by Jeff Maisey | Apr 18, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Joan Osborne’s “Songs of Bob Dylan” album grew out of a need to fill a demand. The Cafe Carlyle, the storied Upper East Side Manhattan jazz club, asked her to sit in for a two-week residency in 2016. American Songbook standards, a...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 18, 2019 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham For the past year or so, my life has been marked by a series of unsettling disruptions. It all started last spring when my 15-year-old car, which I loved, finally bit the dust. In the grand scheme of things, it wasn’t that big a deal. But it turned...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 16, 2019 | Classical, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Maestro JoAnn Falletta will be concluding her final full season this spring with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, capping off a year filled with accolades and memorable performances. In February, she won her third Grammy Award for a recording with the...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 14, 2019 | Horton, News & Views
By John L. Horton For some time now, I have been struggling with the question of “reparations…owed to African Americans?” Finally, I have decided to put pen to paper and express myself. It has not been an easy task as I find myself still conflicted and somewhat torn...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 14, 2019 | Film, Stage & Film
By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema I’ve recently come across a few popular artists who followed a calling to walk along the Buddhist path. They include the recently departed singer-songwriter-poet Leonard Cohen, known for such beautiful ballads as “Suzanne,” “Hallelujah,”...
