Tribeca-based company Ballets with a Twist joins the line-up of local entertainment during the New York City Department of Transportation's twelfth annual Summer Streets with a performance of Cocktail Hour: The Show on August 10 at 12pm. The event will take place at the Astor Place Rest Stop stage (Astor Place and Lafayette Street) as part of the first ever Summer Streets Dance Festival.
'Come away' with Norah Jones as she plays the Ampitheater of the Exhibition Park on Dec. 4, 2019.
Whether it's the boom of the double bass, the pulse of the cello or the soulful strains of the guitar, the Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Investment Managers has showcased the best and brightest artists on those instruments, from its inception to this year's edition.
NYC artist Carol C has released her debut solo album, Seven, today on Si*Sé Records.
Hilary Hahn, Norah Jones, Yefim Bronfman, Takács Quartet, Stephen Hough, and Branford Marsalis among headliners over seven weeks of orchestral and family concerts, chamber music, movie nights and more.
Texas singer-songwriter Sarah Jaffe has announced the release of her new companion EPs – This Is Better Part 1 & This Is Better Part 2 – due out July 19th via Kirtland Records. The songs across the two EPs came out of some intense writing sessions with producer and collaborator Aaron Kelley, who Jaffe first connected with to write music for films. The two clicked and started working on songs together. Over the weeks that followed Jaffe dug deep, writing songs that helped her deal with the emotions she was processing as a result of a recent heartbreak she was going through. Originally planning to shop these songs around, Jaffe decided she couldn't part ways and wanted to record them for herself.
The Doudna Fine Arts Center at Eastern Illinois University opens its 2019-20 season with Cocktail Hour: The Show, by New York City-based company Ballets with a Twist, on September 19 and 20. The engagement will feature two different program line-ups drawing on an extensive repertory of theatrical dance cocktails. Throughout the evening, beer, wine, and a special selection of cocktails and mocktails from the program will be available in the main Concourse.
City and Colour, acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Dallas Green, debuts the first official radio single, “Strangers”, from his upcoming album, due this Fall on Green's newly minted Still Records, an imprint of Dine Alone Records. “'Strangers' is about how you will never truly know another human being,” says Green. “You'll never really understand what it's like to be inside someone else's brain or heart. So, we need to appreciate the differences. If we do, maybe we can live better with one another.” The single hinges on a buoyant riff and hummable groove and charges towards a ghostly refrain awash in reverb as Green pleads, “Don't wake me when this is over, just let me drift amidst my dreams.”
Acclaimed Los Angeles singer-songwriter Anna Vogelzang today announces her new album Beacon, due out October 4th, 2019 and available to pre-order now. The title track and first single from Beacon is available now on all digital service providers, here. Beaconmarks the first release from Vogelzang since making her home in Los Angeles, a move that has proven fruitful for the multi-instrumentalist and new mother. Preparing for the third installment of the month-long Salon Residency at the Bootleg Theatre, an event that was born from a weekly co-writing night that Vogelzang co-founded with guitarist Adam Levy (Norah Jones, Vulfpeck), Vogelzang can be seen performing new songs from Beacon at the upcoming and final night of the residency on Monday June 24th, 2019 with special guest performances from Sarah Watkins, Leslie Stevens, AO Gerber, Abby Gerber and more. More information can be found here.
Come away with Norah Jones as she concludes her 2019 Day Breaks concert tour at Bear Tooth Theatre Aug. 2-3.
City and Colour (AKA acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Dallas Green), debuts a new song, “Astronaut,” today. “Astronaut” is the first original music from City and Colour in almost four years and will be featured on his upcoming LP to be released this Fall on Green's newly minted Still Records, an imprint of Dine Alone Records. “I always think of the relationships in my life that have been fractured because I ended up doing what I do for a living,” says Green regarding the inspiration for the new song. “I'm always gone, wandering around and singing songs. However, it weighs on my family and friends. I'm asking for 'one more year'. I left home at 21 to go play my guitar. It's lonely, but it's because I yearn to wander. I'm aware of how lucky I am.”
Although she turns 80 years old this July, the legendary vocalist Mavis Staples shows no sign of slowing down. Today she is thrilled to release her 12th studio album, We Get By, which features songs written and produced by multi-Grammy award-winner Ben Harper; watch the album's trailer HERE.
Midem, the home of the global music community, today announces two additional, inspiring keynote speakers, Rebeca León (manager of Juanes, Rosalía, J. Balvin) and Marsha Vlasic (agent to Neil Young, Elvis Costello, PJ Harvey) for the 53rd conference, June 4-7 in Cannes.
This August, as part of its inaugural season, the Avenel Performing Arts Center presents Cocktail Hour: The Show, by New York City-based company Ballets with a Twist.
The New York Guitar Festival and Arts Brookfield will present “Memphis Minnie: In Search of the Hoodoo Lady,” a free, outdoor concert celebrating the life and music of influential blues guitarist Memphis Minnie. The Saturday, June 1st, 7pm event will be held at Brookfield Place's Waterfront Plaza in lower Manhattan.
Due to unforeseen production issues, Mavis Staples' new album We Get By will now be released on May 24; you can pre-order the album HERE.
Grammy Nominated and Academy of Country Music award winner Lacy J. Dalton shows no sign of slowing down as she hits the road this summer, taking her music across the country. “What started off as a couple of shows, has turned into eighteen cities in seven states,” says Lacy J. “I am so excited to bring my music to my fans. I love to meet new people, and with my new project, Scarecrow, there is a lot of excitement happening right now for me.”
As the 40th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal approaches, the city gets ready to celebrate! It marks the return of music to the streets, massive festive gatherings and fun in the downtown core, magical musical discoveries and events you simply can't miss! In other words - a memorable Montreal summer!
“I'm the messenger,” Mavis Staples says on the eve of her 80th birthday. “That's my job—it has been for my whole life—and I can't just give up while the struggle's still alive. We've got more work to do, so I'm going to keep on getting stronger and keep on delivering my message every single day.”
The Madison Square Garden Company announced today that Tedeschi Trucks Band will return to the Beacon Theatre for six nights in 2019 as part of their multi-year, dual city residency at The Madison Square Garden Company venues, one of the company's most unique bookings to date. The 2019 Beacon Theatre shows will be presented by Live Nation and will take place on September 27 and 28, and October 1, 2, 4 and 5. Tickets for all six shows will go on sale on Friday, April 12 at 10:00AM. One dollar from each ticket sold will be donated, via Tedeschi Trucks Band, to the Kofi Burbridge Music Matters Fund.
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