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Brian Nash’s “Sunday Night Music Club”
As a pianist, an arranger, a vocalist and a second banana, Brian Nash has been a vital component of some of New York’s best cabaret shows by some of cabarets...
Lila Day’s “More of the Same”
Lila Day made her cabaret debut with a show that had a “COVID-adjacent” premiere. Despite the circumstances, she loved the experience and knew that she wanted to do another. When she...
Randa McNamara’s “Past, Present, Peculiarities”
When the eager crowd (filled with its fair share of cabaret legends and stars) set foot into the original cabaret space at Don’t Tell Mama to see Randa McNamara’s Past,...
Album Review: Mark Winkler–”The Rules Don’t Apply”
Singer/songwriter Mark Winkler received the 2023 Bistro Award for Outstanding Recording for his last album, Late Bloomin’ Jazzman. The blooming continues with his new collection of originals and inventive covers, The...
Club Review: Deidre Rodman Struck–”The Year of Lost and Found”
We all developed our own unique coping mechanisms to deal with the results of the pandemic. Singer, songwriter, pianist Deidre Rodman Struck combatted the desolation of lockdown in a way...
Album Review: “A Collective Cy–Jeff Harnar Sings Cy Coleman”
Anyone choosing to explore the songs of Cy Coleman finds a cornucopia of jazz, pop, and Broadway with words by some of the finest lyricists the Great American Songbook has...
Betty Bryant: “Lotta Livin'”
We live in an age when octogenarians and nonagenarians in the music industry are delivering performances in recordings and concerts, in cabarets and jazz clubs that are equal (and at...
Marc Jordan: “Waiting for the Sun to Rise”
I often long for the golden age of albums in which the recording was a cohesive artistic statement into which thought, passion, art, and craft were poured, resulting in work...
“André De Shields Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of ‘Haarlem Nocturne'”
Haarlem Nocturne is not only a seminal show in the long and storied career of André De Shields, it is one of the seminal events in the history of New...
Isabelle Georges in “Oh Là Là—A Passionate Journey Through the French Repertoire and Beyond”
In spite of its rather academic subtitle, “Oh Là Là—A Passionate Journey Through the French Repertoire and Beyond was a delightful showcase for and introduction to the many sides of...