Jeff Campbell News

Legendary music veteran Todd Rundgren will bring his 50 years of experience at the cutting edge of the music industry and his Spirit of Harmony Foundation, which he founded and serves as President, to the Notre Dame community September 22-October 1.

Choosing to mount Arthur Miller's enduring classic, The Crucible, can be tricky business. The timeless masterpiece is a well-known, beloved staple of the stage and literature, though its very familiarity often makes it difficult to bring any new insights to the piece. Nonetheless, Portland Players takes on that challenge and manages to mount a stirring, fresh account of Miller's tragedy.

hose players happen to be the members of his tightly-knit working quartet, who appear on his outstanding new CD 'Focus.' Origin Records will release the disc, Wojciechowski's first for the label, today, September 18.

Lyric Music Theater of South Portland presents a rollicking production of Stephen Sondheim's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, enlivened by the excellent performances of its leads, the cheeky choreography of Victoria Perreault, and the fast-paced direction of Mary Meserve and John Blanchette.

Guitar Center has announced Memphis native Lanita Smith as the winner of the fourth annual Guitar Center Singer-Songwriter artist discovery program.

Off-Center's LIVED/RE-LIVED, the live realization of true Denver stories in collaboration with The Narrators, will play The Jones tonight, March 7 and March 14 and 21. Doors open at 8pm and the show starts at 8:30pm

Off-Center's LIVED/RE-LIVED, the live realization of true Denver stories in collaboration with The Narrators, will play The Jones March 7, 14 and 21. Doors open at 8pm and the show starts at 8:30pm

On this edition of 'In Focus', host Eden Lane continues with Part 2 of her interview with the creators of the provocative new play 'Who Killed Jiggaboo Jones?' a satirical examination of the 'Hip-hop Industrial Complex'. Emmy Award winner donnie l. betts and performance artist Jeff Campbell go 'Behind the Black-face' to learn about the characters, the structure of the piece, and the creators intent. Click below to watch the interview!

On this edition of 'In Focus', host Eden Lane meets Emmy Award winner Donnie L. Betts and performance artist and writer Jeff Campbell to learn about their provocative theater project, 'Who Killed Jigaboo Jones?', a satirical examination of the 'Hip-hop Industrial Complex'. Click below to watch the interview!

In a brand new teaser clip released in advance of the debut of Who Killed Jigaboo Jones?, playwright Jeff Campbell introduces us to Lefty Caruso, the vampire. Caruso represents all that is wrong with the industry. A character who feeds off the life and creativity of others in order to sustain himself, this archetype is found all throughout hip-hop. Caruso mentions some of his favorite 'jigs' with tongue and cheek verbal brutality, mentioning Chief Keef, Kanye West, and Wu-Tang Clan's Ol' Dirty Bastard. Of the latter Caruso expresses that ODB 'was my favorite Wu-Tang member cause he was a real jig.' Watch below!

Officers Jeff Campbell, Syler Thompson, Kenny Tran and Detective Brian Harer of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority SWAT Team discussed the moments leading up to the arrest of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in an interview that was broadcast today. Watch the appearance below!

With Shanks on board to produce his EP, and a performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on the horizon, music fans will want to keep their eyes open for Campbell in the coming months.