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Highly Recommended Album: CT! (Adam Schroeder and Mark Masters Celebrate Clark Terry)
There are certain bodily movements that humans do without thinking: the expansion and contraction of the lungs, the beating of the heart, or in this case, the tapping of the foot to a deliciously slow, swinging groove. On CT!, baritone saxophonist and bandleader Adam Schroeder teams up with arranger Mark Masters to deliver a tasty baker’s dozen tunes in the…
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Recommended Album: DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES (Original Broadway Cast)
The original cast album of Adam Guettel’s new Broadway musical, Days of Wine and Roses, is now digitally available; it will be available on CD in the spring. Craig Lucas wrote the show’s book and Michael Greif directs the production, which previously ran at the Atlantic Theater Company earlier this year. Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James star in this searing musical, based…
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Recommended Album: PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (Original Series Soundtrack | Themes by Bear McCreary)
Based on Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series by Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians tells the fantastical story of a 12-year-old modern demigod, Percy Jackson (Walker Scobell), who’s just coming to terms with his newfound divine powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt. With help from his…
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Highly Recommended Jazz Album: LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING (Stella Bass and the Johnny Taylor Trio)
SILVER LINING FOUND February 3, 2024 can’t come soon enough — that’s the date of Irish vocalist Stella Bass’s album release. A collection of handpicked standards and original compositions that reflect the challenging times the world collectively faced in 2020. The jazz album with a lovely trio supporting Bass, Look For The Silver Lining is…
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Highly Recommended Album: WISH (Soundtrack)
DELUXE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK FROM WALT DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS’ “WISH” AVAILABLE TODAY Alongside the wide release of the all-new film in theaters today, the Deluxe Soundtrack for Walt Disney Animation Studio’s Wish is available now on all streaming platforms. Featuring the voices of Ariana DeBose as Asha, Chris Pine as Magnifico, and Alan Tudyk as…
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Highly Recommended Jazz Album: ASTOR’S PLACE (Dimitri Landrain, piano; Jim Robertson, bass; Keith Balla, drums)
THIS WILL PUT YOU IN PIANO HEAVEN Astor’s Place is a gorgeously rendered album that reveals the genius of Dimitri Landrain. The acclaimed French composer and pianist based in New York City has traveled the world and found inspiration among his adventures. This album is a tribute to all those wonderful musical worlds he’s experienced….
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Highly Recommended Album: A CHORAL CHRISTMAS (VOCES8 Foundation Choir and Orchestra)
A wonderful album featuring many beloved Christmas carols of long ago and some not so long ago. Performed by VOCES8 Foundation Choir and Orchestra conducted by Barnaby Smith (Director and Countertenor of VOCES8), this gorgeous collection is majestic, beautiful, and timeless. The tracklist of A Choral Christmas features eight world premiere recordings: the album’s substantial…
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Highly Recommended Jazz Album: A SHADE OF BLUE (Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio)
Veteran pianist Tsuyoshi Yamamoto debuts on prestigious Japanese label evosound with A Shade Of Blue, out on CD and vinyl now, and digitally on December 8, 2023. Famed for his light touch, exquisite musical sensitivity, and hard-swinging approach to the piano, master Yamamoto has enjoyed a long and storied career that has yielded over 50…
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Recommended Jazz Concert: KERSTEN STEVENS & CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE (“Queen Rising” City Winery NY)
Kersten Stevens, queen of the violin, launches her much anticipated fifth album Queen Rising, which includes the single “Release The Grace,” an ode to Luther Vandross. Be the first to see Kersten perform original songs and newly recorded tracks along with Christian McBride at City Winery – The Loft on November 27, 2023 at 7:30pm. Along…
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Highly Recommended Album: SUMPTUOUS PLANET (by David Shapiro; performed by The Crossing Choir)
SUMPTUOUS ALBUM On Friday, November 10, 2023, The Crossing, one of our greatest choirs, will release SUMPTUOUS PLANET, a virtuosic and spectacular concert-length work by composer David Shapiro based primarily on the writings of the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins (famous, in part, for his defense of atheism). Sumptuous Planet is an expression of belief about the nature of life and the joy we can find in understanding it, paradoxically told through a Christian Mass and…
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Highly Recommended Jazz Album: BEYOND ORBITS (Miho Hazama & M-Unit)
From composer and conductor Miho Hazama – Beyond Orbits is a vibrant new album celebrating the 10-year anniversary of her ensemble M-Unit. Beyond Orbits is testament to Miho’s boundless creativity and artistic vision and to the remarkable growth of her career in Japan, Europe and the US in recent years. It’s is an album born…
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Recommended Album: NIGHT AFTER NIGHT: MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES OF M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN (James Newton Howard)
ALBUM FEATURES ALL-NEW RECORDINGS WITH SOLOISTS JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, HILARY HAHN, AND MAYA BEISER Night After Night: Music from the Movies of M. Night Shyamalan celebrates one of the richest collaborations between a contemporary film director and a composer – an all-new recording of music for M. Night Shyamalan’s most acclaimed films by the Emmy ®- and…
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WHAT ARE THE BEST MOVIES ABOUT PLANES EVER MADE?
Planes have always been present in popular culture, appearing everywhere from TV shows and fashion, to gaming, and even photography. Public Interest in Aviation The Museum of Flight in Seattle and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. are among the best places to find out more about aviation history in the…
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Recommended Film: SHOULDER DANCE (Written and Directed by Jay Arnold)
Queer Film Shoulder Dance with The Flash Star Rick Cosnett to be Released by Breaking Glass Pictures in November Breaking Glass Pictures, having acquired worldwide rights to Jay Arnold’s award-winning queer romantic drama feature Shoulder Dance, plans a U.S. theatrical release beginning Nov. 3, followed by on-demand and digital release on November 14, 2023. The…
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Recommended Album: DEATH NOTE, THE MUSICAL (West End Cast Recording on Ghostlight Records)
GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS will release the London Concept Album of Death Note, The Musical following performances at London’s Palladium and Lyric theatres. The date for the 17-track album will be announced soon at Ghostlight. With score by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Bonnie & Clyde), lyrics by Jack Murphy, book by Ivan Menchell, and orchestrations and arrangements by Jason Howland, the forthcoming…
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Album Recommendation: THE DEEPEST BREATH (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Nainita Desai)
Lakeshore Records has released The Deepest Breath’”Original Motion Picture Soundtrack digitally with an original score by Emmy-winning composer Nainita Desai (The Reason I Jump). Desai captures the beauty, thrill and danger of the sport with music that weaves strings, keys and vocalizations into an enthralling mix. The film is streaming now on Netflix. Purchase or…
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Recommended Album: THE CREATOR (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Hans Zimmer)
Hollywood Records has released The Creator (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) with music by Hans Zimmer. The 12-track album is available now on digital platforms SPOTIFY & APPLE MUSIC. Gemma Chan as Maya in 20th Century Studios’ THE CREATOR. Photo by Oren Soffer. The Creator, from 20th Century Studios, New Regency, and Entertainment One, is an…
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Music Preview: LOUISIANA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (Matthew Kraemer’s Inaugural Season)
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra Music Director Matthew Kraemer begins Inaugural Season Tickets start at $25 and can be purchased at lpomusic.com or by calling Patron Services at 504-523-6530. Kraemer’s Upcoming Season Highlights Thursday, September 14, 2023 | 7:30 PM Opening Night Matthew Kraemer, Conductor Stacy Garrop: Song of Orpheus Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber…
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Recommended Jazz Album: MORE THAN YOU KNOW (Silva & Steini)
A SOOTHING YET UPLIFTING COLLECTION OF STANDARDS IS LOVELY — MORE THAN YOU KNOW Peaceful, lush, lovely, luminous, unhurried, timeless, and distinct, the debut album from Icelandic duo Silva & Steini, More Than You Know is proof of the pure magic in truly inspired song interpretation. Over the course of eight spellbinding tracks, Reykjavík-based musicians…
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Recommended Music: FREE POP-UP CONCERTS (Miller Theatre Fall Season at Columbia University)
Miller Theatre at Columbia UniversitySchool of the Arts announces the fall season of Pop-Up Concerts “Close to the music” takes on new meaning with this friendly, free modern music series with the audience onstage and free drinks at cocktail hour # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #…
Interview: DAVID SERERO (director of “Tovah,” a documentary about Tovah Feldshuh)
by Shari Barrett | August 31, 2026
in Film, Interviews, Los AngelesMusic Preview: PACIFIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA BENEFIT CONCERT (October 10, 2026 | L.A.)
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in Chicago, TheaterDance Preview: GLORYA KAUFMAN PRESENTS DANCE AT THE MUSIC CENTER 2026–27 (L.A.)
by pwsadmin | August 28, 2026
in Dance, Los AngelesTheater Preview: KAIJU (The Road Theatre Company & BroadStage / Los Angeles)
by pwsadmin | August 28, 2026
in Los Angeles, TheaterDance Preview: DRACULA, A DARK SHADOW (State Street Ballet / Santa Barbara)
by Gregory Bernard | August 28, 2026
in Dance, Los Angeles, RegionalTheater Review: BEING PIAF (Odyssey Theatre Ensemble / Los Angeles)
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