May 2nd, 2025
A 1997 Musical, Social and Political Landmark Surfaces Again on Vinyl and On Broadway Ry Cooder doesn't get a mention or credit on Broadway (ugh)By: Michael Fremer
Now's the time for another generation to discover the wonders of Buena Vista Social Club—the music, the artists, the history and the cultural phenom that made stars of some very old practitioners of musical genres and groupings referred to as Son, Danzón and other musical flavors and the unlikely story of how this record came to be, now being told in the Tony Award nominated Broadway show. Wim Wenders produced a same named documentary.It's difficult to... Read More
July 4th, 2023
Doing It Her Way: Streisand Live at Bon Soir Finally Drops 1962 recording considered technically "problematic" gets a "fix"By: Paul Seydor
Barbra Streisand has garnered virtually every accolade, tribute, award, and honor it’s possible for a great popular artist to get: ten Grammys, nine Golden Globes, five Emmys, two Oscars, and a Tony, not to mention four Peabody Awards, the American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Medal of Arts, and France’s Légion d'honneur. Her albums have been reshuffled, remastered, and reconfigured with almost... Read More
