Clara Mamet and Rebecca Pidgeon on Two Bit Waltz

By Michael Dunaway Screenwriting can be a very tough racket. Aside from the myriad complications in finding a story and producing a rough draft, the long road of revising and honing a script can be a very lonely one, indeed. Fortunately for director Clara Mamet, whose excellent debut film Two Bit Waltz is out now, […]

Robert Cray in Beverly Hills

by Larson Sutton Do they get the blues in Beverly Hills?What may be hard for the rest of the world to imagine, in a town typecast for Rodeo Drive opulence, sprawling gated estates, and lunching power-brokers negotiating deals of global motion picture domination, was indeed happening on Wilshire Boulevard.Fortunately, there, too was the cure, in […]

“Lost In Transaction” Panel Held At Ocean Way Studios in Nashville Follow MusicRow

By Troy Stephenson   The Producers & Engineers Wing of The Recording Academy, in conjunction with The Recording Academy Nashville Chapter, recently hosted “Lost In Transaction” at Ocean Way Studios in Nashville on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. The panel included Attorney Elizabeth Gregory, Entrepreneur and author Jay Frank, and Joe D’Ambrosio, head of the talent management […]

WashingtonPost.com: Where are the new Christmas classics? It’s increasingly hard to write a seasonal song that becomes a standard.

By Allison Stewart December 21 at 7:20 PM This time of year, Run-D.M.C.’s Darryl McDaniels doesn’t like to leave the house. “I’m scared to go to the mall, because every five steps somebody’s screaming, ‘It’s Christmastime in Hollis, Queens!’ Kids, grandmothers, it’s crazy,” McDaniels says. “I can’t be going shopping till after Christmas.” Run-D.M.C.’s “Christmas […]

Run-D.M.C.’s Darryl McDaniels on Why Marvel Was Always Better Than DC Comics

For 30 years now, Run-D.M.C.’s music has been ubiquitous. As rap’s premier group of the ’80s — which saw their hits becoming staples in seemingly every coming-of-age movie — Run-D.M.C., and tracks like “It’s Tricky” and “Walk This Way,” have burrowed themselves into our brains. With members Rev Run, 50 (née Joseph Ward Simmons), and […]

National Chanukah Menorah lighting Tuesday afternoon

The annual National Chanukah Menorah lighting ceremony will take place on Tuesday afternoon on the Ellipse. Vice President Joseph Biden will preside over the event beginning at 4 p.m. The gates to the Ellipse opens at 1:45 p.m. The event is free, but tickets are required, and are available online or by calling 202-335- 5600. […]

Review: The Robert Cray Band at the Lobero Theatre

Blues Plus Soul Equaled Bliss on Monday, December 8 by CHARLES DONELAN It’s coming up on three decades since Robert Cray broke through the invisible wall separating heartfelt, soulful blues from mainstream success with his Grammy-winning 1986 album Strong Persuader. Although not much has changed in Cray’s approach, that is unquestionably a good thing. His sold-out […]