Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. Not So Silly Love Songs – Taking ‘Blackbird’ to New Heights By Mark Mussari Fifty years ago, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. did something they’d never done before. As the de facto lead singers of the legendary 5th Dimension, the couple covered Paul McCartney’s “Every Night” on the … Continue reading
DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME (2019) Featuring David Crosby, Jan Dance, James Raymond, Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, Henry Diltz, Enrico Merlin, Stephen Barncard, Cameron Crowe, AJ Eaton and archival footage of Graham Nash, Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, Paul Shaffer and Glenn … Continue reading
Jim Beviglia – Playing Back the 80s (A Decade of Unstoppable Hits) (Rowman & Littlefield) It’s hard to condense the music of an entire decade into a concrete and meaningful listing. That goes doubly for an adventurous and musically rich era like the 1980s. I could probably easily come up with a list of hundreds … Continue reading
BEAUTIFUL BOY (2018) Starring Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Amy Ryan, Kaitlyn Dever, Andre Royo, Timothy Hutton, LisaGay Hamilton, Christian Convery, Oakley Bull, Stefanie Scott, Julian Works, Kue Lawrence, Jack Dylan Grazer, Ricky Low, Marypat Farrell, Amy Forsyth, Mandeiya Flory, Jeff Adler, Edward Fletcher, Sasha Jackson and Justin Earle. Screenplay by Luke Davies and … Continue reading
OH LUCY! (2017) Starring Shinobu Terajima, Josh Hartnett, Kaho Minami, Shioli Kutsuna, Kôji Yakusho, Megan Mullally, Reiko Aylesworth, Nick Gracer, Liz Bolton, Miyoko Yamaguchi, Hajime Inoue, Hiroaki Miyagawa, Stephanie A, Leni Ito, Calvin Winbush, Eddie Hassell, Todd Giebenhain, Tre Hale, Noelani Dacascos and Kimie Tanaka. Screenplay by Atsuko Hirayanagi & Boris Frumin. Directed by Atsuko … Continue reading
YEAR BY THE SEA (2017) Starring Karen Allen, Yannick Bisson, Celia Imrie, S. Epatha Merkerson, Michael Cristofer, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Jane Hajduk, Kohler McKenzie, Alvin Epstein, Amy Van Nostrand, Andria Blackman, Anastasia Tsikhanava, Zachariah Supka and Tyler Haines. Screenplay by Alexander Janko. Directed by Alexander Janko. Distributed by Real Women Make Waves. 114 minutes. Not … Continue reading
Jimmy Webb’s New Memoir The Cake and the Rain Is a Rollicking, Musical Romp by Mark Mussari “There were two of me,” Jimmy Webb states at one point in his highly engaging new memoir The Cake and the Rain (St. Martin’s Press). Truer words could not be spoken by the composer of some of contemporary music’s … Continue reading
Kris Kristofferson – The Keswick Theatre – Glenside, PA – January 25, 2017 Songwriter. Movie star. Outlaw. Rhodes Scholar. Addict. Singer. Soldier. Character actor. Sex symbol. Penitent. Athlete. Storyteller. Poet. Party Animal. Silver-Tongued Devil. Military brat. Rebel. Highwayman. Janitor. Half of a celebrity couple. Cowboy. Old coot. Legend. Kris Kristofferson has worn a lot of … Continue reading
DANNY COLLINS (2015) Starring Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Christopher Plummer, Jennifer Garner, Bobby Cannavale, Giselle Eisenberg, Melissa Benoist, Josh Peck, Katarina Cas, Thomas Smith, Eric Schneider and Don Was. Screenplay by Dan Fogelman. Directed by Dan Fogelman. Distributed by Bleecker Street Pictures. 106 minutes. Rated R. It has been way too long since Al Pacino … Continue reading
Julian Lennon Everything Changes For the Better by Jay S. Jacobs it’s not easy to have to live up to a musical icon long before you have played your first note. Julian Lennon’s father was the late Beatle John Lennon. Two of his band’s best-known songs were written about the boy. Paul McCartney wrote “Hey … Continue reading
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