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Downchild Blues Band & Friends Come to Massey Hall in May

With their 50th Anniversary Tour now finally in the books, The Legendary Downchild Blues Band are excited to begin their next adventure – and what better way to start than a special hometown performance in Toronto's iconic Massey Hall on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 8:00 pm.

Review: Abigail Brooks Makes NYC Debut With JOYFUL AND TRIUMPHANT at Chelsea Table + Stage

Social media sensation Abigail Brooks proves that those who TikTok can also cabaret.

54 Below Presents 54 SINGS DUDE: A 50th Anniversary Celebration

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents 54 Sings DUDE: A 50th Anniversary Celebration on October 16. Dubbed “the most incomprehensible show ever presented on a Broadway stage” this Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot musical was the spiritual follow up to their cultural megahit, HAIR.

Photos: JIM CARUSO'S CAST PARTY Welcomes Cast Members Of SPEAKEASY

On Monday, July 19, some uber-talented people stormed the Birdland stage for another installment of Jim Caruso’s Cast Party. 

BWW Previews: All-star Lineups Continue To Flood Jim Caruso's Pajama Cast Party

All-star Lineups Continue To Flood Jim Caruso's Pajama Cast Party

Phast Phreddie & Thee Precisions Announce Deluxe Reissue of LIMBO

For a period of time in the early-to-mid '80s, Phast Phreddie & Thee Precisions were one of the hippest bands in the Los Angeles. So hip that members of such acclaimed L.A. bands as X, Los Lobos, the Gun Club, The Plimsouls and The Blasters lent their talents to their recordings and live shows. So hip that the brilliance of Phast Phreddie & Thee Precisions was largely unknown apart from Los Angeles scenesters.

Ben Fankhauser, Bonnie Milligan, & More Sing the Songs of Alexander Sage Oyen at 54 Below

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents an evening of emerging songwriter, Alexander Sage Oyen's work. 

THE BLUES HARMONICA Blowout Heads South In 2019

Grammy nominee Mark Hummel returns, kicking off the new year with the latest iteration of his all-star blues revue, the 2019 Southern Blues Harp Blowout. As always, his guests are stellar: Grammy Award-winner Bobby Rush is a ten-time Blues Music Award winner, B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, and Rolling Stone "King of the Chitlin' Circuit" winner. Alabama harpman James Harman- one of the great performers, writers and unique characters in the blues today - has employed some of the all-time great blues musicians in his bands. Kenny Neal is a second-generation southern Louisiana bluesman, 2017 Grammy nominee and winner of two Blues Music Awards for his Bloodline recording. And Jumpin' Johnny Sansone studied harmonica with Junior Wells and James Cotton; his former band Jumpin Johnny's Blues Party was the foundation of the New Orleans-based The Iguanas. Rounding out the good times is blues supergroup Golden State/Lone Star Blues Revue.

Photo Flash: Birdland Hosts Natalie Douglas

The Broadway at Birdland concert series was proud to present singer Natalie Douglas with another one of her "Tributes!" On Monday, September 19, Ms. Douglas, along with musical director Brian Nash, a band of all-star musicians and special guest Gene Taylor, celebrated the music and magic of the one and only...Cher.

Photo Flash: Justin 'Squigs' Robertson Returns to Birdland

On Monday, May 21, Birdland was once again proud to host Justin "Squigs" Robertson as special guest artist-in-residence at Jim Caruso's Cast Party.