Louis Armstrong News

Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its performances for the next two weeks, November 26 through December 7, 2014. Details below!

You know who I haven't seen on TV lately? That Taylor Swift girl. She used to be a country singer, but she seems to have disappeared from popular culture lately. I wonder what ever happened to her. Well, actually T-Swift is heading back to THE VOICE tonight, this time as a performer. She will reportedly be singing her 'crazy ex-girlfriend' hit 'Blank Space.'

Global superstar KATY PERRY will headline the PEPSI SUPER BOWL XLIX HALFTIME SHOW on NBC in University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona on Sunday, February 1, 2015, it was confirmed last night in an unprecedented multi-media, global announcement.

Birdland Jazz Club is pleased to announce their amazing line-up of talent for December 1 - December 7, 2014, including Eliane Elias, Julie & Julie: Starring Julie Halston and Julie Gold, Barbara Carroll, Victoria Shaw featuring Ramin Karimloo, and more. Details below!

John Schneider and Tom Wopat -- the original stars of 'The Dukes of Hazzard' -- will appear at Barnes & Noble for a special in-store performance and CD signing to celebrate their new album Home for Christmas on Wednesday, December 3 at 7 PM. The special holiday recording, which is currently available from D13 Entertainment in stores and online, commemorates the 35th Anniversary of the iconic TV show.

The Louis Armstrong House Museum presents CoolYule! on Saturday, December 6, 2014 to welcome the holiday season. CoolYule! is the museum's first tree lighting ceremony featuring live jazz with Ben Flocks Trio and holiday treats. CoolYule! is free and open to the public. Downbeat for Ben Flocks Trio begins at 4:00 pm. The tree will be lit at 4:30pm in the Armstrong's Japanese inspired garden.

The Hot Sardines reinvent 'hot jazz' for the 21st century at Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre in Malibu on Thursday, January 15 at 8 p.m.

Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways visits New Orleans this Friday, NOV. 21st. Get a sneak peek below!

Barry Manilow announced today that he is going to "hit the road" and perform concerts across North America ONE LAST TIME!

Jazz fans will have a rare chance to see two celebrated New Orleans jazz icons in the same performance at Harris Center for the Arts in Folsom. The celebrated Preservation Hall Jazz Band and one of New Orleans favorite sons, Allen Toussaint, are touring the United States in a joint tour for the first time ever. Unlike many tour packages, where two artists tour together but perform their own shows, this tour will be a combined show, with lots of interaction between the two legends

Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its performances through the rest of November 2014. Visit www.joespub.com for a complete list of shows and scroll down for more!

The acclaimed Italian Tenor Luciano Lamonarca, established in Westchester County, NY, has been invited by the United Nations Academic Impact as a special performing guest to close the event on global health, that will serve also to celebrate the 4th anniversary of this UN initiative. The event will take place at the United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium today, November 18, 2014, from 10:00am to 1:00pm, and it will be broadcasted on the UN Web TV.

The acclaimed Italian Tenor Luciano Lamonarca, established in Westchester County, NY, has been invited by the United Nations Academic Impact as a special performing guest to close the event on global health, that will serve also to celebrate the 4th anniversary of this UN initiative. The event will take place at the United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium on Tuesday, November 18, 2014, from 10:00am to 1:00pm, and it will be broadcasted on the UN Web TV.

Christopher Marlowe's 1587 epic Tamburlaine, Parts I and II, edited and directed by Olivier Award-winner Michael Boyd and starring John Douglas Thompson, opens Sunday, November 16, at 1:00pm at Theatre for a New Audience, Polonsky Shakespeare Center, 262 Ashland Place.

Birdland Jazz Club has announced its December 2014 schedule, featuring Michael Feinstein with Swingin' Big Band, Eliane Elias, Stacey Kent & Marcos Valle, Daniel Reichard, Erich Bergen,Barbara Carroll, "A Swinging Birdland Christmas" with Klea Blackhurst, Jane Monheit, Jim Caruso & Billy Stritch, and more!

A fanfare of percussion, woodwinds and brass will ring out during a free performance by the College of the Mainland Concert Band Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Building Recital Hall.

Birdland Jazz Club has announced its schedule for November 17-23, featuring The Phantom Band: Celebrating the Music of Joe Henderson, The Marcy & Zina Show, Barbara Carroll, Jane Monheit, Jim Caruso, and Billy Stritch in "Hollywoodland: Songs from the Silver Screen," Native Soul, and more!

The Louis Armstrong House Museum announces 2014 Louie Award recipients! The Louie Award is the museum's annual award presented in honor of dedicated work to preserve and promote the cultural legacy of Louis Armstrong. This year the Louie Award will be bestowed upon Dick Cavett, legendary talk-show host and author; Andrew P. Jackson (Sekou Molefi Baako) Executive Director, Langston Hughes Community Library & Cultural Center in Queens; and Stephen Maitland-Lewis award-winning author and jazz aficionado.

Today, GRAMMY, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning recording artist Barry Manilow celebrates another milestone in his legendary career with his 15 th Top 10 debut on the Billboard Top 200 chart. His new album, MY DREAM DUETS, entered the Billboard Top 200 in the #4 position, and was released on Verve Records.

Entertaining, educating and illuminating. Park City Institute (formerly known as Park City Performing Arts Foundation) presents a dynamic season of eclectic, electrifying, awe-inspiring and internationally acclaimed dancers, musicians, family entertainers, speakers, actors and performance troupes.