Features

Bistro Bits: Jazz and Cabaret…. Kissing Cousins or Estranged Siblings? Veronica Swift and Mary Foster Conklin Shed Some Light

Jazz and cabaret—two spheres, almost adjacent, yet set just apart. I’ve often thought about the ways these two...

Bistro Bits: A Greeting—Plus, What Makes for Super-Great Cabaret?

As you may have noticed, cabaret singers customarily perform two songs before greeting their audience at the top...

More Songwriters Explain How Their Artistry Has Evolved

A few weeks ago, we shared with you the thoughts of four songwriters associated with cabaret: Amanda McBroom,...
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Club Reviews

“Amy Beth Williams Sings Leiber & Stoller”

As with most singers enduring and then coming out of the pandemic with its quarantines and lockdowns, Amy...

Roberto Araujo: “I Just Wanted You To Know”

When Roberto Araujo came out to his family he was thrown out of the house and fled Mexico...

Melissa Errico: “Broadway Baby—From Manhasset to Manhattan & Beyond”

Melissa Errico won a 2023 Bistro Award for her recording, Out of The Dark: The Film Noir Project, a wonderfully...
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Album Reviews

CD Review: Hannah Gill’s “Everybody Loves a Lover”

Sometimes it’s a simple, refreshing delight when a singer records an album that is not out to re-invent...

Anya Turner and Robert Grusecki’s “Mid-Century Modern”

An appealing new studio recording of ten original songs co-written and performed by vocalist Anya Turner and pianist...

Maud Hixson’s “Permanent Moonlight—Songs of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett”

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett was a man of many sides—a renowned composer of opera, film scores, jazz and...
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