Grace Jones News

Azealia Banks will be bringing her debut album “Broke With Expensive Taste” to life and will be hitting the road this spring with select tour dates across North America and Europe.

Coming up this week, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, 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.

Adam Enright's GOOD BITCH GOES DOWN to play Joe's Pub tonight, January 31st at 9:30pm.

This February and March 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.

Audra Isadora: The Songs of Grace Jones will play 54 Below on February 3, 2015 at 9:30 pm. Doors open at 8:45 pm. There is a $25-35 cover charge, with premiums at $60, and a $25 food and beverage minimum.

Adam Enright's GOOD BITCH GOES DOWN to play Joe's Pub on Saturday, January 31st at 9:30pm.

Choreographers Catarina Carvalho (Wayne McGregor | Random Dance) and Nina Kov (Place Prize semi-finalist 2012) with guest choreographer Michael-John Harper (Wayne McGregor | Random Dance) have been working to investigate the resilience of touch in an age where people are surrounding themselves with technology. The resulting full-length piece integrates dance with live musical performances from Mercury Music Prize nominee Leafcutter John, and Max Baillie, the leading instrumentalist of his generation. Thus, Vuong 10 is a contemporary music concert as well as a contemporary dance piece, serving an engaging experience for fans of both genres.

Since the release of her debut album "Pure Heroine," multi-platinum Grammy Award winning Lorde has continued to raise the bar with her chart topping music and sold out shows across the globe.

This large-format deluxe hardback book features the amazing artwork of thousands of disco record cover designs from the 1970s up to the mid-1980s. Together, the record cover designs gathered here create a unique visual history of disco culture. Featuring more than 2,000 album cover designs (including hundreds of full-size covers) as well as over 700 12-inch sleeves, this book is truly an encyclopedic document of disco music and the industry and culture attending it. In addition to the visual documents from the era, the book includes interviews with a number of important disco figures such as Mel Cheren (West End Records), Henry Stone (TK Records), Ken Cayre (Salsoul), Marvin Schlachter (Prelude) and Tom Moulton, as well as histories, biographies and discographies of all the major disco record companies, plus sections on roller disco sleeves, disco instruction albums, 12-inch sleeves and a scrapbook of disco ads. Among the many musicians featured here are Bohannon, James Brown, Jocelyn Brown, Cerrone, Dennis Coffey, Donna Summer, Chic, Fatback Band, Gino Soccio, Giorgio Moroder, Gloria Gaynor, Grace Jones, Isaac Hayes, Kool and the Gang, DC LaRue, Loleatta Holloway, MFSB, Ohio Players, Salsoul Orchestra and The Trammps. This is the latest volume in Soul Jazz's deluxe series of books featuring full-size reproductions of record cover art designs. It is compiled and edited by Disco Patrick and Patrick Vogt, editors of the book Disco Patrick Presents: The Bootleg Guide to Disco Acetates, Funk, Rap and Disco Medleys.

The highly anticipated soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 [Republic Records] is available for purchase today! Curated by 18-year old Grammy Award winning artist Lorde, who also contributed to 4 tracks on the album, the album features unforgettable collaborations from artists including Stromae, Pusha T, Q-Tip, Haim, CHVRCHES, Tove Lo,Charli XCX, Simon Le Bon, Major Lazer feat. Ariana Grande, Raury, Grace Jones a special Kanye West rework of Lorde's already released hit single 'Yellow Flicker Beat', and more.

Today, Lorde has revealed the video for her new track "Yellow Flicker Beat.' The Grammy Award winning artist not only contributed four tracks to the soundtrack for the forthcoming The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

The Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing will celebrate its eighth annual GRAMMY Week event honoring three-time GRAMMY winner Nile Rodgers for his commitment to excellence and ongoing support for the art and craft of recorded music.

Mary Gatchell will be performing her great music with her NYC band at Leddy Center at Verdant Pastures in Epping, NH, this evening, October 3, at 7:30pm. Mary Gatchell is a dynamic singer, pianist, and composer living in New York City.

Returning to the Buddies stage this Fall, the critically-acclaimed cabaret artist Ryan G. Hinds begins a season-long Residency at Buddies in Bad Times, under the musical direction of Mark Selby. Fabulously exploring everything from Disney villains to Aznavour chansons, Grace Jones tangos, Roy Orbison ballads and the theatre music of Kander & Ebb, this Residency promises grit, glitter, and laughter along with introspection in an intimate venue. For the first time, Hinds? distinctly diva style will be backed by a trio of musicians: Selby on piano, Ross McIntyre on bass and Julian Clarke on percussion.

Mary Gatchell will be performing her great music with her NYC band at Leddy Center at Verdant Pastures in Epping, NH, Friday evening, October 3, at 7:30pm. Mary Gatchell is a dynamic singer, pianist, and composer living in New York City.

Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its shows for the next two weeks, today, July 16 - July 27, 2014. Details below!

Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its shows for the next two weeks, July 16 - July 27, 2014. Details below!

NYC based glam-soul-pop artist Audra Isadora will be taking the stage tonight, July 12th, showcasing her self titled EP with a full instrumental band.Audra's powerful and sultry voice has often been compared to Annie Lennox, as well as David Bowie and Grace Jones, as she pays homage to them with her androgynous style. Audra is a survivor and a fighter to say the least, battling Leukemia at the young age of 7, she uses her music as proof to herself that not only could she 'survive, but rise above' her struggles.

NYC based glam-soul-pop artist Audra Isadora will be taking the stage Saturday July 12th, showcasing her self titled EP with a full instrumental band.

Joe's Pub at the Public Theater has announced its shows, running July 9 - 20, 2014. Details below!