Joni Mitchell News

Ange Takats will host her 'Arva' album launch at Sandgate Town Hall tonight, 2 February at 7.30pm. Featuring: Ange Takats + Band (Steve Cook: Mandolin/Banjo, Caroline Trengove: Violin/Vocals, Tim Finnigan: Double Bass).

With the premiere of One Night With Janis Joplin at the Pasadena Playhouse on March 15, writer-director Randy Johnson brings yet another electrifying musical experience to Southern California audiences.

Ryan Innes, who gained even more fans after his win at the 2012 Stadium of Fire talent contest, will bring his live show to a much more intimate venue when he performs at the SCERA Center for the Arts Feb. 9 and share the music he calls "fat and sassy."

The DUKES OF HAZZARD star has a new CD and a concert date at 54 BELOW.

International songstress Ana Moura announces her fifth studio album and Decca debut, Desfado. She has emerged as one of Portugal's leading voices of traditional Fado (which means "fate") with her mesmerizing interpretations of her country's soulful answer to the blues. To coincide with the release, Moura will embark on a North American tour taking her through major cities such as San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Washington DC, Minneapolis and more, kicking off February 28th (see dates below).

Each week Joe's Pub at The Public presents some of New York City's most eclectic programming ranging from world to classical, pop, singer-songwriter, jazz and more. At the center of Joe's Pub's genre-blind booking is The Public Theater's mission to bring world-class performance to New York City's diverse cultural community.

Tras el éxito de las dos anteriores giras Jazz in Blue por España, grandes artistas de jazz vuelven a España en 2013 para actuar en la tercera edición de este festival itinerante, en el que Jason Moran, Chuchito Valdés, Madeleine Peyroux y José James estarán desde febrero a mayo pisando escenarios de ciudades como Madrid, Barcelona, A Coruña, Valencia y San Sebastián.

Coming up this week, 54 BELOW, the performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, will present the following acts.

Live at The RRazz, San Francisco's premier nightclub, presents acclaimed vocalist CURTIS STIGERS and his band for two shows only, continuing tonight, January 16 at 8:00 PM. The show opened last night, and BroadwayWorld has pictures from the performance below!

Molly Holm has been a visionary presence on the Bay Area music scene-as an original member of Bobby McFerrin's Voicestra, as a featured singer with Terry Riley and Zakir Hussain, as a Mills College adjunct faculty member-for more than three decades. Her far-ranging artistic pursuits, however, have not included recording an album of her own-until now. Holm's overdue and highly anticipated debut, 'Permission,' showcases her unique, fully-formed jazz vocal artistry. The CD will be released February 19 on her Rinny Zin imprint.

Ange Takats will host her 'Arva' album launch at Sandgate Town Hall on Saturday 2 February at 7.30pm. Featuring: Ange Takats + Band (Steve Cook: Mandolin/Banjo, Caroline Trengove: Violin/Vocals, Tim Finnigan: Double Bass).

Live at The RRazz, San Francisco's premier nightclub, presents acclaimed vocalist Curtis Stigers and his band for two shows only tonight, January 15 and the 16th at 8:00 PM.

Direct from a sold out season at New York's prestigious 54 Below, the Tony Award nominated Broadway star Sherie Rene Scott brings her acclaimed show, Piece of Meat - one of Time Out New York's Best of 2012 - to the London Hippodrome for three nights only in a strictly limited run from Thursday 21st to Saturday 23rd February 2013.

The Bay Area's trailblazing and internationally acclaimed women's vocal ensemble, Kitka, is pleased to announce New Folksongs from Within, an original program featuring two world premieres conceived and created for the ensemble by two of Kitka's own vocalists, Janet Kutulas and Elizabeth Setzer. Kutulas's Iron Shoes is centered around the heroines of three separate Eastern European fairytales. Iron Shoes will be presented as a concert version of what will eventually be a fully-staged folk opera. Setzer's Apple Blossoms and Brine is a song cycle about the timeless experiences of love and heartbreak, loss and celebration. New Folksongs from Within takes place at Oakland's intimate new concert venue, the Piedmont Piano Company in Oakland, California, Friday, March 8 through Sunday, March 10, 2013.

Come celebrate the first year of Shadowbox Live's newest variety of productions with The Best of Stage 2, opening Wednesday, January 23rd at The Shadowbox Live Building, 503 S. Front Street.

Live at The RRazz, San Francisco's premier nightclub, presents acclaimed vocalist Curtis Stigers and his band for two shows only on January 15 and 16 at 8:00 PM. Stigers will perform selections from his latest album Let's Go Out Tonight from Concord Records - produced by Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock, Tracy Chapman) - featuring songs by Bob Dylan, Richard Thompson, Steve Earle, Wilco, Neill Finn and more. He broke on the scene in the mid-90's with Top 10 hits 'I Wonder Why,' 'You're All That Matters To Me' and '(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding,' which was on the 45x platinum-selling soundtrack to 'The Bodyguard.'

Tony Award-winning Idina Menzel is in a class of performers who simply defy description. She has an extraordinary quality that must be experienced up close and personal, for it's not only the tremendously dynamic voice that impresses but a wildly disarming charisma that holds you spellbound. On New Year's Eve her 7:00 pm show at the Walt Disney Concert Hall lasted about 90 minutes, but seemed to fly by in a flash.

By the last August, I had fallen so far behind on writing reviews of cabaret shows from the spring and early summer (I guess it's a positive when there are more performers and shows in New York than days in the week) that I decided to play catch up by combining a bunch of critiques into one big column. I hadn't planned on doing that again, but this fall there were so many shows that once again I couldn't keep up. but at least I've beaten my self-imposed deadline New Year's Eve deadline of posting these reviews of 12 shows, all staged between September-December by lovely, attractive women (okay, so one is a gender-bender) of varying talents and levels on the cabaret depth chart, from established stars to MAC and Bistro Award-winners to comeback 'kids' to interesting beginners and occasional performers who are in the game to follow their bliss. Whether their performances were rave-worthy, earning of qualified praise, or not quite up to snuff, they all deserve kudos for taking the plunge.