Regina Spektor News

The New York Pops, led by Music Director Steven Reineke, kicks off its 2018-19 season with Roll Over Beethoven: A Different Kind of Orchestra on Friday, October 19 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. The orchestra is joined by three time "Las Vegas Headliner of the Year" singer Frankie Moreno, plus band and a pair of dancers, for an evening of rock 'n' roll favorites by Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and others. Songs include "Great Balls of Fire," "Jailhouse Rock," "Eleanor Rigby," "Bridge Over Troubled Water," and more.

Spring Awakening alum, singer-songwriter, and actress, Emily Kinney, (The Walking Dead, Masters of Sex) has been hard at work on her new album, 'Oh, Jonathan" out this August. This soulful and authentic artist has poured life experiences relating to love, loss, and growth, into her music that takes listeners on an important journey.

Reggie Watts returns to Australia for AAMI Just For Laughs Sydney as well as shows in Melbourne and Brisbane.

Under the bleachers, Petite Celine realized she had made a horrible mistake. She jotted down some lyrics, rife with teenage angst but brutally honest. Then she set them aside.

Two-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated band The Milk Carton Kids have released their new album, ALL THE THINGS THAT I DID AND ALL THE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T DO, today. The album was streaming in its entirety exclusively via NPR First Listen last week and has been receiving accolades across the board. ALL THE THINGS THAT I DID AND ALL THE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T DO is available now at all DSPs.

Two-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated band The Milk Carton Kids have debuted their hugely anticipated fourth studio album, ALL THE THINGS THAT I DID AND ALL THE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T DO. The album is streaming in its entirety exclusively via NPR First Listen, which wrote, 'the band's core ingredients - not to mention a gift for warm, intricate songcraft - render The Milk Carton Kids practically irresistible.' ALL THE THINGS THAT I DID AND ALL THE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T DO - available for pre-order now at all DSPs - arrives at last on Friday, June 29.

Nowadays, when you go a musical on Broadway or elsewhere, chances are the orchestra isn't in full view. Gone are the days when you were able to look in the orchestra pit and see the musicians. For all you know, they could be playing in a totally different room.

THE GREEN ROOM 42 - Broadway's newest intimate concert venue - has announced the return of Blue Jupiter's "A Cappella Party" on Friday, May 25 at 9:30 PM. Every month, Blue Jupiter's "A Cappella Party" features an evening of a cappella music to that features songs from pop and Broadway, to doo-wop and barbershop. The May edition of Blue Jupiter's "A Cappella Party" celebrates women in a cappella, including special guests Stilletta, Grace McLean, and Martini Glass.

Last night's star-studded event, Backstage at the Geffen, at the Geffen Playhouse grossed more than $1 million for the theater's education, outreach and artistic initiatives. The fundraiser, which recognizes leaders in the artistic community, supports the theater's mission to produce original, quality work and raises funds for its education and community engagement programs, honored legendary stage and screen performer Dick Van Dyke and award-winning composer, lyricist and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda. Comedian Jim Carrey presented the Distinction in Theater Award to Van Dyke and EGOT award-winning actress Rita Moreno presented the Education Impact Award to Miranda.

Regina Spektor's six select tour dates are her only performances worldwide this year and the latest in support of her critically acclaimed release, Remember Us To Life, out now on Sire/Warner Bros. Records. See full list of tour dates below.  

After a long six year wait, New York's Russian born indie iconoclast Regina Spektor will return to Arts Centre Melbourne's Hamer Hall for a special solo performance for one night only on Sunday July 8 - performing songs from her entire career including her breakthrough album Begin to Hope and most recent Remember Us to Life.  

U.S. independent label Wampus Multimedia introduces 'Brutally Honest,' the debut album from NYC-based recording artist Ali Zagame.

Multi-Instrumentalist Fernando Perdomo Goes OUT TO SEA With Debut Instrumental Progressive Rock Album

Upon first listen, Jessie Baylin's new adult friendly children's record Strawberry Wind sounds like a wonderful new Baylin record and her trademark emotive retro-pop vocals shine through. After closer listens, one finds that there's more of a playful, carefree and delightfully childlike sensibility on the tracks that overflow with a sense of joy, wonder, and excitement for life that speaks well to children.

Award-winning singer-songwriter Shaina Taub will independently release her second full-length studio solo album, Die Happy on Tuesday, May 1, 2018. Taub will be previewing songs from the new album at her Joe's Pub show on April 23. Special guest Philipa Soo has just been announced.

The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture (18 Bleecker Street, NYC) continues their live music series, 'Inspirations: Women And Their Muses,' with a one night only event featuring Grace McLean & Them Apples, Friday, April 20 in The Loreto Theater. Tickets are $35 and available at SheenCenter.org, by phone at (212) 925-2812, or in-person at The Sheen Center box office.  

New episodes of Poetry in America will be on public television stations nationwide starting the first week of April and running throughout the Spring.(Check local listings as some stations will debut the series at other times during the spring.)

Award-winning singer-songwriter Shaina Taub will independently release her second full-length studio solo album, Die Happy on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, it was announced today. The album will debut digitally exclusively on Bandcamp in May and will be released widely on all digital platforms later this year. Die Happy is the follow-up to Taub's debut album Visitors, released in 2015. 

Award-winning singer-songwriter Shaina Taub will independently release her second full-length studio solo album, Die Happy on Tuesday, May 1, 2018.

Hinds will release their highly anticipated sophomore album I Don't Run in a few weeks, and today they share the music video for their latest single 'The Club.' To accompany the song that the band explains is 'more Hinds than Hinds themselves,' 'The Club' video finds the Madrid four-piece in snowy Connecticut riding around on snowmobiles, walking on frozen lakes, partying in the ski lodge, and performing on the slopes.