August 2022

EASTHAMPTON — Five decades ago, when David Witthaus was 15, he was hanging out at his local record store in New York. But one Friday, the owner kicked him out of the store at 5 p.m.Witthaus was puzzled, asking why. The owner told him he…

26 Jeremy and Jazzy Songs Released TodayTORONTO, August 31, 2022 /CNW/ - Truth Movies, Jeremy Fisher Musicand Hidden Pony Discs are proud to announce Jeremy and Jazzy, a new brand of animated, music and cross-platform children's…

Roseann B. Termini, 69, of Wynnewood, a longtime food and drug law expert, professor at Widener University Delaware Law School, author, lecturer and single mother of three, died on Tuesday 9 August from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at…

Jhe musical taste of Gilles Peterson – the broadcaster of BBC Radio 6 Music and curator behind Worldwide FM and Brownswood Recordings – is simply eclectic. We Out Here, the festival he organizes on the August bank holiday weekend in leafy…

Leimert Park attended its jazz festival in full force, with hours of jazz artists performing from start to finish. The festival was held at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza on the upper deck of the car park. He saw tents galore, full of art,…

It's been quite a year for the Red Hot Chili Peppers and it's only getting better now that they're the recipients of the Global Icon Award at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). They even took the stage for a performance at the TV…

Comment this storyCommentThe Petworth Jazz Project – returning this year after its pandemic hiatus – brings families and neighbors to the Petworth Leisure Center for a monthly summer jazz night. But with kids running around, people…

When he recently took the stage as a contestant in the Malaysian Jazz Talent Competition, Tan Jin Weng was inwardly battling stage fright. It was his first!-->…

Patrick Bartley is one of the Vail Jazz Workshop alumni performing on Labor Day weekend. Courtesy picture Editor's Note: Over the past 27 years, over 300 teenage musicians have been!-->…

Comment this storyCommentPianist Orrin Evans has just one appearance on the DC Jazz Festival's 2022 lineup schedule — but it's a big one. On September 2, his Captain Black Big Band performs at Arena Stage in the Southwest with revered jazz…

(ABC4) - The jersey worn by Michael Jordan in Game 1 of the 1998 NBA Finals where the Utah Jazz beat the Chicago Bulls 88-85 is up for auction. Sotheby's, "the world's largest, most trusted and vibrant marketplace for fine art…

The Queen's Ball: A Bridgerton ExperienceImmerse yourself in a "Bridgerton" experience with live music inspired by the show, actors dressed in period costumes and more.Credit: From bridgertonexperience.comCredit: From…

Every time Donovan Mitchell has been spotted in and around New York City over the past few months, it's the basketball equivalent of the summer flame that's sure to grab your attention just long…

TIDE may not be the world's favorite streaming service, second or even fifth…but the high-fidelity music platform is still committed to providing tools and resources for the music lovers among us. Last Monday, TIDAL launched Music…

Chalk on the walkways, flyers on lampposts, booths set up all over the South Lawn – Grounds clubs and student organizations are advertising with a smile to potential new members. Walking through…

Long before Guinga made his first album as a leader, many of Brazil's most influential and beloved artists had recorded his music. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, samba stars and jazz improvisers, pop icons and choro masters found his…

Under the Stars is an almost weekly column that features new music releases, upcoming shows, opinions, and a number of other adjacent items. We continue to evolve with the changes, thinking outside the margins. We are thrilled with…

Artwork by Curt Merlo IN A SPACE once known for chicken and waffles, the future of college athletics is taking shape. On August 24, the former Metro Diner on the Butler University campus opens as Butler Esports Park, a 7,500 square foot…

Have you started carrying a diaper “just in case”? That probably means fall is fast approaching, and with it one of the first rites of the season: the Chicago Jazz Festival. This year, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events…

Grace Wood suffered second-degree burns to her hands as a child after catching a flaming baton in the wrong place. She said she was too scared to pick up batons for almost a decade after the accident.Sunday afternoon on the Anne and Bill…

Thurl Bailey graciously delivered his “rookie debut” on Sunday morning. The towering 6ft 11in former NBA player, dressed in a gray suit with a blue tie, was calm and dignified as he walked to the…

As Forth Worth-based Ginny Mac played a bluesy tune on her accordion on Saturday afternoon, Faith Davis stood in the crowd at the Cotati Accordion Festival, reminiscing on how she once hated the instrument's organy sound . Davis,…

What better way to spend a summer evening than listening to great music in the spectacular setting of Lincoln Harbor Park on the Hudson River in Weehawken? On Wednesday, August 24, the Hudson River Performing Arts Center presents an evening…

What a difference 50 years can make! Even two or three when they are “COVID years”.With a smile of triumph and gratitude, Tallahassee Ballet CEO Janet Pichard stands in the newly renovated 14,000 square foot world-class facility of…

The performance was broadcast live to crowds gathered in Times Square and also in a Harlem park. The event…

Published: 08/19/2022 10:52:38 Modified: 08/19/2022 10:49:12 SHELBURNE— apex orchards prepares to celebrate the peach harvest, the tasty local fruits and the orchard itself with its peach festival.The…

Jthere's often a whiff of incense surrounding the music of Los Angeles-based composer Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith. In the past, she made a drone album for yoga and meditation, a new age album that was created on the Calm app, and she even wrote…

Musician Cass McCombs' new album has achieved something he seeks in his writing: growth.Since his first album in 2003, "A", he has wanted to avoid repetition. Nineteen years later, and despite being hailed by The New York Times…

Post views: 69 Todd Hildreth brings jazz music lovers together Screenwriter / Christy Heitger-EwingPhotograph provided Todd Hildreth was only 10 years old when he first became interested in…

A new art exhibit in Milwaukee, titled "Ghosts of Segregation," features photos of physical remains from the Jim Crow era. The images depict places like businesses that had separate entrances for…

Just weeks before the start of the fall semester, the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Connecticut unveiled its full fall season of music, comedy and dance, with one of the attractions - the Swiss masked troupe…

The Count's has just dropped its September-November live music schedule with jazz, swing, electro, soul, funk and a touch of comedy writing on the bill. After a smashing winter series that saw revered Australian…

Jazz-focused label services and artist management team New Soil announced three new partnerships, with Mushroom Half Hour, Bridge The Gap and Women In Jazz. As part of its new partnership with South African label…

Author Nabil Ayers, left; his father, jazz musician Roy Ayers, right Courtesy of Nabil Ayers (photo by author and book cover); and Scott Dudelson/Getty Images (photo Roy Ayers)…

The 606 Club has just announced its EFG London Jazz Festival programme. LR: Anita Wardell (tribute to Betty Carter, November 13); Lew Tabackin (rare appearance in London, November 17); Jas Kayser (tribute to "Money Jungle", November…

From the moment Jazmin "Jazzy" Olivo and Courtney Isaiah Smith met, music became a cornerstone of their relationship.Now, over a year after Smith's untimely death from COVID-19, Olivo is releasing the music they made together - to keep his…

From the opening notes of "All That Jazz" to the final reprise, the Tony Award-winning musical "Chicago" has…

Estimated reading time: 6-7 minutesEvery year, millions of people visit…

Streams of people flooded Stearns Square late afternoon yesterday, just as the band Buddy McEarns kicked in and filled the space with their signature blues rock to kick off the ninth annual Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival .Organizers…

If you've ever wanted to live out your Sarah Jessica Parker fantasy in the Hamptons, now is your chance.The sex and the city star is teaming up with Booking.com for an exclusive opportunity to rent his three-bedroom vacation home in the…

Travel back in time this weekend, to the Summer of Love in San Francisco at the Jerry Day concert or to the 1940s at a WWII living history event and swing dance in San Jose. Or stay in the present with the San Jose Jazz Summerfest in San…

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Marketing, operations, and finance are three critical aspects of running a convenience store restoration program. According to Kay Heritage, founder of Big Bon Foods LLC, they're also the foundation of a three-legged stool,…

“I am human… almost entirely human… Every tendon, muscle, vessel and vein… except for parts of one leg and part of my brain…” Welcome to our project "Module 471", a new classic comedy-science-horror-jazz/opera which will be created for the…

Trombone Shorty has yet to figure out a way to take his concert audience to New Orleans, at least not literally. So he's doing what's best in bringing New Orleans to audiences nationwide. His 2022 Voodoo Threauxdown Tour, which…

Nathan Hartono, Jeremy Monteiro and Joanna Dong What happens when two of the country's biggest jazz and pop stars take the stage together? You have a party on your hands. You are also well aware of the phenomenal…

Andy's Frozen Custard, Kansas City's favorite ice cream and candy store, will delight even more KC candy lovers when it opens its latest store in Overland Park on August 10. The highly anticipated BluHawk, a multi-faceted destination…

Years after first picking up their instruments, the Goan-Christian band have their first-ever music video with 'Zindagi Ka Safar'. Let's go back to the 70s with 'Zindagi Ka Safar' presented by the In Time Band, a group of men carrying…

Posted inSponsored Photographers Antony Armstrong Jones, Milt Hinton, Chuck Stewart, Barbara Morgan and more capture an array of legendary and local musicians and performance artists. On view until…

Want to be part of "Michigan's Longest Garage Sale"?From Friday to Sunday, McCourtie Park has spots available to set up. Contact the Township of Somerset at 517-688-9223 for details. The historic Walker Tavern is hosting a free concert…

I sat in the Green Room waiting for actor and director Tyler Perry to arrive backstage at the Martha's Vineyard Performing Arts Center for the Colors of Conversation event during the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival.…

Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell takes to the court in Game 5 of an NBA first-round basketball playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks, Monday, April 25, 2022, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)By Scot Morgan | The public gallery…

Maine WF percussionist Quinn Smith has built a reputation in the music world over the past 30 years for being able to play anything. In addition to mastering just about every type of drum, he has also used old pieces of metal, pipes,…

Judith Durham, one of Australia's best-known voices, has died aged 79. An icon of the Australian music industry as the lead singer of The Seekers and a solo artist, she was an enduring female voice in an industry still dominated by…

From murder mysteries and animated musicals to dramatic stories and original dance, the Department of Theater and Dance's 2022-23 season will take audiences on a journey to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. "This season is…

Free outdoor summer concerts are scheduled for next week on the northern Olympic Peninsula. Concerts are Tuesdays in Sequim, Wednesdays in Port Angeles and Thursdays in Port Townsend. Guests are encouraged to bring chairs and blankets…

The Connecticut Siting Council will hold two hearings on the proposed Tarpon Towers/AT&T cell tower at 92 Greens Farms Road in Westport. The hearing of witnesses will take place at 2 p.m. and a public comment hearing at 6:30 p.m.…

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Banda MS at the Baja Beach Fest Puerto Rican reggaetón music superstar Daddy Yankee's farewell tour could be considered the highlight for many fans attending the 2022 Baja Beach Fest in Rosarito Beach. But the multimillion-selling…

New Vision Dance Company hosted the first NEW ALBANY DANCE FESTIVAL at the beautiful Charleen & Charles Hinson Amphitheater in New Albany, Ohio on Saturday, July 30, 2022. This event was a collaboration of dance, music, health and…

Joshua RedmanPhoto: Wilkins ManagementEarlier this year, trombonist Vincent Gardner and his wife, singer Belinda Munro, discussed the educational and outreach organization Jazz Houston before a concert they hosted featuring the music of!-->…

The Northern Current Music Festival in Saranac Lake returns for Labor Day weekend, featuring local and international artists representing the past, present and future of contemporary music.The festival's mission is to enrich the cultural…

The Valley Forge Convention and Tourism Board announced the return of Arts Montco Week, a celebratory initiative that supports more than 200 arts, culture and entertainment venues in Montgomery County. The festivities will highlight the…

A few years ago, Zachary Woolfe, critic and editor of The New York Times, asked a question: what about five minutes would you play for a friend to convince him to fall in love with classical music? And Mozart? Or the violin? Or…

HouseTV showsSo you think you can danceSYTYCD 2022 Spoilers: Top 3 Dance Styles, Choreography, ScheduleLR: Judges Stephen “tWitch” Boss and Leah Remini CR: Michael Becker/FOXThe penultimate episode of this week (August 3) So you think you…

Jay N. MillerThis week, we take a look at two local artists who have taken their music in new directions. Jazz singer Lauren Henderson explores Latin and South American music in a collection of originals and standards based on the theme of…

A new restaurant, Pueblo Real, was inspected and licensed at 8155 West Ridge Road in Girard. The owner said he plans to open by September 1. The Mexican restaurant has sister establishments in Known and JeffersonOhio.New Italian venue…

The Kennedy Center's International Jazz Career Development Program has announced the participants for the 22nd annual Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead (BCJA) program. The two-week residency includes training in performance, composition and career…

There's still plenty of summer to savor as August approaches, and that means live music. From chamber orchestras to jazz festivals, blues concerts to rock shows at the Ulster County Fair, here are a few shows to put on your…