Steppin’ Out with Irving Berlin
Carl F. Gauze recaps this year’s celebration of America’s most famous songwriter, Irving Berlin.
Carl F. Gauze recaps this year’s celebration of America’s most famous songwriter, Irving Berlin.
Moonlight, Mistletoe & You (Concord Records). Review by Michelle Wilson.
Laura Hodos continues to homestead the Winter Park cabaret scene with this retrospective of songs made popular in movies, but still ended up on stage.
A review of the hits and lesser lights of the Irving Berlin canon on stage for your entertainment.
The Bill Evans Trio (Riverside). Review by Carl F Gauze.
As the men and beasts gathered in the cool evening to hear the strains of Cole Porter’s music, Cindy Barrymore was struck by how elegant it all seemed.
Bette Midler Sings The Rosemary Clooney Songbook (Columbia). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Annie Get Your Gun: Original Broadway Cast Recording (Angel). Review by David Lee Beowülf
Four local bands lit up Melbourne, Florida at the Pineapples Moon Room. The lineup, presented by Red Eye Booking, included London on Fire, The Speed Spirits, and Dunies, all from in Melbourne, and special guest, Orlando band Better Than This.
In this episode, Jeremy Glazier talks with Noah Lekas of the band American Restless, who draws on his Midwest roots for inspiration.
A young man with a mental condition struggles to understand the world.
This week, Christopher Long pulls up at a neighborhood garage sale and picks up his fourth vinyl copy of Song of Joy, the 1976 platinum slab from the Captain & Tennille.
Mikko Niskanen’s recently restored 1972 mini-series Eight Deadly Shots is a complex look at the real-life murders of four police officers in the farming community of Sääksmäki, Finland, in March 1969. Lily and Generoso review the powerful fictionalized adaptation of this tragic incident.
Lily and Generoso review Smoking Causes Coughing, the newest creation from surrealist comic genius Quentin Dupieux (Rubber, Mandibles) that follows the adventures and storytelling endeavors of the kaiju-fighting Tobacco Force!
Ink 19’s Roi J. Tamkin reviews Drumming With Dead Can Dance and Parallel Adventures, Peter Ulrich’s memoir of an artistic life fueled by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard’s remarkable friendship.
Tymisha Harris tells the story of Josephine Baker with the perfect mix of theater, history, and jazz in Josephine: A Burlesque Cabaret Dream Play.