Features

Who Futzed with That Lyric? How and Why Singers Change the Words of a Song

Are you sometimes attracted to a song—one you’d like very much to perform—but there are certain words, turns…

Let’s Celebrate the Songbook Like We Used To

Sapped by the heat and pooped at the end of a busy week, I settled in for a…

Creating a First-Rate Song List: The Importance of Your Musical Menu

Fashioning a suitable song list is an essential task for a vocalist who’s presenting an afternoon or evening…
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Club Reviews

Nina Pelton and Kellie Ishmael’s “Two Most Wanted”

Singers Nina Pelton and Kellie Ishmael are long-time friends who met 30 years ago in the band Jigsaww;…

“Jane Monheit Sings the Cole Porter Songbook”

The magnificent jazz vocalist Jane Monheit brought her new 60-minute show of eleven sensuously rendered Cole Porter classics…

D’Jamin Bartlett—”Night Club: A True Story”

In the late winter of 1973, I found myself sitting in the Shubert Theatre to see a brand-new…
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Album Reviews

Album Review: Stevie Holland’s “Talk to Your Tomatoes”

Don’t be misled by its silly title! Jazz vocalist-lyricist Stevie Holland’s new album, Talk to Your Tomatoes, is…

Miss Maybell and Her Ragtime Romeos — “Under the Midnight Moon—Unrecorded Songs of the 1890s – 1920s”

An amazing feat of research, re-vivification, and recording, the unique new album Under the Midnight Moon proffers tickling,…

Album Review: Bria Skonberg’s “Indigo”

Juno Award-winning singer/musician Bria Skonberg’s new album, Indigo, is a companion piece to her recent release, Brass, which…
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