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RNZ News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- RNZ News
Nashville Babylon: 19 July 2025
This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions. Don McGlashan performing in the RNZ studios for NZ Live. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly On this week's show there's new music from Van Morrison, classic blues and soul from Big Mama Thornton and Al Green, plus birthday tunes for Don McGlashan. Music played: Artist: The Felice Brothers Track: Frankie's Gun Composer: The Felice Brothers Album: The Felice Brothers Label: Loose Artist: Blam Blam Blam Track: There Is No Depression In New Zealand Composer: McGlashan / Von Sturmer Album: Singe Label: Propeller Artist: The Mutton Birds Track: Dominion Road Composer: McGlashan Album: Single Label: Virgin Artist: Joe Turner Track: Honey Hush Composer: Joe Turner Album: Single Label: Atlantic Artist: Big Mama Thornton Track: Black Rat Composer: Little Son Joe Album: Big Mama Thornton and the Chicago Blues Band Label: Arhoolie Artist: Al Green Track: Take Me To The River Composer: Green / Hodges Album: Greatest Hits Label: Hi Artist: Sly and the Family Stone Track: Dance To The Music Composer: Sly Stone Album: Single Label: Epic Artist: Buddy and Ella Johnson Track: No More Love Composer: Johnson Album: Walk 'Em Label: Ace Artist: Van Morrison Track: Cutting Corners Composer: Van Morrison Album: Remembering When Label: Exile Artist: John Prine & Iris Dement Track: In Spite Of Ourselves Composer: John Prine Album: In Spite Of Ourselves Label: Oh Boy Artist: Lambchop Track: Up With People Composer: Kurt Wagner Album: Nixon Label: City Slang Artist: The Front Lawn Track:Claude Rains Composer: Harry Sinclair / Don McGlashan Album: Songs From The Front Lawn Label: Front Lawn Records Artist: Mt Raskil Preservation Society and Hollie Smith Track: Bathe In The River Composer: Don McGlashan Album: No2 OST Label: EMI Artist: The Noveltones Track: Left Bank Two Composer: Wayne Hill Album: Single Label: DeWolf Music
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Top 5 concerts this week in Sarasota, Bradenton, Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda
This week's local music lineup feature concerts spanning an eclectic range of musical genres including blues, reggae, electronic, and even improv comedy hip-hop. When it comes to the Sarasota area's favorite genre, the blues, we have a pair of Florida-based, nationally acclaimed acts with Blues Music Awards wins and nominations to their names, each playing two local shows this weekend. Another Sunshine State-based, nationally touring band headlines a reggae concert, while this year's Sarasota Improv Festival features a group that creates hip-hop songs on the spot and "Swamp Bass" returns to Charlotte County. Here are this week's highlights. Event details are subject to change. Looking for more fun events? Top 5 things to do in Sarasota area this weekend (July 18-20) 50-plus fun things to do in July in Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice, Punta Gorda Ticket Newsletter: Sign up to receive restaurant news and reviews plus info on things to do every Friday Kash'd Out Kash'd Out, who hail from Orlando but are a nationally known name in the reggae-rock genre, will return to Big Top Live on Friday. Kash'd Out released their latest album "Butter" in 2023, featuring guest appearances from fellow reggae rockers Pepper and rapper Shwayze, and recently put out the single "King of the Coop" with reggae/hip-hop/funk band Tropidelic. Brooklyn MC Jarv — who'll soon head out on tour with Tropidelic and Shwayze, coincidentally, along with playing a show with "'93 'til Infinity" rap group Souls of Mischief — and Treasure Island reggae pop-rockers Seranation will also perform at Big Top Live. 7 p.m. Friday; Big Top Live, 975 Cattlemen Road, Sarasota; $26.78 general admission, VIP sold out as of press time; 941-371-2939; Selwyn Birchwood Band Another musician who's from Florida but has a national following in his genre, blues guitarist/singer-songwriter Selwyn Birchwood will play two nights of sold-out shows at Sarasota's Fogartyville. Signed to esteemed blues label Alligator Records, Birchwood earned four Blues Music Award nominations in 2024: Band of the Year, Contemporary Blues Male Artist, Contemporary Blues Album for 2023's "Exorcist," and Song of the Year for "Horns Below Her Halo" from that album. Birchwood has previously won two Blues Music Awards: Song of the Year for "I'd Climb Mountains" off 2021's "Living in a Burning House," and Best New Artist Debut for 2014's "Don't Call No Ambulance." 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show Friday and Saturday; Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center, 525 Kumquat Court, Sarasota; $35, $30 members, $16 students ages 13 and up (indoor seating sold out, general admission patio seating available at and 941-894-6469; J.P. Soars and the Red Hots After playing Englewoods on Dearborn the night before, Boca Raton blues guitarist/singer-songwriter J.P. Soars and his band the Red Hots will play two more area shows at Bradenton's Cottonmouth and Punta Gorda's Celtic Ray. The group was nominated for four Blues Music Awards in 2022: Band of the Year, B.B. King Entertainer and Instrumentalist — Guitar for Soars, and Instrumentalist — Drums for his bandmate Chris Peet, who scored another nomination in the same category this year. Soars also plays in the supergroup Southern Hospitality with Grammy-nominated pianist Victor Wainwright and fellow Floridian Damon Fowler. 7 p.m. Friday; Cottonmouth Southern Soul Kitchen, 1114 12th St. W., Bradenton; $10; 941-243-3735; 8 p.m. Saturday; Celtic Ray Public House, 145 E. Marion Ave., Punta Gorda; 941-916-9115; North Coast The lineup for this year's Sarasota Improv Festival will include the return of "hip-hop improv comedy team" North Coast from New York City. Built around a single suggestion from an audience member, improvised scenes escalate into full-blown hip-hop songs in a show that "blurs the line between comedy show and concert." Other musically inclined improv acts playing the festival include Shitzprobe and HERE: The (Improvised) Musical, both of which create musicals on the spot. 8 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday; Florida Studio Theatre, 1241 N. Palm Ave., Sarasota; $10 each show, festival passes also available; 941-366-9000; Sarasota Improv Fest returns to FST for 15th year with new troupes and old favorites Hostage Situation Swamp Bass — which, as its name suggests, puts on electronic music concerts in Florida — will return to Charlotte County Fairgrounds with a show headlined by Hostage Situation. The Denver-based trio don ski masks and mainly focus on heavy-hitting dubstep/riddim, though they also incorporate other types of bass music. Other performers will include Star Monster, Stupid Thick, Redakted, DJTOOTANN, URMOM and Infinite Collective B2B, with the event also featuring food vendors, a full bar and a "mechanical alligator." 7 p.m. Saturday; Charlotte County Fairgrounds, 2333 El Jobean Road, Port Charlotte; $23.18 and up general admission, VIP options also available; If you would like to be considered for this story, please submit your event to at least 10 days before our Thursday publication date. Email entertainment reporter Jimmy Geurts at Support local journalism by subscribing. This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Top 5 concerts this week Sarasota Bradenton Port Charlotte Punta Gorda Solve the daily Crossword
Arab News
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Arab News
Saudi jazz singer is hitting all the right notes
RIYADH: From soulful Hijazi oud melodies to renditions of smoky jazz and blues tunes, Loulwa Al-Sharif is crafting a sound, shaped by personal loss, that is uniquely her own. The self-taught singer, also known as Lady Lou, left journalism to pursue her heart's yearnings, she said during her appearance recently on Arab News' The Mayman Show. 'I knew that I loved, like, music since I was a little kid. I used to love to perform just for my family and myself, but then I stopped for a long time. 'And while I was working in the newspaper and in other jobs before that, I used to do music … part-time.' Al-Sharif sang Arabic songs when she was young. 'When I was 15 years old, when I discovered that I liked to sing, I used to sing Khaleeji (Gulf) and Tarab (classical Arabic music) such as songs from prominent Egyptian singer Mohammed Abdel Wahab. 'But then when I started learning (to sing) in English, the first song I learned, with my blues brother — his name is Moez — it was 'Ain't No Sunshine.'' 'So just simple, you know, it's a very simple song with him because he encouraged me, like, you have soul, and you need to do that more,' she said. The death of her father was a pivotal moment in her life. At the time, she had not been performing and was still quite 'shy' and lacked confidence. 'I believe that was my — I don't know what to call it — escape or something, I don't know. But all my emotions and my feelings were, ya'ni (like), driven into the music. 'Even, to be honest, it helped me a lot because my father was a musician, and so believing that, oh, wow, I'm doing what my father used to do and putting all my emotions into, ya'ni … it was healing. 'Saraha (honestly), so it was healing for me. Pursuing music and just creating and singing.' Al-Sharif learned her craft at jam sessions, often late at night, supported by members of the Jeddah music community. 'First, I chose rock. I started singing, like, rock covers, you know, like Evanescence and things like that.' She then focused on jazz and blues tunes, including from the late English singer Amy Winehouse. 'To be honest, I feel like I was, like, a little bird, and now I'm just, like, flying. 'It's helped me a lot. Because I didn't have that confidence back then, and I was, ya'ni, when I performed, I used to perform in front of, like, a few people.'
CBS News
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Rosa's Lounge in Logan Square launches record label, with Billy Branch as first signed artist
Legendary Chicago blues bar Rosa's Lounge in Logan Square is launching its very own record label. Rosa's Lounge has been in business for more than 40 years, and hope their new record label will help even more people enjoy soulful music. And the first artist they signed has a strong connection to the nightclub. "When you got a good crowd and you're reaching the crowd, and you can tell when they're with you, it's a wonderful feeling," said musician Billy Branch "It's a connection between you and the audience." The blues legend has felt that connection many times at Rosa's Lounge; in fact, he was the first act the day the nightclub opened more than 40 years ago. Now he's the first artist signed to Rosa's new record label and is their first single "Begging for Change." "It's a metaphor. Literally, you can't go outside without someone begging for money, but people are also begging for change because they're not happy with their current situation," he said. Tony Mangiullo owns the lounge and, now, the record label. He fell in love with the blues as a young musician in Italy, and opened Rosa's, named for his mother, in 1984. "We always kept some sort of record of what we've done through the years, because we believed we had something valuable," he said. Those records include pictures, videos and – during COVID - live streams. For him, the record label is the next logical step and Branch is the perfect person to help launch it. "It's definitely the most natural because of our long partnership," Mangiullo said. "He represented the new generation of the Chicago blues and I wanted him to put us on that path." "It's new, it's united, it's unproven, but every label has to start somewhere and given the long history that I have with Rosa's, it seemed to make sense," Branch said. Branch's new single comes out on vinyl Aug. 1, with launch parties on Aug. 1 and 2 at Rosa's Lounge. "Begging for Change" is already available through streaming, and Branch's next full album comes out Nov. 7.
ABC News
13-07-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
'Beneath The Skin' Nnenna Freelon
Enjoy a new record from singer Nnenna Freelon. She's an American vocalist who has worked with the who's who of jazz - from Herbie Hancock to Al Jarreau to George Benson - and her latest record is a showcase of the singer's original songwriting that melds her love of improvised music with elements of soul, swing and the blues. Joining Freelon across this session are names like Steve Hass on drums and Keith Granz on guitar as well as pianist Alan Pasqua who also contributed to the project as an arranger.
