Home » Search Center » Results: Live Reviews

Results for "Live Reviews"

Article: Live Review

Styx at the NYCB Theatre At Westbury

by Mike Perciaccante
November 30, 2013

Styx NYCB Theatre At Westbury Westbury, New York November 15, 2013 Styx was formed in Chicago in the early '70s. Originally comprised of the Panozzo brothers (Chuck on bass and John on drums), Dennis DeYoung (keyboards), James “JY" Young (guitar) and John Curulewski (guitar), the band brought on guitarist Tommy ...

Article: Live Review

B-52s at the NYCB Theatre At Westbury

by Mike Perciaccante
November 30, 2013

B-52s NYCB Theatre At Westbury Westbury, New York November 13, 2013 The B-52s are acknowledged as one of the greatest party bands of all time. In fact, they are billed as “The World's Greatest Party Band." Touring now minus a member (Keith Strickland recently retired from touring--but will continue to record), ...

Article: Live Review

Nation Time Concert at the Guggenheim Museum

by Kurt Gottschalk
November 28, 2013

Richard Hell, Arto Lindsay, The Thing Guggenheim Museum Nation Time New York, NY November 20, 2013 Over the course of three forms of media and four decades, Amiri Baraka stretched his way into New York's Guggenheim Museum. A poem he penned more than 40 years ago found its path into ...

Article: Live Review

Jonathan Rowden Group at Alvas Showroom

by Paul Naser
November 27, 2013

Jonathan Rowden Group Alvas Showroom San Pedro, CA November 15, 2013 On the intimate stage at Alvas Showroom in San Pedro, with warm, colorful lighting and a large, slanted mirror hanging overhead, the Jonathan Rowden Group gave a heartfelt performance to an appreciative audience. Rowden, a young Los Angeles based composer, ...

Article: Live Review

The Hot Sardines at Wildwood Park for the Arts

by C. Michael Bailey
November 25, 2013

The Hot Sardines Wildwood Park for the Arts Little Rock, Arkansas November 15, 2013 Is there a triple point where novelty, entertainment, and art meet? That was the question while watching New York City's period jazz band, the Hot Sardines, stroll through the '20s, '30s, and '40s like they knew ...

Article: Live Review

2013 Enjoy Jazz Festival

by John Kelman
November 24, 2013

Enjoy Jazz 2013 Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany November 6-14, 2013 It's always a treat to return to Heidelberg for Enjoy Jazz. As a very intended contrast to most jazz festivals, that compress a lot of music into a very short time, Enjoy Jazz's founding premise, when it was first conceived 15 years ago by ...

Article: Live Review

Marian Anderson Awards Concert 2013

by Victor L. Schermer
November 24, 2013

Honoring Motown Founder Berry Gordy Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Marian Anderson Award Philadelphia, PA November 19, 2013 The Marian Anderson Awards Concert is a yearly Philadelphia gala honoring a show business individual who has contributed notably to American cultural, artistic, and/or charitable development. Marian Anderson was, of course, ...

Article: Live Review

Rabih Abou Khalil and Penelope X at the Bitola World Music Festival 2013

by Nenad Georgievski
November 23, 2013

Rabih Abou Khalil/Penelope X Bitola World Music Festival NU Centar za Kultura Bitola, Macedonia November 9, 2013 Bitola, one of the most beautiful cities in southeastern Europe, is a place that ignites the imagination immediately. With its tasteful and stylish architecture reflected in multicolored facades and ...

Article: Live Review

Wayne Shorter Quartet at Philharmonie Essen

by Phillip Woolever
November 22, 2013

Wayne Shorter Quartet Philharmonie Essen Essen, Germany November 8, 2013 Whatever waning stage of his career Wayne Shorter may occupy these days, a concert by his quartet remains one of jazz's premier performance attractions. It would be a stretch to say the senior statesman Shorter is playing better than ...

Article: Live Review

Sergio Mendes with Eliane Elias at New Jersey Performing Arts Center

by Ernest Barteldes
November 22, 2013

Jazz Meets Samba Sergio Mendes with Eliane Elias, Lee Ritenour and Joe Lovano New Jersey Performing Arts Center Newark, New Jersey November 8, 2013 On a double-billed evening dedicated to the music of Brazil, pianist Eliane Elias kicked off the first set with an up-tempo take ...