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Review: Shania Twain Ends QUEEN OF ME Tour in Vancouver!
by Alyson Eng - November 24, 2023

Beginning in April of this year, Shania Twain began her 5th headlining concert tour. Named the “Queen of Me” tour after her most recent 6th studio album of the same name, this was Shania’s return to the stage after nearly five years....

Music Review: Anthony Nunziata Gifts Us His Single FIRST CHRISTMAS For Our Christmas
by Bobby Patrick - November 19, 2023

FIRST CHRISTMAS is new music and don't we all need some new Christmas music, my angels?  How many times can we listen to the same holiday songs over and over?...

Music Review: Ted Nash and Kristen Lee Sergeant Tease HOLIDAYS CD With Two Sweet Seasonal Singles
by Erin Samms - November 19, 2023

The countdown to the release of the Kristen Lee Sergeant/Ted Nash HOLIDAYS album has begun and we have two swell singles to show off the duo....

Album Review: On Her New EP Lisa Dawn Miller Shares The Hopes Of The Season With MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR
by Bobby Patrick - November 18, 2023

We truly got a lot of feels from Lisa Dawn Miller’s MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR, and ‘tis the season for many to want lovely ballads sung in beautiful ways....

Music Review: (Everybody's Waitin' For) Julie Benko's Christmas EP But For Now We Get THE MAN WITH THE BAG
by Bobby Patrick - November 16, 2023

With Jason and Julie in the driver's seat, it's holiday season every day of the year....

Music Review: Ann Kittredge Finds New Ways To FEEL THE EARTH MOVE With Her New Single
by Erin Samms - November 16, 2023

Well, there's good news, and there's bad news......

Album Review: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Announces And Releases Cast Album In Same Night
by Erin Samms - November 15, 2023

In a matter of hours the album was announced and released, and Sondheim fans can breathe a sigh of relief....

Album Review: GUYS & DOLLS A MUSICAL FABLE OF BROADWAY A CD You Can Bet On
by Erin Samms - November 10, 2023

They did Frank Loesser and Damon Runyon proud with this one....

Album Review: A MERRY Christmas Is VERRY Here With Stephanie J. Block's New Holiday Album MERRY CHRISTMAS, DARLING
by Bobby Patrick - November 06, 2023

Stephanie J Block keeps MERRY CHRISTMAS, DARLING bright and fun, and as the weather cools we are getting the feels for the holidays thanks to this album...

Review: NOISENIGHT40: ABEL SELAOCOE & THE BANTU ENSEMBLE, Boiler Shop
by Bryony Rae Taylor - November 03, 2023

My friend and I both said the same thing at the same time as we left the Boilershop after seeing South African Cellist, Abel Selaocoe. This was 'that might have been the best gig I’ve ever been to'. That might not be a very journalism-y thing to say (well, neither is “journalism-y”,) but it sums thi...

Album Review: Robert Bannon Captures Lightning In A Bottle With REWIND - LIVE IN CONCERT AT THE GREEN ROOM 42
by Erin Samms - November 10, 2023

Is he a jazz singer, a cabaret singer, or a pop singer? Yes. He is....

Review: QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT THE RHAPSODY TOUR at Xcel Energy Center
by Jared Fessler - October 28, 2023

What did our critic think of QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT THE RHAPSODY TOUR at Xcel Energy Center?...

Album Review: JUDY GARLAND: THE TWO-A-DAY IS BACK IN TOWN, Brings Our Judy Into Your Living Room Like Never Before
by Bobby Patrick - October 21, 2023

Garland shares… that’s what she does on this album. She was a most generous performer, always giving of herself, and it is really present on these live recordings....

Album Review: Don't Walk, RUN To Get NANCY SINATRA KEEP WALKIN': SINGLES, DEMOS & RARITIES 1965 - 1978
by Bobby Patrick - October 20, 2023

Nancy Sinatra’s catalogue is spectacularly represented on the new release from the Light In The Attic label, KEEP WALKIN’....

Album Review: Ann Hampton Callaway Captures Perfect Love On Her New Album FINDING BEAUTY, ORIGINALS, VOL. 1
by Bobby Patrick - October 17, 2023

FINDING BEAUTY, ORIGINALS, VOL. 1, listen for the boundless love throughout. Sit with this VOL. 1 with your favorite sippable and huggable...

Music Review: Singer Sings A Sexy, Slinky, Slithery Single With Natalie Douglas' New Release TRUST IN ME
by Bobby Patrick - October 11, 2023

Natalie Douglas ain’t no python and her rich voice makes it all so very sexy that one can hardly stand it....

Music Review: A Merry Holloween & A Happy Christmas Are Here With Stephanie J. Block's New Holiday Single SLEIGH RIDE!
by Bobby Patrick - October 09, 2023

Does Stephanie J Block reinvent the wheel with her recording of SLEIGH RIDE? Nope, but with her voice, she doesn’t have to....

Album Review: SWEENEY TODD Cast Recording Lacking Flavor
by Bobby Patrick - September 30, 2023

The truth is that any recording of this score is worth listening to, and most people do tend to love the recording that was their first....

Review: GET HAPPY! MICHAEL FEINSTEIN CELEBRATES THE JUDY GARLAND CENTENNIAL at Music Center at Strathmore
by David Friscic - September 24, 2023

The brilliant and undying talent of the legendary entertainer Judy Garland was celebrated at the Music Center at Strathmore in the memory-laden production Get Happy! Michael Feinstein Celebrates the Judy Garland Centennial. Produced with the approval of daughter Liza Minnelli, this memorable show di...

Music Review: Sari Jordan Calls For An End To Hostilities Between… Us All, Really, With Her New Single, CEASEFIRE
by Bobby Patrick - September 18, 2023

CEASEFIRE is a beautiful if painful portrait of resolving conflict between people and the battle scars love can leave behind....

Album Review: Barry's Boys Bring Back Beautiful Blends To Broadway On HARMONY'S New Cast Album
by Bobby Patrick - September 10, 2023

This recording checks our most important Broadway Album Box - one comes away from the first listening with a real sense of the show and its story....

Album Review: Joplin & Virginia Woolf Live Inside Mary Bridget Davies On Her New Live Album FREEDOM OF MY MIND
by Bobby Patrick - September 01, 2023

The passion of her music and the soul of her work comes right out of the speakers to you (not AT you)....

Album Review: Idina Menzel's DRAMA QUEEN is Making Us All Dance
by Bobby Patrick - August 30, 2023

This kind of music really does give us that old disco feeling and with Idina Menzel’s DRAMA QUEEN, we can all grab it together....

Album Review: Out Of The Past Comes Rose Marie's 1st Ever CD Collection For Her 100th Birthday on ROSE MARIE SINGS
by Bobby Patrick - August 28, 2023

For those of us for whom she represents more than kitsch, this album is an essential....

Album Review: Lucie Arnaz Tells Everyone “How I Got The Job” On Her New Album LIVE AT THE PURPLE ROOM
by Bobby Patrick - August 26, 2023

Lucie’s singing voice is that of a Broadway belter, but more than that, Lucie Arnaz is an actor....