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Maud Hixson
Hailed as “gently virtuosic” (All About Jazz), Maud Hixson is a devoted exponent of great songs, ranging from the classic Great American Songbook to the often unsung or forgotten compositions awaiting rediscovery. Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Maud made her Guthrie Theater debut in the Noel Coward revue Coward’s Women, also appearing in Park Square Theater’s The Soul of Gershwin. She teamed with Sir Richard Rodney Bennett in 2012 for the long-running Midtown Jazz at Midday concert series at Saint Peter’s and debuted her show Skyscraper Wits in London and New York in 2015
Holiday Music By Nicole Zuraitis, Darius de Haas, Emilie-Claire Barlow, Maud Hixson, New Releases From Jeff Dingler, Sacha Boutros & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast celebrates Winter Solstice with holiday music from Nicole Zuraitis, Darius de Haas, Emilie-Claire Barlow, Maud Hixson and new releases from Jeff Dingler and Sacha Boutros, plus birthday shoutouts to Edith Piaf, Susie Arioli, Jamile and Kerry Politzer, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so ...
Permanent Moonlight—Songs of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
by David Bittinger
Still famed for her “silents" and early retirement from sound movies, lonely star Greta Garbo once conjured a dreamy fantasy of “permanent moonlight" in a letter to someone who was about as enigmatic a creative icon as she was, Noël Coward. In 2012 singer Maud Hixson came across that Garbo letter while reviewing personal ...
Permanent Moonlight—Songs of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
By Maud Hixson
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Early To Bed;
No One But Me;
Come Buy;
I'll Always Leave The Door A Little Open;
Let's Go And Live In The Country;
The Bird's Lament;
I Never Went Away;
Soliloquy;
Song Of Shadows;
Goodbye For Now.
Disinformation Week
by H William Stine
Disinformation. It's a word we're hearing frequently these days. Some people call Disinformation propaganda; some people with a straight face call it alternative facts. I call it pernicious lies. So I spent two hours defining and explicating Disinformation; and, most importantly, telling people how to protect themselves from it. JUST KIDDING! You know me. Instead, I ...
How Sweet it Is
by H William Stine
Sweet. It's a word you don't hear much, especially now. Home Sweet Home? After four months of sheltering in place, what's so sweet about being home? Sweet Dreams? It's been months since I had one. Sweet Spot? I know what it used to mean, but now it means keeping six feet away from people. Sweet Nothings? ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, April 3-9
Seems that the Star Tribune only intermittently recognizes music beyond Pop these days, but rest assured, jazz is alive and well, if mostly in small venues in the Twin Cities. Intimate spaces have considerable merit for this music! Take this weekend for example — Maud Hixson singing at Parma, Dean Magraw and Steven Hobert dueling at ...
Maud Hixson: Studying Scores and Moving Forward
by David Bittinger
Maud Hixson has built an accomplished career as a performer and recording artist out of unlikely circumstances. She grew up far from the capitals of jazz and vocal music, in the Twin Cities area. Doris Day's performance in the Ruth Etting biopic “Love Me Or Leave Me" served as a primary inspiration for a young Maud ...
