthcoming album, Surgery Channel, is ripe with straightforward conviction. The trio made up of Denée & Ty Segall and Emmett Kelly have constructed a world where everything is piercing and pinpointed. Every word brings confrontation – The C.I.A. make you question what could be happening he...
Angela Bassett, Rian Johnson and the Cast and Crew of RRR to Be Honored at the 6th Annual Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards
by Michael Major - December 05, 2022
The Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) announced that Angela Bassett will receive the HCA Acting Achievement Award, Rian Johnson will receive the HCA Filmmaking Achievement Award, and the cast and crew of RRR will be presented with HCA Spotlight Award at the 6th Annual HCA Film Awards....
La MaMa to Host PAINT2POWER Public Art-Making Event
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 02, 2022
On Sunday, Dec. 4 at 2 p.m., LA MAMA will host PAINT2POWER, the making of a large public art mural at the company's Galleria in Manhattan. The public is invited to participate. Admission is free....
Shania Twain Uncovers Tracklisting for New Album 'Queen of Me'
by Michael Major - November 11, 2022
Queen of Me consists of 12 new tracks. From the energetic opener “Giddy Up” through the empowered title track “Queen of Me” and passionate finale “The Hardest Stone,” the LP represents a deep and dynamic creative statement from this iconic voice. She set the stage for everything w...
Babyface Releases New Project 'Girls Night Out'
by Michael Major - October 21, 2022
The 12-time GRAMMY® winner also teams up with Ari Lennox; Kehlani; Queen Naija, Coco Jones; Tiana Major9; Tink; Baby Tate; Muni Long; Amaarae; Sevyn Streeter & Tkay Maidza; Doechii and Angie Martinez & Lala Anthony. The project features collaborations with some of the brightest female R&B stars, in...
BASSET Debut New Single 'At My Feet'
by Michael Major - October 13, 2022
Acoustic songwriters Sam Clark and Yasmine Shelton, who make up the folk duo Basset, often look out the window of their Toronto basement apartment dreaming about going back to parts of the world they’ve fallen in love with. And it’s their appreciation for the natural world and its intersection w...
Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for THE BANDAGED PLACE World Premiere at Roundabout Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 04, 2022
the bandaged place begins preview performances on Friday, October 20, 2022, and opens officially on Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at the Black Box Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. Check out rehearsal photos here!...
VIDEO: Babyface & Ella Mai Unveil 'Keeps on Fallin'' Official Video
by Michael Major - August 31, 2022
The new video stars Emmy and GRAMMY® winning actress/comedienne Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip, Night School, Nobody’s Fool) as the very lively queen mother and Kendrick Sampson (Miss Juneteenth, “Insecure,” “The Vampire Diaries”) as the handsome prince who is courting Ella Mai. Babyface, wh...
Opiuo Releases New Album 'A Shape of Sound'
by Michael Major - August 26, 2022
Led by three smash singles in “Lasso,” “Gravitate”, and “Dopamine,” it’s a far-reaching project that traverses across the bass music spectrum. Album opener “Flapjack” propels deep kicks into celestial synths while “Quiver” taps Eric Benny Bloom for a collaboration draped in buo...
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