The acclaimed actor died at his home in Dutchess County, NY. (Photo : Jemal Countess/Getty Images) Actor James Earl Jones attends the "The Gin Game" Broadway opening night after party at Sardi's ...
The renowned Broadway show 'Chicago' is about to receive a fresh Latino twist with the arrival of one of the region's biggest music stars: Sebastián Yatra.
The London Philharmonic Orchestra's Under 30s scheme invites you to immerse yourself in the world of classical music with tickets never exceeding £20
The 77th Tony Awards is making history at the iconic David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center. New York City, October 4, 2023 - In a groundbreaking move, the 77th annual Tony Awards is set to grace ...
Get ready to be spellbound! Experience the enchanting melodies and extraordinary talent of the 2023 Gramophone Classical Music Awards winners.
Chicago's arts and culture sector is facing an escalating "crisis" post-pandemic, with no clear path forward, according to a study released on Monday.
For her impressive self-released debut, 20something New York City pianist/composer Tania Stavreva has taken solo piano to rare heights on 'Rhythmic Movement,' 14 tracks of a wildly experimental j...
It's been a rough year. Most of my friends are sticking up their middle finger to 2016, as am I. I can only wonder which heroes of mine will bite the dust in 2017...but that's for another Blogarr...
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Galactic trombonist Corey Henry debuts on Louisiana Red Hot Records with 'Lapeitah.' The eight vocalists, four trumpeters, five saxophonists, two tuba men, four bassists, three keyboardists, four...
Although the Alex Levine Quartet always seems to gravitate 'Towards The Center' (Outside In Music), they veer sharply left toward the end of this all-original 63:40. Levine is an intuitive New Yo...
'The Long Slog' (Browntasauras Records) by Snaggle is a hoot! Like their American counterparts in Snarky Puppy, Canada's Snaggle challenges with its differing tempi, alt-jazz solos, funny song ti...
The songs of French artist Edith Piaf are given new life in 'PIAF! The Show,' starring singer Anne Carrere as the legendary chanteuse. Helmed by writer and director Gil Marsalla, the musical play...
Scott Morgan makes his belated debut to sing his 'Songs of Life' (Miranda Music). It's a heartfelt session that transcends genre with material by Paul McCartney, James Taylor and Sammy Cahn/Julie...
Free Nelson MandoomJazz is a punk-jazz-metal alternative from Scotland who have been freaking people out since 2013's 'The Shape of DoomJazz To Come/Saxophone Giganticus' and their 2014 'Awakenin...
Read our exclusive interview with Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Chris Botti. Botti will be hitting the road with his band this fall, and he plays at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, New Jersey...
Charles Mingus once said he didn't so much as play jazz but express the sounds of his life. Doyle Bramhall II has taken that as his credo. Thus, his first CD in 15 years, 'Rich Man' (Concord) is ...
Singer/songwriter/harmonica man/producer Matthew Skoller left his native New York in 1987 for the blues-drenched history of Chicago and he's been there ever since, soaking it all up, and spewing ...
Shirley Horn was in her prime at 54 when she played the 4 Queens in '88 Vegas. Reveling in the success of her 'I Thought About You' comeback album, she was back on top after a 19-year hiatus to r...
New York City 'bone man Jimmy O'Connell likes to call his group a Sixtet. The transplanted Detroiter blows big on his impressive-as-hell 'Arrhythmia' debut (Outside In Music), where he achieves a...
First thing folks usually think of when they think fusion is jazz/rock and rightly so but Mehmet Ali Sanlikol's Whatsnext? bigband fuses jazz with Turkish folk melodies and classical for a worldb...
Quick. Who's the greatest 1960s guitar hero of them all? Hendrix? Clapton? For my money, it's Michael Bloomfield, the dead Jewish junkie who was so tortured, he had to take heroin just to sleep. ...
'Moonbeam Parade' (Ugly Cat) is Giulia Millanta's fifth and best CD. Born and raised in Italy, she's made Texas her home since 2012, writing 13 songs with the cream of the crop from the bands of ...
Danish singer-songwriter Agnes Obel is preparing to release her third album, 'Citizen of Glass.' The Classical Arts spoke to Obel about the record's first singles, "Familiar" and "Golden Green," ...
The concept of a super-group in this day and age might be overplayed so let us just say that the fifth CD by The Cookers, 'The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart' (Smoke Sessions Records) is one...
Pianist/Composer Harold Lopez-Nussa, 33, may be from Havana Cuba but his 'El Viaje' debut (Mack Avenue) spans the globe in a jazz travelogue accentuated by his longtime piano/bass/drums trio now ...
Scott Tixier, 30, from Montreuil, France, plays the violin. His talented quintet consists of harmonica, piano, bass and drums with guests on congas and sax. His Sunnyside Records release takes on...
It's one thing to be in tribute to an artist, a band or a classic album. It's another thing, and one rarely done if done at all, to be in tribute to a band's fluid changes and personal interplay ...
A meeting of minds, cultures and genres has resulted in the self-titled debut of Opaluna (Ridgeway), a stirring duo combining samba, salsa, rock, folk, swing, modern jazz and world into a cohesiv...
Nowadays, when it comes to swing music, such bands as Svetlana & The Delancey Five and Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks party like its 1939. The self-titled debut by Michael Gamble and the Rhythm ...
If you can imagine a Balkan brass band interpreting The Duke Ellington Orchestra's landmark 1963 'Far East Suite,' than you have an idea of what the New Yorkers in Slavic Soul Party! are doing on...