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Sidney Poitier strolls out upon the Kaufman Concert Hall stage at the 92nd St. “Y” in Manhattan. His gait is measured, slow but steady. His hair is more salt than pepper, his tan suit is bolstered by a complimentary tie. He ambles over to the podium, grasping it firmly as he stares out into [...]
*After hearing varied opinions about the good and bad of the play Motown the Musical, I was glad to get the chance to see it myself to make my own determination. The play which opened on Sunday April 14th, proved quite entertaining. This musical extravaganza is delighting audiences at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, located at 205 [...]
When I was invited to review a play entitled, “Honky” taking place at Urban Stages, located at 259 West 30th Street in Manhattan, naturally I was quite curious, given the word “Honky” is generally associated with a derogatory term used to address Caucasians. However, as I see it, Honky is a term which musters little [...]
*Eddie Levert was still recuperating from the Christmas and New Year holidays when we spoke. A Las Vegas resident, Eddie entertained family over the holidays. Relaxing and preparing for his concert in New York, Eddie is looking forward to his engagement with fellow O’Jays, Walter Williams and Eric Nolan Grant, at Lehman Center for the [...]
*The Hadley Players ended their fall season with “The Devil & Elijah Muhammad,” a tale that took the spectator into the latter years of Elijah’s Muhammad’s reign over the Nation of Islam. According to the play written by Yusef Salaam and directed by Ward Nixon, the Hon. Elijah Muhammad began realizing the need to change [...]
*Tina and Erica Campbell (a.k.a. Mary Mary) had a day filled with schedules, interviews, family and music when they met with this journalist to talk about their latest CD MARY MARY: “Something Big.” The duo is taking their music to Lehman Center of the Performing Arts in the Bronx at 7:00 p.m., on October 9th [...]
*Fans of tenor saxophonist, Houston Person, can find him performing as part of the Swiss Global OSPAC Jazz Festival in West Orange, New Jersey. The Ninth Annual Jazz Festival will take place over two days, Friday, September 16th and Saturday, September 17thfrom 1:00 to 9:00 p.m. “I played for OSPAC 3 or 4 times. It’s [...]
*Singer Annette St. John is presently appearing at the Smoke club in NYC every Sunday. St. John has always had music in her blood but opted to raise a family before plunging into the music business, so she got a late start. However, Ms. St. John has not allowed dust to grow at her feet. [...]
*The first annual tribute show celebrating the “Legends in Music” is in large part due to the dedication and efforts of founders Roz Nixon and partner Robb Sibarium. The legendary Gloria Lynne was the first artist to kick-off the first annual “Celebrating Legends in Music” Awards Night. It is the intention of the “Legends in [...]
*Sometimes it seems like the universe is rushing forward and timelines are collapsing. It hardly seems two years have gone by since Michael Jackson left a world which oft-times crucified him. However, with Michael’s passing, the world can’t stop grieving. Michael Jackson departed at 2:26 p.m., PST, on June 25 in his Holmby Hill, California [...]
*Four-time Grammy Award winner, and international superstar, Milton Nascimento, is a brilliant songwriter, guitarist and singer from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Well known within the Portuguese community, Milton is also world renowned. On Friday, June 24th at 7:00 p.m., American audiences will get an opportunity to hear Nascimento’s spirited music within Jazz at Lincoln Center [...]
Life is like a circle, you end up where you started If you end up where you started, ain’t no other side Yeah, but if life is like a curtain then I’m 90% certain I’m looking through at something… Yes, I’m always touching something on the other side… ~Gil Scott-Heron~ *American poet, author, musician and [...]
*Paula Anderson, lead singer for the Marvelettes, took time out of her busy schedule to talk to this journalist about her upcoming show at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts as the opening act for Dennis Edwards and the Temptations Revue on Saturday, April 9 at 8:00 p.m. The Marvelettes have a long history starting [...]
*Playwright Bill Harris has joined forces with award winning director Ed Smith to present on the New Federal Theatre stage, “Cool Blues,” a tale of an ingenious and inventive musician named B. “B” could stand for “brilliant,” “blue” and even “burnt out,” all adjectives that would serve to describe B in the various stages of [...]
*Big Bank Hank (Henry Jackson) stopped by to talk with me on my show “Topically Yours” on Blakeradio.com, Rainbow Soul, about his upcoming performance at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, located at 250 Bedford Park Blvd West, in the Bronx, where he and the rest of the Sugarhill Gang, Wonder Mike (Mike Wright) and [...]
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