LUTHER: NEVER TOO MUCH (2024) Featuring Carlos Alomar, Fonzi Thornton, Robin Clark, Jamie Foxx, Mariah Carey, Richard Marx, Patti LaBelle, Dionne Warwick, Roberta Flack, Nile Rodgers, Clive Davis, Lisa Fischer, Ava Cherry, Cheryl Lynn, Valerie Simpson, Marcus Miller, Nat Adderley Jr., Jocelyn Brown and archival footage of Aretha Franklin, David Bowie and Luther Vandross. Directed … Continue reading
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Beyoncé – Raymond James Stadium – Tampa (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)
Beyoncé – Raymond James Stadium – Tampa, FL – August 16, 2023 Beyoncé made her long-awaited return to Tampa Bay this week for her Renaissance World Tour. As the show started, from off stage her voice was like silk and rang over the stadium as fans anxiously and excitedly waited her arrival. “I close my … Continue reading
Riley Clemmons – We Choose Her Over and Over Again
Riley Clemmons We Choose Her Over and Over Again By Isa Barnett Riley Clemmons is a Christian pop star and singer/songwriter who was discovered at the age of 13. Now at just 20, Clemmons has grown up within the Nashville music scene and Nashville is the kind of scene that begs for her type of … Continue reading
Ann Wilson – The Keswick Theatre – Glenside, PA – April 6, 2017 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)
Ann Wilson – The Keswick Theatre – Glenside, PA – April 6, 2017 Since her day job with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group Heart is on “temporary” hiatus, Ann Wilson hit the road with her own band to share her own musical journey. (From some of her stage patter at the show, Wilson … Continue reading
Glen Hansard – The Keswick Theatre – Glenside, Pennsylvania – September 12, 2016 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)
Glen Hansard – The Keswick Theatre – Glenside, Pennsylvania – September 12, 2016 No one wanted the recent Glen Hansard concert in suburban Philadelphia to end, least of all the singer himself, who ended up performing a generous eight-song encore. In fact, it was nine songs if you count the extended snippet of Aretha Franklin’s … Continue reading
Burt Bacharach – A Life in Song (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
BURT BACHARACH – A LIFE IN SONG (2016) Starring Burt Bacharach, Michael Grade, Alfie Roe, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Shaun Escoffery, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Heyward, Michael Kiwanuka, Laura Mvula, Joss Stone, Josie James, Donna Taylor, John Pagano, The Burt Bacharach Band and Senbla Concert Orchestra. Directed by Richard Valentine. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 111 minutes. Not … Continue reading
Fantasia Barrino – Side Effects of Life
Fantasia Barrino Side Effects of Life by Abraham Kuranga It’s been almost ten years since Fantasia Barrino won the hearts of millions of viewers on season three of Fox’s American Idol. She was simply a young voice from High Point, North Carolina, just amazed to have the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of her … Continue reading
Rumer – A Change of Seasons
Rumer A Change of Seasons by Jay S. Jacobs The crazy thing about overnight success is that it always takes a hell of a long time to achieve. When retro-vibed and striking British singer Rumer released her debut album Seasons of My Soul in late 2010 in Europe, most of the stories pointed out that the singer … Continue reading
Basia – New Day for Her
Basia New Day for Her by Jay S. Jacobs “Once upon a time it was for real. Nothing mattered then, we were together.” Those are the first lines of “From Now On,” the first song that Basia Trzetrzelewska ever wrote with her long-time musical collaborator Danny White nearly thirty years ago. And somehow, decades after … Continue reading
Jerry Wexler – The Man Behind Rhythm and Blues
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