Frank Sinatra News

Ken Greves, performing music from his new CD, will appear at Cafe Noctambulo on Thursday, July 2nd at 8pm with Frank Ponzio (piano), Saadi Zain (bass) and Jacob Melchior (drums). 

Music Mountain, America's oldest continuing summer chamber music festival, continues its 86th season with Swingtime Big Band on Saturday, July 25th (6:30pm) playing the best music of the Swing Era! Plus pre-concert dinner at Falls Village Inn (5pm). The weekend continues on Sunday, July 26th (3pm) with the Avalon String Quartet performing Faure, Debussy, and Ravel with guest artists Jan Opalach, Bass-Baritone and Jonathan Yates, Piano and Music Mountain's new Musical Director. For the second season, Music Mountain is offering an extended summer program filled with Music Mountain debuts, first time guests, brand new series', and returning favorite bands and ensembles! Chamber, country, opera, jazz, and folk concerts are scheduled thru September 27th.

AXS TV has acquired the exclusive television rights to Magnolia Pictures' critically acclaimed music documentary THE WRECKING CREW.

house seats Las Vegas, in conjunction with Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, presents The Set List, an exciting celebration of great albums in music history. The Set List continues its season by honoring the top selling album of 1987, Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi. The special event, benefiting Rudy Foundation, will take place Thursday, July 9 at 11 p.m at Vinyl inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Tickets are now on sale at www.houseseatspresents.com. 

This July and August, 54 BELOW presents an exciting lineup of the brightest talent from Broadway and beyond. Located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street. For a detailed schedule of upcoming performances at 54 Below and to purchase tickets, visit www.54Below.com.

July is a packed month at The Nash, kicking off with a 4th of July bash with the Bad Cactus Brass Band. The month also marks the beginning of the Catch A Rising Star Series, comprised of Arizona musicians ages 18 to 24, who have been specially selected by The Nash,. The Series provides a platform for these emerging artists to gain prominence in the jazz community.

There is a long list of Hollywood personalities, such as Frank Sinatra, Carol Channing, Tommy Tune, Carol Burnett, Tony Curtis, Phyllis Diller, Dwayne Hickman, Tony Bennett, etc., that have found their artistic talents extended to the canvas. One of the industry's most celebrated is actor, Richard Herd. Perhaps best known for his film roles in 'The China Syndrome,' 'All The Presidents Men,' or on television in 'T.J. Hooker,' 'Seinfeld,' 'Star Trek: Voyager,' and most recenly, 'Betty White's Off Their Rockers,' Mr. Herd now shares is love of art in RICHARD HERD's JOURNEY: A Retrospective of his Paintings

The Harry Allen Quartet (Harry Allen, tenor saxophone; Bill Cunliffe, piano; Joel Forbes, bass; Kevin Kanner, drums?) performs with vocalist Hilary Gardner on Sunday, July 5 at 7:30 pm in the ballroom of the Otesaga Resort Hotel in Cooperstown. The concert, part of the 17th season of the Cooperstown Summer Music Festival, features favorites from the Great American Songbook.

Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey presents Don Rickles, Thursday August 6, 2015 at 8PM. Purchase tickets to see "Mr. Warmth" at www.ticketmaster.com or Box Office at 201.227.1030. 

The 2015 'MetroStar Talent Challenge' is extending its deadline for applications to July 4 and adding new mentoring to help competitors up their games during the 7-week contest. The eighth annual edition of the summer tradition runs for seven consecutive Mondays, from July 6 through August 17.  All contestants must certify that they will be available to compete throughout the jury-and audience-voted, elimination-round competition.

Best known to television audiences as "Ralph Malph" of the long-running show "Happy Days," DON MOST brings his 7-piece band to IRIDIUM for one performance only, Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 8pm.

Glen Campbell's extraordinary life and musical legacy are explored in a critically-acclaimed film to be exclusively broadcast on CNN/U.S. tonight, June 28.

Glen Campbell's extraordinary life and musical legacy are explored in a critically-acclaimed film to be exclusively broadcast on CNN/U.S. tonight, June 28.

Today in 1976, the second Broadway revival of Pal Joey opened at the Circle in the SquareTheatre, where it ran for 73 performances. Pal Joey is a musical with a book by John O'Hara (from his novel of the same title) and music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart based on a character and situations O'Hara created in a series of short stories published in The New Yorker. The original 1940 Broadway production was directed by George Abbott and starred Gene Kelly. There have been several revivals since, including a 2008-09 Broadway run, and a 1957 film adaptation starring Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak. The 1976 cast featured: Christopher Chadman (Joey), Harold Gary (Mike), Terri Treas (Kid), Janie Sell (Gladys), and Gail Benedict (Gail).

Outdoor summer entertainment venue Music by the Lake, presented by George Williams College of Aurora University, announces its 15th annual season presenting six artist debuts and a range of musical genres and shows, including American classics, jazz, contemporary rock, comedy for families, pop and classic rock. The season, which includes weekend events from today, June 27 through August 8, features performances for all generations to enjoy.

'The Gospel Tradition: In Performance at the White House' showcases an evening of celebration with President and Mrs. Obama at the White House in honor of gospel music and its profound influence on American music.

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga bring their exciting 'Cheek To Cheek' tour to RAVINIA for two evenings, tonight and tomorrow, June 26/27 at 8 PM.

Beginning July in Las Vegas, The Hollywood Bound Acting Academy will relocate and share space with The Las Vegas Comedy Institute to offer even more workshops and classes at The Studio in Las Vegas, NV.

Junk Rock musicians and current Las Vegas headliners, Recycled Percussion, will be taking their hugely entertaining stage show out of the MGM Grand and over the mountains to be our own hilarious style of human fireworks at the Spencer Theater on Friday, July 3 at 8 p.m.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center announces their exciting 'American Songbook' series of performances for the 2015-2016 Season featuring a star-studded line-up.