CAKE Brand New from the Showroom By Jay S. Jacobs Oh, the crazy life of a rock star. The wild parties, the girls, the screaming fans, the drugs, the hotels, the groveling sycophants, the long days on the road… It is all enough to go to a guy’s head. But not if that head is … Continue reading
CAKE – The Keswick Theater – Glenside, PA – April 18, 2011 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2011. All rights reserved. Continue reading
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (40th ANNIVERSARY) (1971) Starring Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann, Rosalind Harris, Michael March, Neva Small, (Paul) Michael Glaser, Raymond Lovelock, Elaine Edwards, Candy Bonstein, Shimen Ruskin, Zvee Scooler, Louis Zorich, Patience Collier and Tutte Lemkow. Screenplay by Joseph Stein. Directed by Norman Jewison. Distributed by United Artists … Continue reading
Kem Intimacy Never Sounded So Good by Abraham Kuranga In the crowded arena of R&B voices, the artist Kem seems to stand out. He wouldn’t have it any other way. This Detroit native came, unexpectedly, from the depths of poverty and hardship to become one of the most recognizable voices in Adult R&B/Jazz today. Bolstered … Continue reading
Shirin Taking Us Away by Jay S. Jacobs Part of the fun of writing about entertainment is that you get to discover exciting new talent before they truly catch on. For example, in fall of 2008 when I did an interview with a new and fairly unknown dance artist who had just released her first … Continue reading
Ryan Star Riding the Last Train to Stardom By Jay S. Jacobs It’s setting the bar high when you are a musician and your stage name is Star. But Ryan Star never shies away from a challenge. The singer wasn’t even exactly trying to be cute with his name, he was born Ryan Star Kulchinsky. … Continue reading
PHIL COLLINS: GOING BACK – LIVE AT ROSELAND BALLROOM NYC (2010) Featuring Phil Collins, Brad Cole, Chester Thompson, Daryl Stuermer, Bob Babbitt, Eddie Willis, Ray Manette, Leslie Smith, Guy Barker, Tom Rees Roberts, Phil Todd, Graeme Blevins, John Aram, Lynne Fidmont, Connie Jackson, Amy Keys, Lamont Van Hook, Terron Brooks, Bill Cantos and Patrick Woodroofe. … Continue reading
BEE GEES – IN OUR OWN TIME (2010) Featuring Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb (archival footage) & Andy Gibb (archival footage). Directed by Skot Bright. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 116 minutes. Not Rated. Over thirty years on from their blindingly bright supernova of stardom, in which the Bee Gees rivaled the Beatles for … Continue reading
KT Tunstall – The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA – November 26, 2010 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2010. All rights reserved. Continue reading
Rick Springfield Does Everything For You by Ronald Sklar To look at him, even today (and he’s looking pretty kick ass for age 61), you would never know that Rick Springfield has been battling the demons of depression since his childhood in Australia. “I had a little inkling [about depression] when I tried to off … Continue reading
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