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Inside the Mind of a Tony Voter
The dirty little secret is that voting for the Tonys is a dangerously haphazard affair Each year the Tony awards, in an effort to reverse a seemingly inexorable ratings decline, drop a few more of the actual awards from the live telecast. The goal, of course, is to make room for the program's real raison d'etre: ...
Tony Award's the List
The complete list of Tony Award winners In the tossup of this year's Tony Awards Sunday night, a Latino story trumped an unusual African American coming-of-age tale Sunday as Tony voters gave their best new musical prize and three others to “In the Heights," about Caribbean immigrant families struggling to reach for the American dream in ...
Preservation Hall's Ben Jaffe "Jolts Jazz Tradition"
Preservation Hall creative director Ben Jaffe is praised in the June issue of SPIN Magazine for breathing new life into the New Orleans institution. The son of Pres Hall founders Allan and Sandra Jaffe is “No fusty embalmer," says SPIN, adding “the younger Jaffe jolts jazz tradition by inviting unlikely musicians such as Sun Ra sideman ...
Humphrey Lyttelton - They called him Humph
This weekend saw a BBC tribute to Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz trumpeter, band-leader and much-loved Radio 4 presenter who died in April. Pat Parker was privileged to conduct one of his final interviews, in which he spoke candidly about his life IT WAS just before Christmas last year that I interviewed the great Humphrey Lyttelton. He hadn't ...
Drummer George Schuller Interviewed at AAJ
Throughout musical history, the influences of substantial artists, recorded works, or certain epochal periods, have their effect on contemporaries and ensuing generations. For those that make music, it shows up in their playing or composing. Tracking those influences, whether well-known sources or those under the radar, is not as important as the end result of an ...
Black Earth Ensemble New Sci-Fi Inspired CD
Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble celebrates Sci-fi Inspired CD New CD release, Xenogenesis Suite: A Tribute to Octavia Butler is followed with a Multi-Arts Performance and Exhibition. Featuring Margaret Morris (solo dance), Krista Franklin (visual art) and Floyd Webb (experimental video). On Thursday, June 19 at 7:30pm at Columbia College's Music Hall (1014 S. Michigan), Nicole ...
Ray Vega Latin Jazz Quintet Perform at Louis Armstrong House Museum
Ray Vega Latin Jazz Quintet to Perform July 8 at Free Jazzmobile Concert at Louis Armstrong House Museum Louis Armstrong was famous for practicing trumpet on his balcony to the delight of his neighbors in the decidedly working-class neighborhood of Corona, Queens. Continuing the tradition, the Louis Armstrong House Museum is pleased to present Ray Vega ...
Bob Dylan U.S. Tour
BACK ON NATIVE SOIL IN AUGUST AFTER EUROPEAN JAUNT Bob Dylan's tour returns to the United States in August. Dylan is currently performing in Italy, France, Spain and Portugal. See below for currently scheduled dates and venues. Bob Dylan Summer Tour Dates 8/9 Pittsburgh, PA New American Music Union ...
Music Without Borders Series
FREE, INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES IN CHICAGO INCLUDES ORCHESTRA BAOBAB Nile Music Orchestra of Sudan by Banning Eyre In the heart of Chicago lies an oasis. It's Millennium Park, a space created in the busy downtown hub that was designed with Chicago in mind. Until its completion in 2004, there was no recognizable ...
Yes Cancels 40th Anniversary Tour
Yes Legendary rock band Yes announced last week that the group will be canceling their 2008 40th Anniversary Tour. The 26-city tour was scheduled to kick off in Quebec next month and run through the summer. Yes frontman and founding member Jon Anderson was admitted to the hospital last month after suffering a severe asthma attack. ...
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