Dear Boy Shares New Single 'Wet Clothes'
by Michael Major - March 23, 2022 Dear Boy is a band of best friends from Los Angeles, California. Ben Grey (vocals / guitar), Austin Hayman (guitar), Keith Cooper (drums) and Lucy Lawrence (bass / vocals). With three EPs and a bouquet of singles, Dear Boy has earned an immense and loyal following, selling out headline shows from th...
Review Roundup: EPIPHANY at Lincoln Center Theater; What Did the Critics Think?
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 24, 2022 EPIPHANY, a new play by Brian Watkins, directed by Tyne Rafaeli, officially opened at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. Read all of the reviews for Epiphany here....
Francis of Delirium Return With Catherine Marks (boygenius, Manchester Orchestra, The Killers) Produced Single 'Real Love'
by Michael Major - July 20, 2023 Following a busy year of touring with the likes of Soccer Mommy, Briston Maroney, Horsegirl, The Districts and hitting Treefort Fest, Shaky Knees, Eurosonic, Iceland Airwaves, as well as opening for The 1975, the young Luxembourgish band is back with a new sound. “Real Love” hints at the songwriting...
The Tallis Scholars Announce National Tour
by Stephi Wild - July 20, 2022 Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), City Recital Hall and Melbourne Recital Centre announced The Tallis Scholars, will return to Australia for a national tour, stopping by the QPAC Concert Hall for one night only on Wednesday 26 October 2022 with a sublime program of sacred choral music. ...
Myrne Dives Headfirst Into New Singles 'Freefall' & 'Era'
by Michael Major - July 14, 2023 In “Freefall,” a buzzy low-end takes form as an intoxicating beat indebted to French house, just before euphoric synths make their way into the forefront with vocals by Joyia. By the second half of this odyssey, you’re plunged into a galactic EDM drop that sums up the emotional resonance that MYRNE ...
Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation to Present IT WAS ALL A DREAM: A Musical 20th Anniversary Celebration
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 16, 2022 The Brooklyn-based Asase Yaa African American Dance Theater, founded by Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation in 2002, will be premiering their new original musical It Was All a Dream, in celebration of the Foundation's 20th Anniversary on August 20, 2022 at 7pm at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center....
CTC Announces Leadership Change
by Stephi Wild - October 05, 2022 After seven successful seasons as Producing Artistic Director at Chester Theatre Company (CTC), Daniel Elihu Kramer is leaving to focus on his increased responsibilities at Smith College and his work as a freelance theatre artist. ...
SEX EDUCATION to End With Season Four on Netflix; Watch the Teaser
by Michael Major - July 05, 2023 Asa Butterfield leads the cast as Otis Milburn, alongside Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa, Aimee-Lou Wood, Emma Mackey, Connor Swindells, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Mimi Keene, George Robinson, Chinenye Ezeudu, Dua Saleh, Alistair Petrie, Samantha Spiro, Jim Howick, Rakhee Thakrar and Daniel Ings. Watch...
Video: Watch Ariana DeBose In AMC Theaters' New Public Service Announcement For The Kennedy Center's National Thank An Arts Teacher Campaign
by Michael Major - August 30, 2023 Ariana DeBose is partnering with the Kennedy Center and AMC Theatres for a new public service announcement that will play during National Arts in Education week this September. In the video, DeBose speaks to the value of arts education and shares her story of her late beloved drama teacher and mento...
Curve Announces Black History Month Programme 2022
by A.A. Cristi - September 21, 2022 Curve has announced a programme of performances, events and free activities to mark Black History Month this October....
Glenn Hodgins Appointed Executive Director of Tafelmusik
by Stephi Wild - May 10, 2023 Dr. Christopher Paige, Chair of Tafelmusik’s Board of Directors, has announced that Glenn Hodgins has been appointed Executive Director. Currently President and CEO of the Canadian Music Centre (CMC), Hodgins will join Tafelmusik starting June 21, 2023. ...
Video: Watch Ariana DeBose In AMC Theaters' New Public Service Announcement For The Kennedy Center's National Thank An Arts Teacher Campaign
by Michael Major - August 30, 2023 Ariana DeBose is partnering with the Kennedy Center and AMC Theatres for a new public service announcement that will play during National Arts in Education week this September. In the video, DeBose speaks to the value of arts education and shares her story of her late beloved drama teacher and mento...
Breakout Artist IDK Releases Epic New Album 'F65'
by Michael Major - May 05, 2023 The 22-track opus traverses a thrilling landscape as it explores the experiences of people of color around the world – and what that reality means. Given this overarching theme's provocative, poetic, and powerful nature, IDK also chose to incite discourse with often upbeat, always thoughtful songcr...
Darlinghurst Theatre Company Appoints New Chair
by Stephi Wild - February 23, 2022 Darlinghurst Theatre Company has announced the appointment of Joydeep Hor as the new Chair of Darlinghurst Theatre Company’s board. ...
Lachi Releases 'Lift Me Up' Single With James Ian Ft. Gaelynn Lea
by Michael Major - July 25, 2023 Lachi and acclaimed songwriter James Ian have released a new single and video, “Lift Me Up” featuring Broadway musician Gaelynn Lea, to honor the renowned disability rights activist Judy Heumann who passed away earlier this year. Tony-winner Ali Stroker starts the video with an audio description for...
Bryant Gumbel to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Sports EMMY Awards
by Michael Major - March 28, 2023 The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) has announced that Emmy, Peabody, NAACP Image and Edward R. Murrow Award winning television journalist and sportscaster Bryant Gumbel will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement at the 44th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards ceremony....
Howard 'Youngblood' Bomar to Release 'I, Who Have Nothing' Album
by Michael Major - February 08, 2023 Howard Bomar was a man who slipped through everybody’s fingers. His artistry escapes that fate with the release of I, Who Have Nothing, available from Sundazed Music on LP and CD with bonus tracks. The 13-track collection features his 1960s 45 soul sides and five previously unreleased recordings, in...
Austin Jay To Release Self-Titled Debut EP
by A.A. Cristi - June 09, 2023 A rock and trap-indebted singer-songwriter with the charm and bearing of a modern pop star, Austin Jay is in many ways Los Angeles's best-kept secret. Building on the success of previous singles, 'Loving on You' and 'Things You'll Never Know,' he returns with his highly-anticipated self-titled debut...
Plano Symphony Orchestra Reveals Five-Year Strategic Artistic Plan
by Stephi Wild - August 23, 2023 Brenda Mills, President of the Plano Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors, announced that at a recent Board of Directors’ retreat, Maestro Héctor Guzmán, the PSO’s longstanding music director and conductor, presented a five-year strategic artistic plan for the orchestra....
MILLY Share New Single 'Nullify' & Announce Debut Album
by Michael Major - June 23, 2022 Produced in LA with Gleemer’s Corey Coffman, “Nullify” finds MILLY in full-blown pop mode, the melodic-but-mystifying influence of classic avant-garde indie progenitors like Pavement clear to see. The forthcoming Eternal Ring is kinetic, physical, and often a little bit volatile — a mixture of emo m...
Neighbor Lady Share New Single 'Haunting'
by Michael Major - March 03, 2022 Neighbor Lady recorded “Haunting” with Jason Kingsland (Kaiser Chiefs, Band of Horses, Belle & Sebastian) at Diamond Street Studios in Atlanta and it was mixed by Noah Georgeson (Andy Shauf, Cate Le Bon, Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom). Listen to the new track now! Plus, check out upcoming concert ...
Previews: STIRS UP STILL THINGS at ISHIDA Dance
by Brett Cullum - January 03, 2023 If the past is any indication, this is one you do not want to miss! The level of skill is amazing, and on par with any professional Houston dance company. And the choreographers brought in to work on the pieces are world renowned....
WEMA Shares 'Launje Pt. 1' From Self-Titled Album
by Michael Major - April 15, 2022 WEMA is a five-piece collective – consisting of Tanzanian multi-instrumentalist Msafiri Zawose, producer Photay and Penya members Magnus P.I, Lilli Elina and Jimmy le Messurier. It is an artistic pursuit founded on community; a space in which to harness the transformative power of connection. ...
Laya Shares 'Sailor Moon 2.0' Featuring Baby Tate
by Michael Major - September 09, 2022 Reupping and recharging a breakout fan favorite track, LAYA unveils “Sailor Moon 2.0” featuring Atlanta rap star Baby Tate. Over hyper-animated production befitting of the song’s namesake, her wild delivery transfixes in bursts of energy. Meanwhile, the multi-hyphenate hip-hop phenomenon Baby Tate p...
Launder Shares New Single 'Become' Featuring Soko
by Michael Major - May 18, 2022 French artist Soko takes lead vocal duties on Launder’s latest single, 'Become'. Her mesmeric vocals move listeners into a trance between interwoven basslines and gauzy guitars, both shimmering and shattered. The song came to life out of a casual session with friends Jackson Phillips (Day Wave), Zac... |