Aretha Franklin News

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this April with a full slate of nightly performances! 

Artistic Director Mark Clements and Executive Director Chad Bauman have announced Milwaukee Repertory Theater's 2022/23 Season with 13 productions across four venues in the Patty & Jay Baker Theater Complex.

Winner of the 2019 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album for their latest album “Freedom”, a collection of songs which celebrate and commemorate South Africa's democratic movement's struggle for freedom, Soweto Gospel Choir now bring their “Freedom” concert to the UK in honour of the father of their rainbow nation, Nelson Mandela. 

Actor / comedian Rhonda 'Passion' Hansome, (SiriusXM “John Fugelsang's Tell Me Everything”) will be among the performers featured at the “Ladies Night Comedy Show' a  live Women's History Month comedy showcase on Saturday, March 26, 2022  @  Comedy In Harlem in Manhattan. Rhonda will be joined at the 7:00pm show (doors @ 6pm)  by host Nicky Sunshine (The Nick Cannon Show) and fellow comics Shatara Curry  (Apollo Comedy Club), Peaches Rodriguez   ('The Latin Heavy Hitters of Comedy' film), Vicky Kuperman (Live From.Gotham)  and Meshelle (Nickelodeon's 'Search For Funniest Mom In America').

Counseling In Schools, a non-profit organization with 35 years of experience supporting the emotional and social wellbeing of New York City public school communities, will host its first annual 'Measures of Hope' Spring Benefit, celebrating the power of creative arts therapy programs on Thursday May 19, 2022 at the New York Society of Ethical Culture in New York City.

Ponderosa Grove has released the video for their uplifting new single, “Changin’.” The song, inspired by the challenges of the pandemic, brims with optimism and poetic insights and is lavished with heavenly harmony vocals and elegant Americana instrumental virtuosity. Watch the new music video now!

McCarter continues the season with a jam-packed lineup of music, theater, dance, and family programming.

NYC promoter and producer brings his Summer series to Fire Island's Whyte Hall for Summer 2022.

Viewers will get full concert performances from Tina Turner, the Notorious BIG, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Prince, H.E.R., Aretha Franklin, Rod Stewart, Bee Gees, Alicia Keys w/ Jay-Z, Joni Mitchell, Ray Charles and Willie Nelson, and Queen. Interviews include Oprah Winfrey, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Bruce Springsteen, H.E.R., Carole King, and more.

Actor / comedian Rhonda 'Passion' Hansome, (SiriusXM “John Fugelsang's Tell Me Everything”) will be among the performers featured at the “Ladies Night Comedy Show' a  live Women's History Month comedy showcase on Saturday, March 26, 2022  @  Comedy In Harlem in Manhattan.

The South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center hosts Sheléa: Natural Woman – A Night of Soul, spotlighting the dazzling artistic prowess of this powerhouse vocalist and protégé of Quincy Jones, on Friday, March 18, 2022, at 8 p.m. 

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Script in Hand playreading of the comedy/drama about mid-life crises and aging parents, “Dot,” written by Colman Domingo, star of AMC’s “Fear the Walking Dead,” and directed by Q. Smith, on Monday, March 14, at 7 p.m. The live performance will be captured on film for on-demand streaming, from Thursday, March 17 through Sunday, March 20. Script in Hand playreadings offer intimate storytelling as professional actors bring the words to life without sets or costumes.

Accompanied by her music director Matt Hinkley, Broadway and West End theater favorite Caissie Levy's lovely, powerful, stunning vocals were live and on display for her rapt audience, who were treated to an acoustic, no frills, intimate, candlelit show that was essentially a musical résumé of her past work--from RENT and LES MIS to GHOST and FROZEN

Jennifer Hudson, the newest voice in daytime talk, takes center stage when Fox Television Stations launches “The Jennifer Hudson Show” for fall 2022, it was announced today by Mike Darnell, President, Warner Bros. Unscripted Television.

The genre-bending band, Bees Deluxe, stops by Silvana to deliver a dose of acid blues on Thursday, March 3rd from 10pm-midnght. Banned in Boston, exiled from Britain, Bees Deluxe makes Harlem the first stop on their East Coast tour.

In celebration of Black History Month, Best New Artist Grammy nominee and critically acclaimed band Tank and The Bangas are premiering two new songs—“Stolen Fruit” and “Black Folk” featuring Alex Isley & Masego—alongside accompanying videos. Watch the new music videos now! Plus, check out upcoming tour dates.

The first lyrics Amayo wrote & sung from the GRAMMY nominated “Fu Chronicles” Antibalas album for the song “Fist of Flowers” (Best Global Music Album of the Year 2020) begin with 'the end is a new beginning.' That is true with his 23-year run as the Lead Singer and Face of the band Antibalas. He conceptualized, composed, performed on, and illustrated the latest Antibalas album “Fu Chronicles” earning the band its first GRAMMY nomination.

Next week, FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com or call (646) 476-3551.

​​​​​​​Celebrate the music and legacy one of music's most legendary voices when A Tribute to Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul comes to Mayo Performing Arts Center on Thursday, March 17 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $39-$69.

Today, songwriter Pete Muller has announced his upcoming record Spaces, to be released on Two Truths Records & Santa Barbara Records. They have also shared a new video for the single “Tin Palace” which is currently streaming. Watch the new music video now! Plus, pre-save the upcoming album!