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Music / Concert Review: AMERICAN RAILROAD (Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens; U.S. Tour)
TUNNEL VISION In this first program post-Yo-Yo Ma artistic directorship, the American Railroad national tour by Silkroad Ensemble presents an evening of newly composed and arranged music with a slew of fresh faces joining the illustrious ensemble. Under the direction of banjoist, fiddle player, vocalist and multi-Grammy winner Rhiannon Giddens, the ensemble features a cast…
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Cabaret Review: A TINA TURNER TRIBUTE (Keisha D & Hearts of Soul at the Revolution Stage Company in Palm Springs; part of “Cabaret6: Desert Stars”)
FULL-THROATED AND FIERCE, KEISHA D IS SIMPLY THE BEST As she embraced the audience with her full-throated voice and a fierce personality, you could see exactly why Keisha D may just be the best vocalist in the Coachella Valley. With hips, hands and heart all working the full crowd, this phenomenal performer can dish out…
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Concert Review: A JOURNEY THROUGH BAROQUE EUROPE (Théotime Langlois de Swarte and Le Consort)
A JOURNEY THROUGH BAROQUE EUROPE Last night, November 9, Segerstrom’s Samueli Hall was a perfect location for being treated to an intimate baroque performance curated by Le Consort, the Paris-based preeminent ensemble making their U.S. debut with A Journey Through Baroque Europe. Co-directed by the accomplished violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte, the virtuosic harpsichordist Justin…
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Film / Music Review: E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL IN CONCERT (Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil)
HEARING A GREAT SCORE AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME The Walt Disney Concert Hall was the place to be the Friday after Halloween to experience the joy at a live screening of the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial with the Los Angeles Philharmonic playing the full score conducted by Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel — in the…
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Jazz Concert Review: MIHO HAZAMA & M_UNIT (Tour at Samueli Hall, Segerstrom Center in Costa Mesa)
AN EVENING OF CACOPHONOUS DELIGHT Grammy-nominated composer/performer/arranger Miho Hazama and her 13-piece jazz chamber orchestra m_unit landed at Segerstrom Center for the Arts on October 28, 2023, kicking off the U.S. West Coast Tour showing off her vibrant new album celebrating the 10-year anniversary of her ensemble, m_unit: Beyond Orbits. Adding about six minutes to…
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Cabaret Review: MANDY PATINKIN IN CONCERT: BEING ALIVE (Segerstrom and on Tour)
FINE AND MANDY! Mandy Patinkin, a venerable artist of 71years, known for his remarkable presence on the stage, in television, and on the silver screen, graced the esteemed Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa with his latest production, Being Alive. The title, a nod to the Stephen Sondheim song from the legendary…
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Highly Recommended Concert: CHRISTMAS TIME IN THE CITY (Church of St. Paul the Apostle)
SO, YOU WANNA SEE STARS AT CHRISTMAS TIME… OK, Christmas is coming, New Yorkers! With choral performances, cabarets, Broadway singers, and music concerts playing all over the city, it can be tough to choose the best. Well, how about a night with all four? On Thursday, December 7, 2023, at 8pm, The Church of St….
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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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Film and Event Review: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (The Ford)
ROCKY HORROR: THE PICTURE AND THE SHOW “IT’S ASTOUNDING” that a close to fifty-year-old movie about a transvestite from a planet Transexual in a galaxy Transylvania, replete with elbow sex, a dance called the “Time Warp,” and an act of cannibalism, should draw a full house in an outdoor venue on a chilly autumn night in…
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Cabaret Review: A PLACE FOR US: A CELEBRATION OF JEWISH BROADWAY (Ari Axelrod)
ARI AXELROD HAS FOUND HIS PLACE Considering how many Jewish musicians have written for Broadway, it must have been difficult for Ari Axelrod to choose the repertoire for his new cabaret show, A Place for Us: A Celebration of Jewish Broadway. Nevertheless, the show represents a wide range of songwriters, from Rodgers and Hammerstein to…
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Music Review: HADELICH AND MENDELSSOHN (Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra)
It’s always fascinating to come for a headliner and be completely bowled over by other parts of the program. The draw for Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s two performances last weekend was Augustin Hadelich, one of the world’s greatest violinists, performing Mendelssohn’s melodic Violin Concerto in E minor at The Alex Theatre. I have seen the…
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Concert Review: SHEENA EASTON (Pepperdine Malibu)
THE SHEEN IS OFF Grammy Award-winning Pop and Broadway musical star Sheena Easton gave a disarrayed performance at the Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts on the Pepperdine University Campus in Malibu last night, Thursday, October 26. Wearing a form-fitting short sparkling teal dress, she shared the stage with four musicians and a male…
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Highly Recommended Concert: 40! (The Verdi Chorus Fall 2023 Concert in Santa Monica)
The Verdi Chorus’ 40th Anniversary season continues with its landmark Fall 2023 Concert, 40! Led by Anne Marie Ketchum, who is celebrating forty consecutive years as Artistic Director of the organization (now THAT deserves an exclamation point!), the Verdi Chorus is the only choral group in Southern California that focuses primarily on the dramatic and diverse music…
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Recommended Event: GRAND AVE ARTS: ALL ACCESS (Downtown Los Angeles Sat. Oct. 21, 2023, 11am – 4pm)
FREE DAY OF ARTS EXPERIENCES FOR ANGELENOS It’s just a couple of days away from Grand Ave Arts: All Access, a day like no other where Downtown Los Angeles’s cultural corridor becomes a giant open house for Angelenos of all ages to experience free art opportunities with 14 of LA’s most iconic institutions on Saturday…
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Cabaret Review: TIME TRAVELER (Ute Lemper at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater)
TAKING A TRIP WITH UTE LEMPER Ute Lemper’s Time Traveler, which plays Joe’s Pub one more time on October 22, highlights pivotal events in the German-born chanteuse’s life. These events include her move to Berlin forty years ago when she became part of a Kurt Weill show; her 1987 move to Paris to play Sally…
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NYC Cabaret Review: AMANDA GREEN & FRIENDS (Birdland Jazz Club)
In what she calls a celebration of autumn, performer and songwriter Amanda Green and her “amazing friends,” Jen Colella, Jarrod Spector, Kelli Barrett, Alan H. Green, Jade Jones and Kristoffer Cusick, presented a program of “chestnuts old and new” from several projects. These projects were occasionally songs she’d written for people such as her own…
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Opera Review: STAR CHOIR (World Premiere by The Industry at Mount Wilson Observatory in Los Angeles)
WHAT’S NEXT, TURANDOT AT THE SPHINX? Space pageantry reaches new heights inside Mt. Wilson Observatory’s 100-inch telescope. The experimental opera company The Industry is known for their innovative productions, held in unconventional locations. There was Hopscotch — a “mobile opera” that ferried audience members between the LA River, Bradbury building, an Airstream, and in…
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Recommended Concert: AN EVENING WITH STING AND THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY (Davies Hall)
STING JOINS THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY FOR TWO CONCERTS, PERFORMING HIS MOST CELEBRATED HITS REIMAGINED FOR ORCHESTRA Tickets go on sale Friday, October 13, 2023, at 10am PT Pre-sale for SF Symphony subscribers on October 11, 2023 Sting.com fan club pre-sale begins October 12 at 10am PT An Evening with Sting and the San Francisco…
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Music Review: STRAVINSKY AND SHOSTAKOVICH WITH DUDAMEL (Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason; Conductor Gustavo Dudamel; LA Phil at Disney Hall)
AN UNEQUIVACABLE TRIUMPH FOR LA PHIL… AND MY MOTHER The strains of Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 have forever held a special place in my heart. It is a sentimentality rooted in a rather extraordinary moment of my own origin, an occurrence forever entwined with the ethereal melodies of this masterpiece. On that fateful December…
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Event | Music Review: 66th MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL (September 22-24, 2023)
With five stages going strong, the 66th Monterey Jazz Festival was in full swing September 22-24, 2023. And I do mean “swing”! As if to celebrate Artistic Director Tim Jackson, who steps down as artistic director after 33 years, the crowd socialized like it was a block party. With a superb combination of old-school pros…
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