Black History Month 2012: Celebrating with NYC kids

The African-American Musical Mosaic at the American Museum of National History Museum Kids (ages six and up) try their hand at mancala, an African board game played with seeds or stones that opponents seek to capture (noon–1pm). Assistant curator Alex de Voogt will be on hand to explain the rules and help iron out strategies. […]

DMC performs at American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History celebrates African-American History Month with Global Weekends: The African-American Musical Mosaic on Saturday, February 18, from noon to 6 pm. The festivities, which include family-friendly activities and live musical performances, are presented in association with Community Works and New Heritage Theatre Group. The program will conclude with a special […]

Anthony David – Location, Location, Location

Most of the work on Location Location Location, the new album by Anthony David, will ring familiar to long time fans. Seven of the ten tracks were featured on David’s prior studio projects. Those projects – Three Chords and the Truth, The Red Clay Chronicles and As Above So Below – are notable both for […]

Review: Rene Marie Black Lace Freudian Slip

Christopher Loudon reviews one of last year’s most exciting jazz vocal releases. By Christopher Loudon René Marie doesn’t care what this review says. She makes that clear right off the top in the title track, a nakedly bold career mission statement that dismisses the “blah-blah-blah of critics.” But what everyone else needs to know is […]

Amy Winehouse’s leftovers on ‘Lioness’ still a tasty treat

By Howard Cohen hcohen@MiamiHerald.com •   Amy Winehouse, Lioness: Hidden Treasures (Universal Republic) ★ ★ ★ “Like smoke, I stick around,” Winehouse rasps on a tune of the same name on her first posthumous release since her death in July at age 27. As a pop culture figure, Winehouse will stick around in people’s imaginations […]

Amy Winehouse’s ‘Hidden Treasures’ Stirs Sadness And Joy

Written By:NEKESA MUMBI MOODY Image Credit: Getty Images Amy Winehouse, “Lioness: Hidden Treasures” (Universal Republic) Although “Lioness: Hidden Treasures” serves as Amy Winehouse’s posthumous album and the follow-up to 2007’s “Back to Black,” the multiplatinum, multi-Grammy winning album that would define her short career, it was not intended as such: While she started on material […]

Lioness: Hidden Treasures

Reviewed by Melissa Maerz Image credit: Matt Dunham/AP ‘Like smoke, I stick around,” Winehouse purrs on Lioness: Hidden Treasures. It’s a strange thing to hear the late songstress promise: Sticking around was never really her thing. For her, anything not meant to last — the golden years of Motown, doomed romance — was always worth […]

‘Lioness’: Portrait of a young artist’s rise and fall

By Elysa Gardner, USA TODAY Rock critics have long harbored a fascination with and affection for artists who die young, particularly those who seemed bent on self-destruction. Had Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain lived longer and more sensibly, it’s a safe bet that all would have at some point been accused of growing […]

Chipper Remnants of a Life Turned Sour

By JON PARELES, JON CARAMANICA and NATE CHINEN She didn’t leave much behind. That’s the inescapable fact of Amy Winehouse‘s posthumous collection, “Lioness: Hidden Treasures.” The album’s 12 songs are the leftovers from a singer and songwriter who was promising on her 2003 debut album, “Frank”; fully herself and even more promising on her 2006 […]

Amy Winehouse’s Last Days and Lost Music

How addiction took the singer’s life, and the great new LP she left behind by: David Browne Amy Winehouse performs in Balado,Kinrosshire, Scotland on July 13th, 2008 Photo: Ross Gilmore/Redferns In the spring of 2009, Amy Winehouse and producer Salaam Remi were working in the new studio she’d built in the attic of her house […]

The Amy Winehouse posthumous compilation album “Lioness: Hidden Treasures”

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Written By: Jim Farber Amy Winehouse’s ‘Lioness: Hidden Treasures’ gives last glimpse at singer’s fleeting greatness The Amy Winehouse posthumous compilation album “Lioness: Hidden Treasures” She sounds like a singer in full command, robust in tone, sure in phrasing. When performing at her best, Amy Winehouse presented the picture of control. […]

A Lioness Roars

By DAN AQUILANTE Will the late Amy Winehouse go down in history as a musical genius — or merely as a drug-addled woman with a bizarre beehive ’do and as many personal troubles as colorful tattoos? Her posthumous album “Lioness: Hidden Treasures,” released today, is a strong argument that this troubled star will be remembered […]

Chicago Tribune says: “Rebecca Pidgeon hits all the right notes”

Written By:Rick Kogan’s Sidewalks Singer/songwriter Rebecca Pidgeon also is an actress of considerable accomplishment One night a few weeks ago the House of Blues was jammed with fans of the blues singer/songwriter/guitarist Keb’ Mo’. They were a lively crowd, predominantly white (Keb’ Mo’ is African-American), drinking and talking loudly as the opening act walked onstage. […]

Salaam Remi Shares Stories From Amy Winehouse’s ‘Lioness: Hidden Treasures’

VIBE.COM By: MikeyFresh Producer Salaam Remi has been working on music with Amy Winehouse since she first landed stateside. He’s been with her every step of the way musically. From her debut album Frank to her upcoming posthumous album Lioness: Hidden Treasures (Slated for release on Dec. 6), Salaam has helped Amy craft the music […]