Pickathon is pleased to announce the lineup for 2018, the music festival's 20th year. Among those appearing will traditional Cajun music's most determinedexperimenters, Lost Bayou Ramblers who won a Grammy Award for 'Best Regional Roots Rock Album' for their latest release, Kalenda. Celebrated as the best independent event for discovering new music, Pickathon prides itself on its emphasis on diversity and inclusivity, noted in 2017 as one of the most unique and gender-neutral festivals in the US. Taking place August 2nd through 5th on Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, OR, the 2018 lineup will bring together artists of all genders and varied cultural backgrounds from more than a dozen countries spanning the genres of rock, folk, experimental, jazz, and beyond.
FIELD REPORT, the Wisconsin-based quartet founded and fronted by Chris Porterfield, have announced their new album, SUMMERTIME SONGS, to be released on March 23rd on Verve Forecast, part of Verve Label Group.
Following last week's announcementof new album Heart Like a Levee (out everywhere October 7 on Merge Records), Hiss Golden Messenger share details of their world tour, beginning October 14 in Asheville, NC. It will see Hiss Golden Messenger creative force M.C. Taylor and his band travel throughout North America before playing shows in the UK and Europe in December.
Touring in support of the album, she kicks off her fall tour September 10, opening for Chatham County Line at Back Porch Music Series on the American Tobacco Campus in Durham, NC.
Touring in support of the album, she kicks off her fall tour September 10, opening for Chatham County Line at Back Porch Music Series on the American Tobacco Campus in Durham, NC.
Z2 Entertainment will present Blind Boys of Alabama to the Boulder Theater on Thursday, December 5th, 2013. Tickets go on sale to the public on Friday, August 23rd, 2013 at 10:00 am for $25.00 general admission seated, $30 reserved and $40 gold circle.
Sony Masterworks announces the release of the Blind Boys of Alabama's new album, I'll Find a Way, produced by Justin Vernon (of Bon Iver) and available on October 1 st, 2013.
GSN announces the launch of 'The American Bible Challenge Bible Study' -- a 10-week Bible Study hosted by author and television producer Phil Cooke. THE AMERICAN BIBLE CHALLENGE, a studio-based game show hosted by author and comedian Jeff Foxworthy in which contestants compete based on their knowledge of the Bible, returns for a 2nd season on Thursday, March 21st at 9:00pm ET/PT on GSN.
Mrs. Warren's Profession premieres Friday, November 18th at 8pm at the Ridgefield Theater Barn. The play, by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Larry Schneider and produced by Cheryl Boyd, features Phil Cook, Jenny Gantwerker, Judith Kealey, Richard Zane Ross, Stephen Saxton, and Pat Spaulding.
Mrs. Warren's Profession premieres Friday, November 18th at 8pm at the Ridgefield Theater Barn. The play, by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Larry Schneider and produced by Cheryl Boyd, features Phil Cook, Jenny Gantwerker, Judith Kealey, Richard Zane Ross, Stephen Saxton, and Pat Spaulding.
Tuesday, November 1st Celebrating the recent release of her fourth studio album, Metals, Canadian singer-songwriter Feist stops by Studio A to talk to The Alternate Side's Russ Borris before her concert atBAM on November 2nd.
The new DC area theatre season begins in September. Over 50 shows are opening in our professional and community theatres. But before we move on to the new season and what's opening in September, let's look back at my personal favorite musicals, plays, and performances in both musicals and plays in the DC area - from August 2010 to August 2011.
The Country Girl tells the story of faithful, devoted Georgie Elgin, her alcoholic has-been actor husband, and the producer who offers him an opportunity to resurrect his career.
THE COUNTRY GIRL will end its run at the Avalon Theatre Company on May 2nd. Georgie Elgin has suffered long years of devotion to actor husband, Frank. When Frank is offered what is needed to revive his career - a big role in an important new play, the play's brilliant director believes Georgie is the key to Frank's downfall...until a dynamic incident reveals the country girl's identity and exposes Frank's reality.
Don't let the title fool you...THE COUNTRY GIRL isn't a homespun theatre piece, but a biting, 1950's backstage drama with masterful characterization by Odets at his finest. Georgie Elgin has suffered long years of devotion to actor husband, Frank. When Frank is offered what is needed to revive his career - a big role in an important new play, the play's brilliant director believes Georgie is the key to Frank's downfall...until a dynamic incident reveals the country girl's identity and exposes Frank's reality.
Don't let the title fool you...THE COUNTRY GIRL isn't a homespun theatre piece, but a biting, 1950's backstage drama with masterful characterization by Odets at his finest. Georgie Elgin has suffered long years of devotion to actor husband, Frank. When Frank is offered what is needed to revive his career - a big role in an important new play, the play's brilliant director believes Georgie is the key to Frank's downfall...until a dynamic incident reveals the country girl's identity and exposes Frank's reality.
For December, TheatreWorks New Milford will debut the Holiday comedy SEASON'S GREETINGS by Alan Ayckbourn, a playwright often referred to as 'The British Neil Simon.'
For December, TheatreWorks New Milford will debut the Holiday comedy SEASON'S GREETINGS by Alan Ayckbourn, a playwright often referred to as 'The British Neil Simon.'
For December, TheatreWorks New Milford will debut the Holiday comedy SEASON'S GREETINGS by Alan Ayckbourn, a playwright often referred to as 'The British Neil Simon.'
