Award-winning rhythm and blues singer Bettye LaVette performs songs from her 50 year career, including selections from her latest album, Thankful N' Thoughtful, tonight, March 21 at 10:00 p.m. in Zankel Hall.
Suffering from spring fever? Ballets with a Twist has just the remedy! Join New York City's next-generation dance company for a refreshing batch of cool cocktails at Hamilton Stage on Friday, May 30 and Saturday, May 31 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, June 1 at 3:00 pm.
San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus (SFGMC) joins nearly 400 exceptional self-released and independent label artists, as well as former major label acts named by Music Resource Group (MRG) as Nominees in The 13th Independent Music Awards (The IMAs), the influential awards program for independent bands and fans. SFGMC's original cast recording of 'I Am Harvey Milk' is nominated for 'Best Soundtrack/Cast Recording.' 'I Am Harvey Milk' is an emotional celebration of an American icon. Part choral work, part theater piece, it weaves the story of Harvey Milk's life - from boyhood to his rise as the first openly gay man to hold public office in California and to his untimely assassination.
Sharon Bush, Philanthropist & Founder/Chief Executive Officer of Teddy Share, Arianna Huffington, Chair, President & Editor-in-Chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, and Joan Vail Thorne, playwright and director, were Women's Project Theater's 2014 Women of Achievement, who were inducted at its 29th Annual Gala Celebration at the Mandarin Oriental, 80 Columbus Circle, on Monday, March 10. Veanne Cox and Doug Wamble lead a musical tribute to lyricist Dorothy Fields. Also on hand throughout the evening were presenters David Hyde Pierce and Stanley Zareff. Check out a look back below!
Award-winning multi-instrumentalist Rachael Sage is launching her 11th recording, a four-song EP called NEW DESTINATION in May, on her own label MPRESS Records.
Save big and take advantage of great deals at bergenPAC today, February 28th from 11am-11pm - Be the first to reserve selected seats for only $15.00 for shows including The Straits, Celtic Nights, Cassandra Wilson, Suzanne Vega, Crystal Bowersox, Buckcherry, Queensryche, Little River, Filter, Ed Asner, Rusted Root, Kansas, Bonzo Bash, Molly Hatchet, and Slaughter.
Save big and take advantage of great deals at bergenPAC this Friday February 28th from 11am-11pm - Be the first to reserve selected seats for only $15.00 for shows including The Straits, Celtic Nights, Cassandra Wilson, Suzanne Vega, Crystal Bowersox, Buckcherry, Queensryche, Little River, Filter, Ed Asner, Rusted Root, Kansas, Bonzo Bash, Molly Hatchet, and Slaughter.
Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey presents Suzanne Vega with special guest Ari Hest on Friday, March 21st 2014 at 8PM. Tickets for this exciting show available now at www.ticketmaster.com or call the Box Office at 201.227.1030.
Sharon Bush, Philanthropist & Founder/Chief Executive Officer of Teddy Share, Arianna Huffington, Chair, President & Editor-in-Chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, and Joan Vail Thorne, playwright and director, are Women's Project Theater's 2014 Women of Achievement who will be inducted at its 29th Annual Gala Celebration at the Mandarin Oriental, 80 Columbus Circle, Monday, March 10, at 6:00pm.
Rolling Stone magazine calls 1964 - The Tribute 'the best Beatles tribute on earth!' 1964-The Tribute, has been thrilling audiences around the globe since the early Eighties by taking them on a journey through a quintessential moment in music history that will live forever.
Rolling Stone magazine calls 1964 - The Tribute "the best Beatles tribute on earth!" 1964-The Tribute, has been thrilling audiences around the globe since the early Eighties by taking them on a journey through a quintessential moment in music history that will live forever.
Award-winning rhythm and blues singer Bettye LaVette performs songs from her 50 year career, including selections from her latest album, Thankful N' Thoughtful, on Friday, March 21 at 10:00 p.m. in Zankel Hall.
Music by singer-songwriter and former ballet dancer Rachael Sage has been featured in Lifetime Network's popular reality show "Dance Moms" in the season premiere on January 1st, New Years Day, and will also be featured later in the season.
The South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) today announced the ambitious performance schedule for January - May 2014. From Grammy Award- winners such as Paula Cole to guitar legends including Johnny Winter to a night of comedy with Jay Mohr, SOPAC's 2014 season sates every artistic appetite. With a nod to sounds of Americana, SOPAC serves a heaping of national folk treasures in a robust singer/songwriter concert series. As always, SOPAC welcomes its ongoing Juilliard @ SOPAC classical concert series as well as the Jazz in the LOFT and the Blues in the LOFT series.
On Friday, February 7 at 10:00 p.m., Lake Street Dive brings its mix of soul, folk, and jazz to Zankel Hall as part of the ninth annual WFUV Live at Zankel concert series. The band, composed of drummer Mike Calabrese, bassist Bridget Kearney, vocalist Rachael Price, and trumpet-wielding guitarist Mike "McDuck" Olson will perform original songs from their forthcoming album, Bad Self Portraits, which is to be released on February 18, 2014. The quartet's previous albums have included fresh takes on popular songs (Fun Machine, released in 2012); a live album and concert-film (Live at the Lizard Lounge, released in 2011); and 2010's self-titled debut album of original songs. "It seems the only limitation we have," Kearney explains, "is that we try to make music that we would like listening to."
Rachael Sage returns to the renowned Cafe Carlyle - known for featuring top musical talents such as Woody Allen, Cyndi Lauper and Judy Collins - tonight, November 21st to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of her album 'Public Record'. Her most popular album to date, 'Public Record' contains many fan-favorites by the New York based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who co-produced the album in 2003 with Grammy Winner Andy Zulla (Rod Stewart, Kelly Clarkson).
MAD ABOUT ART, Fountain Gallery's Annual Art Auction and Benefit, will take place on Thursday, November 21, 2013, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, at Cedar Lake, located at 547 West 26th Street in Manhattan. This year's event is “A Black and White Affair,” featuring striking black and white décor; the 500 guests expected to attend are requested to wear black and white cocktail attire. One hundred original artworks will be presented at auction to benefit the member-artists of Fountain Gallery, New York City's premier venue representing artists living with mental illness. Singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega is the special musical guest.
The South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) today announced the ambitious performance schedule for January - May 2014. From Grammy Award- winners such as Paula Cole to guitar legends including Johnny Winter to a night of comedy with Jay Mohr, SOPAC's 2014 season sates every artistic appetite. With a nod to sounds of Americana, SOPAC serves a heaping of national folk treasures in a robust singer/songwriter concert series. As always, SOPAC welcomes its ongoing Juilliard @ SOPAC classical concert series as well as the Jazz in the LOFT and the Blues in the LOFT series.
The 5th annual 30A SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL--set for January 17, 18 and 20, 2014--has announced the initial line-up for the 2014 celebration of singers and songs. Taking place at venues along Florida's scenic Highway 30A and the northwest resort neighborhoods of South Walton, the event will feature performances from such esteemed artists as Kristian Bush (Sugarland), Loudon Wainwright III, Ani DiFranco, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Richard Thompson, Shawn Mullins, Jeffrey Steele, John Gorka, Jonathon Edwards, Mary Gauthier, James McMurtry, Bob Schneider, Glenn Phillips Band, Matthew Sweet, Jeffrey Steele, Jim Lauderdale and Tinsley Ellis, with more to be announced in the coming months.