Stevie Wonder News

On Saturday July 27, 2013, SummerStage will present LIANNE LA HAVAS, LP, QUADRON and DJ sets by DJ CENTER in a FREE SHOW at Central Park, Manhattan. Recommended Arrival Time: 5:30pm. Showtime: 7:00 PM - 10:00PM.

MOTOWN, THE NANCE, and THE LION KING are set to hold performances to benefit the Actors Fund on July 28, July 31, and August 11 respectively. For tickets, visit: http://www.actorsfund.org/.

Multi-Grammy winning singer-songwriter India.Arie has announced dates for her highly anticipated Soulbird Presents A SongVersation with India.Arie 2013 North American tour

MUSE/IQUE, known for its counter-conventional performances that feel more like parties than formal concerts, continues 'Summer of Sound' 2013 with 'Moving Pictures' featuring groundbreaking cellist Matt Haimovitz and Emmy Award-winning actress Wendie Malick ('Hot in Cleveland') in a fresh take on motion picture scores by Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith, Vangelis, Ennio Morricone, John Williams, Claude-Michel Schönberg and Erich Korngold as well as the world premiere of Sleepwalking, a concerto for cello and chamber orchestra with images by Peter Golub, prolific composer and director of Sundance's Film Music Program, on Saturday, July 27, 2013, 7:30 pm, outdoors at Caltech's Beckman Mall in Pasadena.

The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall is geared up and ready for its second Friday Fest of the summer, on Friday, July 19, from 5-9pm. Playing the perfect mix of bluesy rock with a touch of soul, Kettle of Fish have become a staple of the Sarasota live music scene. If you like Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, Robert Cray, BB King, Stevie Wonder, The Allman Brothers, the Grateful Dead, or Eric Clapton, you will love Kettle of Fish. Be sure to bring a blanket or chair, and a good pair of dancing shoes, or feet! There will be local vendors with food and drink for sale, so bring your appetites as well. Vendors will include: Mattison's On The Bay, J&J Bar-B-Que, Snack It To Me!, Tasty Takeout, TCBY, SRQ Pizza, Suncoast Food Trucks, Sweet Doctors, and Lemonbar.

Multi Grammy winning singer/songwriter India.Arie has announced dates for her highly anticipatedSoulbird Presents A SongVersation with India.Arie 2013 North American tour set to kick off Saturday, September 21st in Seattle, WA. The multi-city trek will include stops in major North American cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and New York.

Pagliaccio, the new single from Barbarossa, aka Londoner James Mathé, is set for release on Memphis Industries on August 19, 2013. It's taken from his new album,Bloodlines, out August 6.

EVOLUTION OF LOVE tells a traditional love story with some of music's most loved songs. Bret Shuford and Missy Schmotzer use popular songs from all genres, including songs from Carrie Underwood, "Footloose," Shania Twain, "Dirty Dancing," Cole Porter, Stevie Wonder, Sheena Easton and more, to explore the ups and downs of falling (and staying) in love! This one night only musical evening will be performed on July 30 at 7:00 pm at Stage72 (formerly The Triad), 158 West 72nd Street. Tickets are $20 with a two-drink minimum. For tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.brownpapertickets.com/event/408501.

LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS brought back the always hilarious TROUBADOUR THEATER COMPANY and their smash-hit, critically-acclaimed A MIDSUMMER SATURDAY NIGHT'S FEVER DREAM, directed by Matt Walker, this weekend, with performances running July 12 through today. Check out a look back at the opening night below!

Summer Guitar Fest will be presented on Sunday, July 28, 2013 at 7:00 pm.

HSC presents its annual gala fundraiser in a most spectacular way! Join the theatre on the private grounds of Waterbury Farm in Armonk- a stunning Tudor estate overlooking the Kensico Reservoir tonight, July 13, 2013.

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), the leading global music rights organization that represents more than 600,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in all genres of music and more than 7.5 million works, is partnering with New York real estate company Silverstein Properties, Inc. to host the 3rd annual concert series of free summer music performances in the park in front of Silverstein Properties' 7 World Trade Center (located at 250 Greenwich St.) in downtown Manhattan. The music festival, known as '7@7' is taking place on seven Fridays from July 12th through August 23rd, at 12:00 p.m. with an eclectic lineup of talented performers taking to the BMI stage.

The Global Poverty Project, in proud partnership with the Cotton On Foundation, announced the 2013 Global Citizen Festival a free ticketed concert on the Great Lawn of New York's iconic Central Park will take place on September 28, 2013 with Stevie Wonder, Kings of Leon, Alicia Keys, and John Mayer.

The Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts (SBCPA) presents the 2013/2014 Granada Theatre Concert Series, an exciting series of performances featuring family-friendly shows and popular contemporary artists, sponsored in part by Lexus and the Santa Barbara Independent. This season, The Granada Theatre will be celebrating 90 years of music and entertainment gracing the historic theater's stage. The SBCPA, Santa Barbara's leading performing arts non-profit organization, will also collaborate with The Granada Theatre's resident companies on an outstanding line-up of performing arts accessible to the entire Santa Barbara community and beyond. This highly anticipated 90th Anniversary season will be one to remember, bringing exciting world-class talent to The Granada Theatre's stage.

Take a stroll down memory lane to relive the incredible harmonies and smooth moves made famous by such legendary recording artists as The Temptations, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross and The Supremes and many more. Centenary Stage Company's Jammin' in July Summer Concert Series welcomes the Masters of Motown to the Sitnik Theatre on Saturday, July 20th at 8 pm in the David and Carol Lackland Center at 715 Grand Avenue in Hackettstown.

Warren has created this CD, using new technology to create a fusion of styles called 'Harmolodic Adventure,' produced by Ornette Coleman bassist, Al MacDowell.

Internationally celebrated baritone Josh Groban recently released the second single from his stupendous new studio album ALL THAT ECHOES, a cover of the 1972 Stevie Wonder classic 'I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)' and he now takes fans behind the scenes of the music video shoot in a new promotional featurette.

The Sony Centre For The Performing Arts is rolling out it's 2013.2014 program with a special Black History Month tribute that includes performances by the DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM, a leading dance institution of unparalleled global acclaim, andSoweto Gospel Choir, South Africa's two-time Grammy and Emmy Award-winning choir.

Singer, songwriter and guitarist extraordinaire Gary Clark Jr. will headline the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem on November 14th.

"The Hebrew Hillbilly", written by and performed by singer-songwriter Shelley Fisher in a one-woman cabaret style concert at a 2 PM matinee performance today, July 7th at Arthur Newman Theatre in The Joslyn Center Theater in Palm Desert. The show chronicles Ms. Fisher's Hollywood odyssey that begins in the heart of the Mississippi Delta in her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. Shelley grew up surrounded by Rockin' Roll, Blues, and Bar B Que with a flamboyant but very Jewish mother who frowned on her dating the local redneck boys. But that never stopped her dreams from an early age of being a Hollywood star and she has been singing since before she could walk.