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Club Review: Deborah Stone’s “Take Me Back—Joan, Joni, Dylan, and Others”
Back in the day, you couldn’t walk around the West Village without finding a folk club on every block; the sound of guitars and voices wafted into the streets wherever...
Club Review: Ronny Whyte’s “Swinging Sondheim”
The urbane sophistication and consummate musicality of singer/pianist/songwriter Ronny Whyte proved a perfect match for the artistry of Stephen Sondheim in the new show, Swinging Sondheim, which debuted this month...
Club Review: Danny Bacher Quartet
There is something special in the sound, the style, and the phrasing of a horn player who sings; I think back to my favorites of the past like Chet Baker,...
Club Review: Tawanda, Jazz Vocalist in Her NY Debut
Tawanda (Photo: Jeff Xander) For new young jazz vocalists beginning a performance career, the shadows of the giants that came before them can be intimidating and...
Club Review: Susan Neuffer’s “An Elpee’s Worth of Todd”
Back in the day, when I became a lifelong fan of singer/songwriter/producer Todd Rundgren, albums were not merely a collection of "pick & choose" streamable tracks. They were an entity...
Club Review: Brandon James Gwinn’s “Four Pianos”
Bobby Short…Blossom Dearie…Frances Faye…Diana Krall. Their names alone conjure images of sophisticated, exciting nightlife, of bôites inhabited by saloon singers on the ivories, of wonderful dreams of music and class...
Club Review: Stacy Sullivan, Todd Murray in “I’m Glad There Is You—The Musical Romance of Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee
What could go wrong? One of New York cabaret’s warmest, most intelligent, and talented vocalists paired with a solid crooner in the classic mode whose rich, smooth sound and smart...
Remembering Jay Rogers
On October 28, 2022, we lost Jay Rogers, one of the most hilarious, talented, endearing clowns in New York cabaret and theatre, to cancer. It is a tragic reminder of...
Club Review: Dorian Woodruff’s “The Lyrics of Alan and Marilyn Bergman”
In 1960, lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman secured their position in the Great American Songbook with Frank Sinatra’s recording of “Nice ‘n’ Easy” (Lew Spence) and, up until Marilyn’s death...
Club Review: “Lisa Viggiano Sings the Jane Olivor Songbook”
After she was discovered (and signed to Columbia Records) at her very first cabaret show, Jane Olivor released five albums between 1976 and 1982 that endeared her to many, particularly...