BRING IT ON – IN IT TO WIN IT (2007) Starring Ashley Benson, Cassie Scerbo, Jennifer Tisdale, Michael Copon, Kierstin Koppel, Anniese Taylor Dendy, Noel Areizaga and Ashley Tisdale. Screenplay by Alyson Fouse and Elena Song. Directed by Steve Rash. Distributed by Universal Studios Family Productions. 90 minutes. Rated PG-13. This is the fourth chapter … Continue reading
KT Tunstall – Roseland Ballroom – New York, NY – November 21, 2007 This was one of very few KT Tunstall US shows in 2007 to promote Drastic Fantastic – Tunstall’s follow-up to last year’s slow-burning smash CD Eye to the Telescope. This Thanksgiving-eve show was a low-key affair. Tunstall didn’t even bring her whole band, just … Continue reading
Little Big Town The Band Has Landed By Mark Mussari It’s an impossible task trying to define Little Big Town. There’s no one like them in country music – or in any genre of music for that matter. And their singularity goes far beyond their unique configuration of two men and two women. Flying high … Continue reading
THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS NOT FAKING IT by Jay S. Jacobs You may have thought that you were catching something brand new when the passionate anti-domestic violence song “Face Down” started taking the music world by storm this summer. With its disgusted and angry lyrics (“Do you feel like a man when you push her … Continue reading
Jerry Wexler The Man Behind Rhythm and Blues by Ronald Sklar The bookends of Jerry Wexler’s life are predictable and ordinary – it’s the middle that is practically unbelievable. He was born in 1917, to a poor Jewish family in the Bronx, and is currently battling poor health in Sarasota, Florida. That’s probably where he and … Continue reading
BROKEN (2007) Starring Heather Graham, Jeremy Sisto, Valerie Azlynn, Randall Batinkoff, James Brandon, Jake Busey, Scarlett Chorvat, Chad Cunningham, Kevin Daniels, Michael A. Goorjian, Linda Hamilton, Tess Harper, Joe Hursley, Martin Kelly, Bianca Lawson, Marc Lynn, Billy Marti, Navid Negahban, Adam Nelson, Peter Pasco, Mark Sheppard, Jessica Stroup and Arthur Williams Jr. Screenplay by Drew … Continue reading
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – Theater of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA – October 16, 2007 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2007. All rights reserved. Continue reading
Rachael Lawrence Doesn’t Really Mind Entering Her 30s by Jay S. Jacobs Fame can come from lots of different directions. Rachael Lawrence is determined to meet it head on. A California-born-and-bred multi-hyphenate; Lawrence has spent the last decade or so working as a singer, songwriter, actress, director and producer. She has even been a popular … Continue reading
A Fine Frenzy – The Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA – October 1, 2007 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2007. All rights reserved. Continue reading
Rue Melo This is Her House by Jay S. Jacobs In Paris – where Rue Melo was born – the word rue means road. Although it isn’t her given name (“Rue is actually a nickname that I grew up with,” she explains) somehow it totally fits her. The 23-year-old singer has lived a bit of a gypsy … Continue reading
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