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Catherine Russell
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Shake that Thang Catherine Russell commands with bright, open clarity and an arched brow. I’m gettin’ tired of telling you how to shake that thing.
Barbara Cook at 54Below
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
“I was nervous about this show,” Barbara Cook confides. “I’m not singing any of the things people associate with me.” Ms. Cook, it seems “just
Newport: Glorious in History and Times Gone ByBut Fresh with New Music, Cuisine and Vitality
Friday, August 3rd, 2012
by Nichole Wright on Living Around
Did you know The Great Gatsby, True Lies, Amistad, Dan in Real Life, Evening and 27 Dresses are just some of the films shot locally
I May Be a Twin, But I’m One of a Kind—Meet Will and Anthony Nunziata
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Will Nunziata wore glasses so I might easily distinguish between him and his identical twin, Anthony. As children, their mother often dressed one in red
Jazz Appreciation Month Recalls Sinatra the Activist
Saturday, April 7th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
The act of a single person—even through music—can influence history. The Smithsonian We remember Frank Sinatra as perhaps the greatest singer who ever lived. Overlooked
Woman Around Town: Loni Ackerman—Theater Down to Her Toes
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town
Cabaret Show Next to Abnormal Debuts February 24, 2012 Up a steep and very narrow stairway/To the voice like a metronome…* Loni Ackerman trained with
Catherine Russell—A Red Hot Virtuoso
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Catherine Russell is a throwback to the era of iconic jazz. She’s strong and vulnerable, sophisticated and deep-fried, a hundred percent lady and a low
Paula West: She Doesn’t Vocalize?!
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town
Paula West is a natural. That’s easy to write, but difficult to write truthfully. She may have had a total of a year’s vocal training
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