LITTLE RICHARD WAS ROCK AND ROLL’S MISSING INGREDIENT James Campion May 17, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews “I could do Little Richard’s voice, which is a wild, hoarse, screaming thing, it’s like an out-of-body experience. You have to leave your current sensibilities and go about a foot above your head to sing it.” ...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘N’ Roll Mike Greenblatt February 24, 2020 Rant 'N' Roll Bringing Bach to Temple Israeli singer-songwriter Noa will bring her Letters To Bach to New York City’s Temple Emanu-el on March 18. Quincy Jones produced the album in which she wrote—in a series of well-cr...
Spotlights–The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Jesse Malin, Jonathan Singer, Beatles Brunch Debra Kate Schafer February 18, 2020 Goings-On Boogie at the Boogaloo in Newton, NJ Two bands, one show, and a whole lot of fun… The Newton Theatre is waiting with open arms for The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and the Zydeco Cha Cha’s to come and blow both t...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘n’ Roll Mike Greenblatt October 30, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll If You Buy But One Jazz CD All Year…. In 2014, Trilogy, by pianist Chick Corea’s trio with bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade, was a sprawling three-disc affair. Supporting it with an interna...
Bill Morrison: We All Need The Yellow Submarine Bryan Reesman November 28, 2018 Features, Interviews 1 One of my favorite films of all time, the animated Beatles film Yellow Submarine, is a charming product of the psychedelic late 1960s that still casts a magically trippy spell 50 years later. Admittedly,...
The Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love” Exhibit @ Morrison Hotel Gallery Glyn Emmerson August 23, 2017 Concerts MANHATTAN, NY—It was 50 years ago that Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band taught the band to play yet another iconic event that also happened in 1967, and it was the historic performance of The Beatles s...
LOVE…TO…TURN…YOU…ON: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band At 50 James Campion May 31, 2017 Columns It was 50 years ago today… June 1, 1967, to be exact; the day the cultural axis of the Western Hemisphere is altered by a singular artistic event. The Beatles, the most celebrated, imitated and dissected...
An Interview with Alan Parsons: The Sounds Of Science Gregg McQueen January 28, 2015 Interviews 1 Whether he's behind a recording console or making music with his progressive rock group, Alan Parsons is an iconic figure in popular music. Parsons first made a name for himself as an audio engineer, lan...
Morrison Hotel Beatles Retrospective @ Morrison Hotel Gallery Glyn Emmerson February 26, 2014 Concerts 2 SOHO, NY—In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' first tour in America, the Morrison Hotel Gallery presented a show of fine art photography curated by Julian Lennon. Shots from photogs like C...
An Interview with Julian Lennon: As He Is Andrea Seastrand February 12, 2014 Interviews 45 Photographer and philanthropist Julian Lennon’s past couple of years have kept his schedule booked and the master melodist in his element whether in the studio, in front of or behind a camera, or supporting...
