Features


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,...

Changing Their Tunes…or Not: Cabaret Songwriters Adapt in a Volatile World

All sorts of people in cabaret circles can put “songwriter” on their résumés: singer-songwriters in the tradition of...

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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 the wheel but to honor the great legacy of American pop and...

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 Robert Grusecki, Mid-Century Modern is pleasingly unified by the prettiness, warmth, and...

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 pop, a lyricist of wit and depth, a cook, a mean scrabble...

Chloé Jean’s “Fairy Tale Fail”
Sometimes when you listen to a new recording, in the first seconds you are captivated by a fresh sound, personal delivery, perfect instrumentation and immaculate production; you just sit back,...

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