TO DO LIST:Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
PICK OF THE DAY By June Wulff A Cab ride During the Depression, the music of Cab Calloway made folks feel good, so it’s perfect timing for “How Big Can You Get?: The Music of Cab Calloway,’’ a tribute album by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Jazz, swing, Dixieland, and big-band music will fill the Lynn […]
Danny Aiello, Alma Cuervo, Lucy DeVito Set for The Shoemaker Off-Broadway
Alma Cuervo and Lucy DeVito will join the previously announced Danny Aiello in Susan Charlotte’s The Shoemaker, to run July 14 – August 14 at The Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row. Antony Marsellis will direct the production. Set in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, the drama focuses on a shoemaker, an Italian Jew, on a devastating […]
Mr. Cheeks Signs With Stephen Marley’s Label; Drops New Single ‘Havin Fun’
(AllHipHop News) By Roman Wolfe Lost Boyz member, Mr. Cheeks has inked a deal with Stephen Marley’s Ghetto Youths International imprint and is planning a new album for 2011. The first single and from Mr. Cheeks’ upcoming album And The Winner Is…will be titled “Havin’ Fun,” which features singer Mya Azucena. “I know you all […]
Jazz singer Rene Marie will give seven concerts in the upcoming Hot Jazz series.
Marie’s musical freedom By BARRY DAVIS Despite advice and threats to the contrary, US jazz singer Rene Marie will give seven concerts in the upcoming Hot Jazz series. Talkbacks (1) Some years ago, US-born Jerusalemite saxophonist and jazz teacher Arnie Lawrence observed that jazz musicians are warriors rather than worriers. Rene Marie certainly fits the […]
Blues legend Robert Cray plays Clive on Saturday
The Robert Cray Band play 7 Flags Event Center in Clive on Saturday. Written by Joe Lawler The Robert Cray Band WHEN: 8 p.m. Saturday WHERE: 7 Flags Event Center, 2100 N.W. 100th St., Clive. COST: $30 through www.greatticketsnow.com. “Smokin’ Gun” singer/guitarist Robert Cray brings his soulful blues style to the 7 Flags Events Center […]
The Robert Cray Band will play the Knitting Factory Concert House
The Robert Cray Band, an old favorite among Spokane blues aficionados, will play the Knitting Factory Concert House on July 2, 8:30 p.m. Cray was a fixture in Spokane clubs before he broke out and became an international star. Tickets will be $25 general admission in advance, on sale Friday through Ticketfly outlets, or $27.50 […]
Robert Cray Announces Only UK Date At Cadogan Hall Thursday 28th July 2011
Robert Cray has announced his only UK tour date this year. For thirty-plus years Robert Cray has laid down track after track of good-time, uptown, low-down blues. He’s won five Grammy’s and been nominated for 11 more. From classic titles ‘Phone Booth’, to highlights from his more recent releases ‘Poor Johnny’, whether addressing timeless themes […]
Stephen Marley Root of Life Tour in Arcata
Redwood Times Stephen Marley will return to Humboldt County for the first time in nearly two years for a performance on June 16, at the Arcata Theatre Lounge. This performance is part of his current tour in support of the release of his new album, Revelation Part 1, The Root of Life. Stephen will also […]
Rene Marie Top 20 Jazz Album in Country This Week
Top 50+ Jazz Albums for the Week of 9 May 2011 This is the weekly US/Canada radio airplay list from JazzWeek.com. Want to see stats regarding how many radio stations played your favorite album or how much it moved up or down the chart from last week? Click here. An observation – I’m not dissing […]
Rene Marie’s Americana: “Voice of My Beautiful Country” (2011, Motema)
Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor Image: Rene Marie©Nedd Radinsky courtesy of Rockymountainjazz.com Her voice has been compared to Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Nancy Wilson, her social advocacy through song to Nina Simone and Abbey Lincoln. And the story of Rene Marie is part tabloid, part fairy tale – a self taught singer, marrying […]
Dionne’s sneak peak at new Vid
DIONNE BROMFIELD brought a touch of Miami to East London as she shot her new music video. The clip for Foolin’ features the singer, goddaughter of AMY WINEHOUSE, acting out scenes in a nightclub and at a bar – despite only being 15. And here the youngster takes Sun readers behind-the-scenes on set. She looks […]
Bluesmen Cray, Guy at Covelli
YOUNGSTOWN Blues greats Robert Cray and Buddy Guy will play an outdoor show at Covelli Centre at 6 p.m. June 25 as part of the city of Youngstown’s Blues Fest. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at all Ticketmaster outlets and locations; online at ticketmaster.com, at the Covelli Centre box office; and […]
Stephen Marley has a ‘Revelation’
Artiste announces latest work in the same month as Dad’s death Bob Marley died 30 years ago today. His son, Stephen Marley, has been carrying on the name and tradition of the reggae icon and is announcing the forthcoming release of a new solo studio album entitled, Revelation Part 1: The Root of Life. The […]
Robert Cray in San Diego Reader
The blues-man’s stock-in-trade: endless metaphors for infidelity. “I got a feeling you’re eating out now, baby,” sings five-time Grammy winner Robert Cray, “and someone else is doing the fryin’.” But when Cray sings, it’s not funny. He is the eternal strong persuader. “There’ll be no more chicken in the kitchen/ If you don’t try to […]