Eternal ingénue: Charlotte Gainsbourg on her latest stylish roleFriday, July 8, 2011 @ 6:07PMIn Paris, the sun is shining and everything is gleaming and bright. Inside a palatial biscuit-and-cream-coloured suite at the Hotel Royal Monceau, Charlotte Gainsbourg is sitting curled into herself on a vast button-back sofa, all elongated limbs and eye-grazing fringe.
Zumba craze hits locallyMonday, June 27, 2011 @ 9:34AMZumba is a Latin-inspired, calorieburning dance fitness program that’s moving millions of people to try to stay fit and healthy.
10 Songs to Sing When It's RainingThursday, June 16, 2011 @ 3:47AMEntertainment :: Music - Also works as a rain chant during El Nino season
GaGa is our guruSunday, May 29, 2011 @ 10:08PMPOP sensation's fans make some emotional pilgrimages to her NYC homecoming concert
Berlin still serves as musicians' museFriday, May 27, 2011 @ 5:47AMHad Frank Sinatra lived in the German capital, we would probably be singing "Berlin, Berlin" at karaoke nights. Nothing against wonderful New York, but my city doesn't sleep either - for musicians of all genres.
Duke of DiversityThursday, May 26, 2011 @ 11:52AMOn a night in the early 1970s, a young keyboardist named George Duke was given as a gift the first synthesizer he would ever own. Duke, a straight-laced jazz-fusion player, was reluctant to accept. But the man, his bandleader, insisted. “Look,” he said. “I’m gonna stick it on your Fender Rhodes and maybe you’ll bump into it and a sound will come out that you like.”
Drama Desk Awards Go to 'Book of Mormon, Normal Heart, War Horse', Sutton Foster, Norbert Leo ButzTuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 4:39PMThe 2011 Drama Desk Awards, honoring New York City theatre for the 2010-11 season, recognized The Book of Mormon, Anything Goes, The Normal Heart and War Horse in production categories. The awards were handed out May 23 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan.
GAC Album Review: Frankie Ballard’s Self-Titled DebutTuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 11:50AMFrom the ringing distortion and raspy vocals of the opening track “A Buncha Girls,” newcomer Frankie Ballard makes it immediately evident that he feels right at home with some back country soul and a heavy dose of guitar fire. On his self-titled debut, the 28-year-old guitar slinger offers up his own brand of heartland country, [...]
New York Dolls, J Mascis, Smoking Popes and If By YesThursday, May 19, 2011 @ 2:19PMIn the new millennium, David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain of New York Dolls have been more obvious about their love of Doo Wop and the street corner vocal groups of the ‘50s, and that influence shows up on High Heels on the son-of-Spector “Fool for You Baby,” the tossed off majesty of “Streetcake” and a sweetly ragged take on the Rene brothers’ “I Sold My Heart to the Junkman.” But even with his ...
Drama Desk Awards Will Debut in June On Ovation NetworkTuesday, May 17, 2011 @ 8:18PMThe 56th Annual Drama Desk Awards, which will be held May 23 at the Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan Center, will debut on television in June on the Ovation Network.