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Music News: Symbiosis Gathering Releases Music Schedule for “Family Tree” Event (September 22-25, 2016)
Gramatik, Beats Antique, Santigold, RL Grime, and FKA Twigs headline Symbiosis Gathering 2016 at Woodward Reservoir Regional Park near Oakdale, California on September 22-25, 2016.
Read More »Concert Review: Joseph Keckler (NYC, 6/30/16)
Joseph Keckler, a bass-baritone with a three-and-a-half-octave vocal range, stretches boundaries like a psychedelic dream.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): ‘Songs for Eternity’ with Ute Lemper – Music from Ghetto and Concentration Camp
For three decades, Italian musician Francesco Lotoro has traveled the world collecting manuscripts of music written in concentration camps and the Jewish ghettoes during World War II by victims and survivors of the Holocaust.
Read More »Theater/Cabaret Review (NYC): D’yan Forest in ‘A Broad Abroad’
In Forest's sure hands, comedy, storytelling, and song flow together into a wave of warmhearted, dirty-minded, unexpurgated humanity.
Read More »Concert Review: The Incomparable Janis Ian in Lincoln Center’s Appel Room, February 5, 2016
Janis Ian's work is sheer artistic genius.
Read More »EXCLUSIVE: Ute Lemper, Chanteuse Extraordinaire and Citizen of the World, on New Album, Collaboration with Paulo Coelho and More
The Olivier Award-winning cabaret singer tells us about her creative process, her collaboration with novelist Paolo Coelho and a raft of international musicians on 'The 9 Secrets,' life on the road, and the Blizzard of 2016 in New York.
Read More »Concert-Cabaret Review: ‘Tehorah’ Featuring Adrienne Haan (NYC, Oct. 29, 2015)
A German chanteuse and German pianist teamed with an Israeli string quartet at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall presenting songs from multiple cultures to celebrate the 50th anniversary of German-Israeli diplomatic relations.
Read More »Theater Review: ‘Piaf! Le Spectacle’
Edith Piaf's story is inspiring and triumphant amidst sorrow and loss, all revealed in the autobiographical grandeur of her classic, French songs.
Read More »Tehorah: Adrienne Haan Concerts Celebrate 50 Years of German-Israeli Relations
Says Haan: "I created this program to share the tragic experiences of war and loss and to add a sense of love, hope and forgiveness. It is my hope that tehorah, which means 'pure' in Hebrew, will help build musical bridges and create sincere understanding."
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