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Jeremy Sassoon: Older And Wiser

by Neil Duggan
April 2, 2026

UK singer and pianist Jeremy Sassoon has followed a remarkably unusual path. After qualifying from Middlesex Hospital Medical School in London and completing postgraduate training as a hospital psychiatrist in Manchester, he made the bold decision in 1995 to leave medicine behind and pursue a full-time career in music. He first established himself as an accompanist, ...

Ruthie Foster Gets Her Moment At Sun

by Lawrence Peryer
December 28, 2024

Ruthie Foster has earned every mile. Over a career spanning three decades, the Texas-born singer-songwriter has played every kind of venue imaginable, from tiny clubs to Carnegie Hall. Her Grammy-nominated album Mileage (Sun Records, 2024) marks both her first release on legendary Sun Records and, remarkably, the label's first Grammy nomination in its 70-year history. The ...

Bad Habits

by H William Stine
October 26, 2021

We all have them. We may try to hide them with varying degrees of success or failure because--let's face it--they totally reveal us, they embarrass us, and the worst ones can  actually define us for the rest of our lives. Of course I'm talking about our high school yearbook photos. Of course I'm not talking about ...

New Releases, Birthday Shoutouts Plus the Better Times Will Come Project

by Mary Foster Conklin
November 23, 2020

The broadcast features new releases from flutists Carla Campopiano and Yulia Musayelyan, vocalist Melody Gardot, the Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra, guitarists Susan Alcorn and Chance Hayden, plus singles from Sarah McKenzie and Lili Anel, the latest participant of Janis Ian's Better Times Will Come project, with birthday shoutouts to pianist Betty Bryant, vocalists Ernestine Anderson, Marlene ...

ELLNORA: The Guitar Festival

by John Ephland
September 27, 2019

Krannert CenterELLNORA: The Guitar Festival Champaign/Urbana, IL September 5-7, 2019 It takes place every other year; every odd year. Going back to 2005, ELLNORA: The Guitar Festival, held in the University of Illinois' Champaign-Urbana' one-stop-shop Krannert Center, has been celebrating the works of an amazing array of plectrists from all walks ...

A Musical Tribute To Caffeine

by H William Stine
August 4, 2019

Caffeine—voted the #3 most popular way to stay awake during my show—right after thinking of words that rhyme with “constellation" and reliving your latest root canal (I'll let you figure out the order). Two hours of songs about coffee and tea and the singers who enjoy them, plus, to sweeten the cup, I've tossed in several ...

Seven Women 2018 – Part IV

by C. Michael Bailey
March 28, 2018

Proceeding unabated is women's conquering of jazz... As Is: Alan & Stacey Schulman Here's to Life Self Produced 2017 This husband-and-wife, full-ensemble recording, Here's to Life, is the sophomore effort following Alan and Stacey Schulman's duet debut, A Love Like Ours (Night, Night The Elephant Productions, 2015). The ...

Madeleine & Salomon: A Woman's Journey

by Jerome Wilson
January 28, 2018

A concept CD that looks at the plight of women throughout history is timely these days but not unusual. This disc by the duo Madeleine & Salomon, however, stands out by drawing from a broader swath of musical sources than you might hear in most similar projects. They touch on familiar songs like Billie Holiday's “Strange ...

Music Without Borders Presents Upcoming NYC Concerts

January 4, 2013

Music Without Borders, a music and arts consulting firm based in Stamford, CT, is pleased to announce highlights of its upcoming NYC concert calendar. MWB has long been associated with producing concert events at diverse venues such as Symphony Space, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, the Beacon Theater, the 92nd Street Y, and the Rubin Museum of ...