Tony-nominated Norm Lewis performs some of Broadway's best on Friday, February 15, at Adelphi's Performing Arts Center (PAC). Lewis' impressive career spans the stage, television and film.
Today, the Recording Academy's Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion announced an unprecedented new initiative that aims to expand opportunities for female music producers and engineers. The Producer & Engineer Inclusion Initiative is the inaugural action of a larger strategy to address gender inequity in the music industry. According to a 2018 USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative study, only 2 percent of music producers and 3 percent of engineers/mixers across popular music are women. This initiative is the first step in a broader effort to improve those numbers and increase diversity and inclusion for all in the music industry.
UNITED SKATES, An Intimate Look At The Underground African-American Subculture Of Roller Skating, Debuts Feb. 18
The Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) 33rd MAC Awards will be held tomorrow night at Sony Hall in New York City.
On February 4th, Sons of Serendip will compete on “America's Got Talent: The Champions”, the franchise that catapulted the band to world-wide notoriety in 2014 as 'America's Got Talent' finalists and fan favorites. The genre-defying group will also kick off a 2019 tour and release a new original single, “Love You Still”, on February 14th. The tour - which began with a packed house at Joe's Pub in NYC this month - is followed by over 40 U.S. concerts from coast to coast, through May (see dates below). This month the group also begins a residency with Boston area students in a series of performances and master classes based on themes from Angie Thomas' The Hate U Give.
On February 4th, Sons of Serendip will compete on “America's Got Talent: The Champions”, the franchise that catapulted the band to world-wide notoriety in 2014 as 'America's Got Talent' finalists and fan favorites. The genre-defying group will also kick off a 2019 tour and release a new original single, “Love You Still”, on February 14th. The tour - which began with a packed house at Joe's Pub in NYC this month - is followed by over 40 U.S. concerts from coast to coast, through May (see dates below). This month the group also begins a residency with Boston area students in a series of performances and master classes based on themes from Angie Thomas' The Hate U Give.
Producer, composer, keyboardist and vocalist, Sergio Mendes is one of the most internationally successful Brazilian artists of all time. His hit single 'Mas Que Nada' is the first Portuguese language song to ever hit Billboard's U.S. Pop chart and Mendes' signature mix of bossa nova and samba and distinctive pop instrumentation have ultimately come to define Brazilian music.The McCallum Theatre and Jim "FITZ" Fitzgerald co-present Sergio Mendes today, January 23, at 8:00pm as part of the Fitz's Jazz Cafe at the McCallum series.
DAWN (fka D∆WN/Dawn Richard) will release her remarkable new album entitled new breedthis Friday, but the album can be streamed early now exclusive via NPR First Listen. “On new breed, she blends pop ballads, with hip-hop and R&B, but also crushes up elements of Afrobeat and '70s-style, funk-flavored guitar to sprinkle on top,” says NPR of new breed. which DAWN co-produced herself and follows her acclaimed trilogy of solo albums. NPR continues, “with new breed, DAWN waves a flag for the weirdness of black girls while once again asserting herself as a musical chameleon capable of an elegantly executed audible middle finger.” This record sees the electronic R&B innovator at her most eclectic, drawing on a wide range of influences, namely from her hometown of New Orleans, alongside contributions from the likes of Cole M.G.N, Kaveh Rastegar (John Legend, Sia) and Hudson Mohawke. Listen to the album HERE and pre-orderit, out Friday on Local Action Records/Our Dawn Ent, HERE.
By overwhelming demand, a second show has been added for Raffi at The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts on Saturday, June 1 at 4 pm. Tickets are now on sale.
Citi Sound Vault, the ultra-exclusive live music experience - only for Citi cardmembers - is returning to Los Angeles during one of the biggest weeks in music, traditionally only open to industry insiders. From February 7-10, Citi Sound Vault, powered by Live Nation, will once again bring music's biggest artists known for selling out arenas and stadiums - including
Carrie Manolakos stars in the title role of this first-look benefit performance of IRENA, a new musical by Megan Cavallari (The Game, Hot Shoe Shuffle) and Kait Kerrigan (The Mad Ones, The Bad Years), directed by Jonah Platt (Dog Sees God) at Temple Emanuel Beverly Hills on January 26th (7pm) & 27th (1pm). Proceeds from the event will go toward the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust.1
John The Blind marks the latest solo endeavor by songwriter/producer John Henry Ryan II. Arriving today via Atlantic Records is his infectious falsetto-driven debut release “Two Months,” anchored by gentle piano plinks and juxtaposed with staccato electro stabs. Self-produced and penned, the autobiographical piece was inspired by a long-distance relationship's eight-week intense period of uncertainty.
DAWN (fka D∆WN/Dawn Richard) will release her remarkable, self co-produced new recordnew breed on January 25th, and today she shares another single from the album entitled“Sauce.”
Pod Save America is hitting the road again to have live, no-nonsense conversations about politics, the press, and the nightmare that is the Trump presidency. The tour is called Pod Tours America because they think that's clever. Public on-sale is Friday, January 18th at 10am. Ticket will be available online at Live-at-the-Eccles.com, calling 801-355-2787 or visiting the Eccles Theater Box Office (Mon-Fri 10am-6pm & Sat 10am-2pm). The George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Theater is located at 131 Main Street in Salt Lake City.
Last night, the Critics' Choice Awards were announced. Taking home the top prize of Best Picture was Roma. Also, in a surprising turn of events, both Lady Gaga and Glenn Close took home the award for Best Actress, for A Star is Born and The Wife, respectively.
Teknopolis, BAM's interactive digital arts showcase returns for its third year, offering the latest in technology-fueled arts, Feb 23-Mar 10
Baltimore Center Stage is thrilled to announce Grammy-nominated Broadway actress Syndee Winters will be in concert on Saturday February 9, 2019 in the Pearlstone Theater for a one-night-only special performance of her album Syndee Winters: Lessons >From a Lady, a musical love letter to American icon Lena Horne. Thanking her for her journey and sacrifice in her professional and personal life, Winters weaves stories and highlights the parallels of the life of Ms. Horne with those of her own professional and personal journey while infusing a beautiful interpretation of the standards Horne made famous, including "Yesterday, When I Was Young," and the iconic song from the 1970's film The Wiz, "Believe in Yourself."
Children's and youth choirs from across the country are being given the opportunity to perform alongside Royal wedding gospel singers The Kingdom Choir on their UK tour.
Producer Stephen Gabriel/Work Light Productions released today a music video in anticipation of the 50th Anniversary North American tour of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic musical Jesus Christ Superstar. The Olivier Award-winning production first premiered in 2016 at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in London. The North American tour launches in Austin, TX in the fall of 2019 and celebrates fifty epic years since the original rock opera concept album release that began this musical theatre phenomenon.
Added to the all-star lineup, GRAMMY Award® winner Smokey Robinson will pay special tribute to his childhood friend, Aretha Franklin, at 'Aretha! A GRAMMY Celebration For The Queen Of Soul.' Honoring his lifelong friend with a special appearance, he joins previously announced performers Yolanda Adams, Shirley Caesar, Alessia Cara, Brandi Carlile, Chloe X Halle, Kelly Clarkson, Common, Celine Dion, H.E.R., Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Patti LaBelle, Janelle Monáe, SZA, and BeBe Winans. Actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry will host the unforgettable night.
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