Features

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...

Bistro Bits: Rolling Back the Years—with Mary Hopkin, Dory Previn, and Eydie Gormé

The songs, sonatas, and symphonies we gravitate to early in our lives set in motion our own particular...

2024 Bistro Awards Role Call: Maud Hixson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnUYbgxPm_Q&t=11s Maud Hixson–Outstanding Recording: Permanent Moonlight: Songs of Richard Rodney BennettIn paying tribute to one of her musical...
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Reviews

Album Review: “A Lady With A Song—Amber Weekes Celebrates Nancy Wilson”
When singer Nancy Wilson (1937-2018) passed, she left behind a legacy of classic recordings, unforgettable concert performances, appearances in film and television, and a career that will inspire singers for...
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...
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...

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