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Traveling Guitar Foundation Founder Damon Marks to Embark on USO Tour to Germany

May 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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and Announce Generous Donation in Honor of Troops Renowned Guitarist/Songwriter to Promote Music Education, Help Warriors Heal with Free Guitars, Pickups and Cables, and Let Troops Know the USO is Always By Their Side Twitter Pitch: @damonmrks and @travelingguitar to embark on @the_USO tour to Germany! WHAT: USO tour featuring Traveling Guitar Foundation Founder (TGF)/guitarist Damon Marks WHEN: May 19-23, 2013 WHERE: Germany WHY: Guitarist/songwriter and founder of the Traveling Guitar Foundation (TGF) Damon Marks to spread his love of music to troops and their families on his first-ever USO tour to Germany May 19-23. During the five-day morale boosting trip, Marks will spend time at multiple military schools – where he and the TGF … [Continue reading...]

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Apollo Announces 2013 Spring Gala Honoree Chaka Khan

May 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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APOLLO THEATER TO INDUCT CHAKA KHAN INTO APOLLO LEGENDS HALL OF FAME AT ANNUAL SPRING GALA CONCERT MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013   SPECIAL PERFORMANCES BY PATTI LABELLE and MARY J. BLIGE TIME WARNER INC. TO RECEIVE CORPORATE AWARD FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ACCEPTED BY CHAIRMAN & CEO JEFF BEWKES PRESENTED BY SARAH JESSICA PARKER   PERCY E. SUTTON CIVIC LEADERSHIP AWARD PRESENTED TO CAROL’S DAUGHTER FOUNDER& PRESIDENT  LISA PRICE The Apollo Theater, a leading not-for-profit performing arts institution and one of the nation’s greatest cultural treasures, announced that its 8th Annual Spring Gala Concert will induct Chaka Khan into the Apollo Legends Hall of Fame on Monday, June 10, 2013 in celebration of Ms. Khan’s 40th anniversary in the music business. … [Continue reading...]

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3rd Annual Cabaret to Benefit Astor’s Lawrence F. Hickey Center

May 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Magee Hickey, PIX 11 News Reporter, to Host Third Annual Cabaret with her Singing Newscaster Colleagues to Benefit Astor’s Lawrence F. Hickey Center and to help Celebrate Astor’s 60th Anniversary Magee Hickey, daughter of Lawrence F. Hickey, and Reporter for PIX 11 News, along with her newscaster colleagues from New York’s television stations will be singing in a Cabaret to raise funds for Astor’s Lawrence F. Hickey Center for Child Development in the Bronx (LFHC). This event will take place on Sunday, May 5, 2013 (Reception at 1:00 PM and Performance at 2:00 PM), at One East 91st Street and 5th Avenue. Starring television premiere reporters: Ernie Anastos, Linda Church, Kirstin Cole, Irene Cornell, Kerry Drew, Mr. G., Tamsen Fadal, Allison Haunss, Sandy … [Continue reading...]

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David Glover

May 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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David Glover is currently the Assistant Conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. This season with the orchestra he assists and covers all Lilly Classical Series concerts as well as conducts Discovery, Family Series, and Side-by-Side Concerts. He is a frequent host of the Indianapolis Symphony's Words on Music, their pre-concert lecture before each performance. In the past few seasons, David has led numerous orchestras including the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, North Czech Philharmonic, Rouse Philharmonic, Bulgarian Opera, Bourgas, and Hungarian Opera, Cluj, in addition to working with some of his generation's most exciting artists, such as Stefan Jackiw and Time for Three. As a participant in numerous competitions, he has placed in the … [Continue reading...]

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Environmentalism and Reggae Come Together on Dear Mama Earth

May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Listen Here When it comes to our planet and how we treat it, we often neglect how essential its well-being is to our existence.  As climate change and the myriad of underlying issues become a mounting discussion in households worldwide, the need for people to voice their concerns has arisen. Dear Mama Earth brings together artist Toussaint Liberator and producer Brian McKenna to translate discussion about climate change into musical terms.      Combining reggae with influences of both classic R&B and soul, Dear Mama Earth is a timely call to action that transcends  languages and stands out equally for its lyrical poeticism and enchanting music. Herein McKenna fuses his vast talents with Toussaint's equally robust and silky smooth voice plus performances by some of … [Continue reading...]

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Spook Handy – Tales From the Road

April 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Next Concerts:  Apr 17: Garwood Free Public Library 7 PM 411 Third Avenue, Garwood, NJ 07027 – (908) 789-1670 “Ground Breaking Troubadours” Apr 18: Hillsboro Library 7 PM 379 S Branch Rd., Hillsboro, NJ “Library After Dark” series Apr 22 - 27: Rutgers University + NJ Folk Festival New Brunswick, NJ  Artist in Residency – See Details Below 1. Latest News Hi Friends,       I am really excited about the recording.  I've been working on this for a long time.  I have a bunch of new songs that I've already begun laying down tracks for.  If things go as planned, before you know it, we will be mixing the songs and sending them off to Oasis CD Manufacturing to be duplicated.  I've tried some new ideas for arranging and producing songs.  Bob Harris, my producer … [Continue reading...]

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Richard Pierce “Richie” Havens (January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013)

April 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Good News had the honor to create the 20th anniversary of Woodstock with Richie. He was a great man who taught us a great deal about life. FREEDOM. Reverend Paul Sladkus. Good news planet. Richie Havens was an American folk singer and guitarist. He is best known for his intense and rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings), soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. Early life Born in Brooklyn, Havens was the eldest of nine children.  At an early age, he began organizing his neighborhood friends into street corner doo-wop groups and was performing with the McCrea Gospel Singers at 16. Early career At age 20, Havens left Brooklyn, seeking artistic stimulation in Greenwich Village. "I saw the Village … [Continue reading...]

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JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER’S A TRIBUTE TO BOBBY SHORT-May 15 & May 16

April 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Featuring Host James Naughton with special guest Billy Stritch on May 15  Host Michael Feinstein on May 16 With Tedd Firth, Ed Howard, Mark McLean, and Guest Vocalists Paula West, T. Oliver Reid and Barbara Carroll  Tickets on Sale Now Jazz at Lincoln Center pays tribute to cabaret icon Bobby Short, with host James Naughton on May 15, and Michael Feinstein on May 16.  Music Director Tedd Firth will exhibit Short's signature songs alongside some of today's brightest stars of cabaret and Broadway, including guest vocalists Paula West, T. Oliver Reid, and Barbara Carroll. "The lyric is my Bible," Bobby Short once said, describing the aesthetic stance to which he developed through a seven-decade career as a professional entertainer.  Short spent consequential time … [Continue reading...]

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Shapiro Bernstein & Company

April 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Shapiro Bernstein, America's oldest independent music publishing company still active on the Billboard charts, this year celebrates its centenary. Over the past 100 years, the New York based company has had hits with classic songs including "In the Mood," "You're Nobody Til Somebody Loves You," "On the Sunny Side of the Street" and "Ring of Fire" and today is continuing that tradition of hit songs with modern day chart toppers such as David Guetta and Usher's "Without You," Corinne Bailey Rae's "Put Your Records On," and Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling," which has been certified as the biggest selling single of the digital era. Says the President of Shapiro Bernstein, Michael Brettler, "We must be doing something right to be in business for 100 years in New York City. In a world of … [Continue reading...]

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Mrs. Abramowitz

April 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment

About 30 of my classmates from a 3 year music class, from 1956-1959, are reuniting together, with our music teacher, Ruth Abramowitz. Mrs. Abramowitz is 94 years old, and represents to each of us, her students, an angelic figure who gave us unconditional acceptance and love, and introduced us to the world of classical music composition, in the context of a full string orchestra. We played violin, viola, cello, and string bass. She is currently somewhat frail, and we hope simply to honor her on June 1, with with simple expressions of our appreciation, and possibly a couple of songs. There has been little or no contact among all of us for 55 years, but in the past month, our connectedness has been ignited, and intensifying. In the heat of this emotional outburst, I wrote a song dedicated … [Continue reading...]

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