Features

Six Authors Talk About Publishing Books on the Great American Songbook and Its Artists in Today’s Market

So, you want to publish a book about your favorite composers or singers right out of the Great...

Crowdfunding: The Do’s, the Don’ts, the Virtues, the Liabilities

Doing What You Have to Do to Get Your Work Out There When James Beaman decided to return...

Bistro Bits: Kazan Shazam! With Re-Released Albums, the World Gets a Burst of Vintage Lainie

On February 3, 1965, singer-actor Lainie Kazan stepped onto the stage of Manhattan’s Winter Garden Theatre for the...
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Club Reviews

Club Review: Peter Calo & Anne Carpenter—”Timeless Singer-Songwriters”

A soft blanket on a snowy night. A cool lemonade on a summer afternoon.  Mac and cheese on...

Bistro Bits: There Are Many Ways to Approach a Tribute Show—Here Are Two

Singers preparing a tribute show, whether they’re celebrating the tune list of a songwriter or feting the career...

Club Review: Can Yasar—”A Turkish Rhapsody”

Can (pronounced “John”) Yasar had a dream growing up in his native Turkey with which many of us...
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Album Reviews

Bistro Bits: Special-Case Albums—New Releases by Minnock and Aloisio/Pallatto

Today for Bistro Bits, I’m having a look at two recent album releases, both of which fall into...

Bistro Bits: Jazz Babies 2024–New Recordings by Russell and Mason, Loar, and Levy/Vannatter

A couple of weeks ago, writer Lisa Jo Sagolla discussed a number of new recordings on this site....

Album Reviews: A Pleasurable Trio of Recent Releases

Reviewing recordings by leading cabaret vocalists may be the heavenliest job on earth, as this latest batch of...
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