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Television: ‘Smash’ on NBC, About Broadway, With Katharine McPhee
For Broadway veterans, nothing less than pride is on the line when “Smash,” the prime-time soap about the making of a musical, opens on Feb. 6 on NBC. NYT > Theater
Category: Broadway
‘The Other F Word,’ Documentary About Punk Rock Dads — Review
“The Other F Word” invites a cross-section of aging punk rockers to dish on the demands of fatherhood. NYT > Rock Music
Category: News
Book Review – Books About Hüsker Dü – By Bob Mould and Andrew Earles
Two books look at the rise and acrimonious demise of Hüsker Dü, a powerful force in the indie rock scene of the 1980s. NYT > Rock Music
Category: News
From All About Jazz: “Ken Field’s Revolutionary Snake Ensemble Returns to NYC”
“Boston’s Acclaimed Revolutionary Snake Ensemble Returns to New York City Bringing their Avant Second Line New Orleans Funk Back For the First Time in Two Years RSE Dressed a la Mardi Gras in feathered masks and multi-colored, sequined costumes, playing music that riotously combines the rhythms of New Orleans brass bands with improvisation and heaping [...]
Category: Live Gigs
From All About Jazz: “2nd Annual NYC Undead JazzFest”
This preliminary, more to come. 4 days, 11 venues across 2 boroughs, 50+ groups! “June 23rd though 26th 2011 BOOM Collective and Search & Restore bring back the Undead Jazzfest expanded to 4-days, in 11 venues across 2 boroughs and featuring 50+ groups. Undead Jazzfest 2011 is coming! Founded in June 2010 the Undead Jazzfest [...]
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From All About Jazz: Eliane Elias
All About Jazz has a piece today about the wonderful Brazilian Jazz pianist Eliane Elias. E.E. I first became aware of Ms Elias when I saw the movie Calle 54 about Latin Jazz. If you are a Jazz fan, especially a Latin Jazz* fan, read about Eliane Elias here. And, if you have never seen [...]
Category: Live Gigs
All About Me: Another Broadway Show Bites the Dust
On the heels of the announcement that The Miracle Worker will be closing early comes the news that another Broadway show, All About Me, will be shuttering on the same date, April 4. All About Me, the Broadway comedy and music show starring Dame Edna Everage and singer/pianist Michael Feinstein, was scheduled to run until [...]
Category: Broadway
From All About Jazz: “Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew Live to be Released February 2011?
All About Jazz informs us of this very important release. AAJ says, “Four decades later, it remains the great game changer, the genre- bending, barrier-smashing double LP that would become Miles Davis’ first RIAA gold album, and influence two—three! (so far)—generations of jazz and rock musicians to come. Released in April of 1970, Bitches Brew [...]
Category: Live Gigs
