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Ben Tyree: Thoughtform Variations
Thursday, June 28th, 2012
by Alex DiBlasi on Playing Around
For all of my love for studio trickery and interesting production techniques, I will always be a champion of music delivered in its simplest, rawest
Mark Nadler: Contemporary Vaudevillian and Happy Guy
Monday, September 26th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Mark Nadler and I are the only diners in the otherwise closed second floor at Sardi’s this quiet, weekday afternoon. Greeting manager and waiters by
Johnny “Poppy Sunshine” Rodgers—BACK July 12!
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Remember the first time you heard Carly Simon’s Anticipation, Billy Joel’s Summer, Highland Falls, James Taylor’s You’ve Got a Friend? That music, those performers, take
Steve Cohen: The Da Vinci of Chamber Magic
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Conjuring is the only absolutely honest profession: A conjuror promises to deceive you and does. Karl Germain Steve Cohen, professional magician, was performing at a
Woman Around Town: Stephanie Chase–Classical Violinist
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
by Abby Cañeda on Woman Around Town
After first picking up the violin before the age of two, Stephanie Chase went on to give a private performance for famous comedian Jack Benny














