Jazz/Blues
Is This the End of the Brooklyn Philharmonic?
Mnozil Brass Unleashing Boundary-Pushing Fun, in the U.S., on 20th Anniversary Tour
When you weren't looking, Mnozil Brass quietly entered the U.S. And now, they're about to spring their blistering virtuosity and kamikaze-like humor on unsuspecting audiences in such places as Indiana, Penn. and Grand Ledge, Mich. REVIEW: Roddy Doyle's 'The Commitments' Musical is All Jukebox, No Politics
Marvin Gaye and "Mustang Sally?" Check. Celtic Tiger...not so much. Novelist Roddy Doyle's The Commitments, about young people starting up a soul band in the harsh times of 1980s Ireland, has made it to the stage as a jukebox musical--filled with tunes and Irish charm, but shorn of most plot and political overtones.
