Nashville-based singer, songwriter, and celebrated guitarist Patrick Droney has released the official video for “Stand and Deliver.” With a cathedral-size chant and searing blues guitar solo, the breakout track garnered upwards of 100K streams in its first week, landed in the Top 10 on Spotify's U.S. Viral Top 50 chart, and earned Droney a recent performance on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
Renowned guitarist, multi-platinum-selling singer-songwriter, bandleader and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Steve Miller has opened up his voluminous archive of recordings for the first time ever to present a milestone 3CD + DVD box set. WELCOME TO THE VAULT covers Miller's genre-blurring six-decade career over 52 audio tracks, pairing a number of greatest hits and certifiable rock 'n roll classics with 38 previously unreleased recordings that span demos, rehearsals, outtakes, vintage concert performances and 5 newly uncovered original Steve Miller Band songs recorded in the 1960s and 1970s.
Husband and wife duo Ida Mae (Chris Turpin and Stephanie Jean), have released their debut record Chasing Lights. Produced by Ethan Johns and released via Thirty Tigers, Chasing Lights has earned significant acclaim from publications includingRolling Stone Country who dubbed Ida Mae one of '10 New Country and Americana Artists You Need to Know', and Billboard who calls the record '...the culmination of Turpin and Jeans' journey from the alt-rock band Kill It Kid into the country blues of Robert Johnson, Son House, Charley Patton, and others, a musical path that's proven fruitful in a very short time.' NPR's 'All Songs Considered' also featured the new record, noting that '...there's a fiery element to what they do.'
Today, the Orpheum Theatre Group announced the lineup for the 2019-2020 On Stage at the Halloran Centre series. In addition to the 12-part Music Series and 3-part Theatre Series, the On Stage season will introduce two new series - the Songwriters Series and The Orchestra Unplugged symphony series. Tickets for all events are on sale now.
Sophocles' tale of the trauma of war is presented for a contemporary audience with the new adaptation of AJAX by Robert Johnson, Jonathan Graffam and Cast. Post traumatic stress disorder, anger, guilt and the question of how affected the children of war really are explored in this 55 minute work.
Geva Theatre Center's 46th Season concludes with the world premiere of Revival: The Resurrection of Son House, written and directed by Keith Glover, with music by Son House, Billy Thompson and Keith Glover, musical direction by Billy Thompson and choreography by Norwood Pennewell, in the Elaine P. Wilson Stage from May 1 through June 2, 2019.
Running from the 23rd of April to the 4th of May at The Old 505, Burning House are incredibly excited to be touring their bi-lingual production of AJAX to Sydney. Set in the chaos of the mythical Trojan War, AJAX is a powerful, intense experience that crosses cultural boundaries and unites its audience in the shared experience of trauma and grief.
Zak Starkey and Sharna 'Sshh' Liguz, have announced the creation of a new reggae record label, Trojan Jamaica, and a groundbreaking compilation, RED, GOLD, GREEN & BLUE, the details of which will be revealed soon. Today's announcement is heralded by the release of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' 'I Put A Spell On You' performed by Mykal Rose feat. Sly & Robbie, available Friday, March 29 for streaming and download; the track - produced by the legendary Youth (U2, Paul McCartney, The Verve), at Trojan Jamaica Studios in Ocho Rios and featuring a stellar solo from Jamaican guitar great Ernest Ranglin - is accompanied by a new companion visual, streaming now following its exclusive premiere via Rolling Stone.
Carolyn Dorfman Dance, a premiere modern dance company based in New Jersey and New York City, will appear at NJPAC for two performances on Saturday, April 6, at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, April 7, at 3:00 p.m. as part of the Jersey Moves! Festival of Dance Series. The acclaimed company will celebrate more than three decades of work by their founding artistic director and choreographer Carolyn Dorfman in a program entitled "Love Life Dance."
Carolyn Dorfman Dance, a premiere modern dance company based in New Jersey and New York City, will appear at NJPAC for two performances on Saturday, April 6, at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, April 7, at 3:00 p.m. as part of the Jersey Moves! Festival of Dance Series. The acclaimed company will celebrate more than three decades of work by their founding artistic director and choreographer Carolyn Dorfman in a program entitled 'Love Life Dance.'
A ragtag team of newsboys go on strike and take on notorious publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, when the price of "papes" surges and they're hung out to dry. Based on the classic Disney film, this new musical features catchy songs and a posse of newsboy underdogs you can't help but root for.
The critically-acclaimed modern dance ensemble, Carolyn Dorfman Dance, joins with Bugge Ballet and the Union County Performing Arts Center to bring the Second Annual Dance Union Festival to the Hamilton Stage in Rahway on February 1 - 3, 2019.
Poor Until Payday, the new album from The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, has been nominated by the Blues Foundation for Best Blues Rock Album of 2019. Previous recipients of this award include Tedeschi Trucks Band, Johnny Winter, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. The 2019 Blues Music Awards will be held in Memphis, TN on May 9th at the Cook Convention Center.
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band have released a new video for their song 'You Can't Steal My Shine.' Reflecting the positive message of the song, the video features fan, friend, and family-submitted video clips of people 'shining too bright to let their lights be dimmed by negativity or adversity,' and includes NBA star Matt Bonner. “The theme of this song is much bigger than us,' writes the Rev. J. Peyton, 'and we knew that a video for the song would have to extend beyond us. We went to our friends, family and fans and asked for help.'
Like most auditions, the audition for the musical, "Gift of the Magi," at the Players' Ring in Portsmouth brought all manner of actors, some more talented and some less. But when producer and director Deborah Barry looked at the pool of players available to her, she realized she could put together a very special cast.
Hale Center Theater Orem's ANYTHING GOES crew members, aboard the luxury cruise ship or unseen production stowaways, are first-class. The gifted Jennifer Hill-Barlow as director-choreographer deeply impresses and brings brilliance to this classic gem.
Jeremy Lawrence, best-known for creating and starring in several one-man shows which explore Tennessee Williams in the playwright's own words, revives his acclaimed play with music 'LAVENDER SONGS: A QUEER WEIMAR BERLIN CABARET' which features songs performed or written by queer and Jewish kabarettists of the era in English versions by Jeremy Lawrence.