In Case You Didn't Know (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Whoopi Goldberg is set to return to the Broadway stage with a brief stint in musical comedy Xanadu...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Brangelina's twins get an official greeting ... Whoopi will take a turn in "Xanadu" ... Josh Brolin gets arrested ... and more.
OK! Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
The View hostess' six-week run will start on July 29. Whoopi Goldberg just can't stay away from the stage. A month after hosting the Tony Awards, the View moderator announced plans to star in Broadway's...
Honey, Where You Been So Long? (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
I’m happy to present So Young, So Cold, So Fair: The Saint James Infirmary Blues, a collection of songs of loss and love regarding The St. James Infirmary. Honey was established over four (!) years ago around the idea that it was too hard actually listen to pre-war blues without buying out of print or [...]
nongseynyo (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
disc 1 ------------- 1. Bessie Smith - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (3:00) 2. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Easy Rider Blues (2:54) 3. Charlie Patton - High Water Everywhere (3:03) 4. Ma Rainey - Prove It On Me Blues (2:41) 5. Frank Stokes - It Won't Be Long Now (3:24) 6. Furry Lewis - Mistreatin' Papa (3:07) 7. Ida Cox - Give Me A Break Blues (2:52) 8. Memphis Jug Band - Kansas City Blues...
The Hip-Hop Cosign (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Actor Anthony Mackie, who will star as Tupac Shakur in the biopic, Notorious, scheduled for release by Fox Searchlight Pictures in 2009, has been named today as Ambassador for the Film Life’s 2008 American Black Film Festival (ABFF). The ABFF is the premier international marketplace for films that showcase the best new work by and [...]
Concrete Loop (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Lovie Austin (1887-1972) was one of the first female bandleaders in jazz. Born Cora Calhoun in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on September 19, 1887, she studied music theory at Roger Williams University and Knoxville College in Nashville. In 1923, she moved to Chicago and began touring on the vaudeville circuit. A fancy dresser and a well-liked person, she [...]
Havering On (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
I've checked on my iTunes and besides Gerry Raferty these are what I have..... Night Owl Carly Simon Black Cat Hoot Owl - Ma Rainey Screech Owl Blues - Ma Rainey Nite Owl - The Dukays Strange that two of the four owl songs I should have are by Ma Rainey. Ma Rainey’s real name was Gertrude M. Pridgett, she was the daughter of a couple of minstrel performers who was born on 26 April, 1886. She first...
whoar.co.nz (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
“..I must admit, before meeting Tom, I had heard so many rumours and so much gossip that I was afraid. Frankly, his gambling debts, his animal magnetism, coupled with his disregard for the feelings of others… ..His elaborate gun collection, his mad shopping-sprees, the face-lifts, the ski trips, the drug busts and the hundreds of [...]
Concrete Loop (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Ma Rainey (1886-1939) known as ‘the mother of the blues’ was the first black professional blues vocalist. Born Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett in Columbus, Georgia, on April 26, 1886, Pridgett first appeared on stage in Columbus at the age of fourteen. She joined a traveling vaudeville troupe, the Rabbit Foot Minstrels, which described itself as “the [...]
Gossip Thug - GossipThug.com (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Ma Rainey (1886-1939) known as ‘the mother of the blues’ was the first black professional blues vocalist. Born Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett in Columbus, Georgia, on April 26, 1886, Pridgett first appeared on stage in Columbus at the age of fourteen. She joined a traveling vaudeville troupe, the Rabbit Foot Minstrels, which described itself as “the [...]
Honey, Where You Been So Long? (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
If you remember the brief lived blog “Workbook” that was linked from this blog (back when I still had links) or if you were the guy who wrote that blog, please contact me, regarding one of the mixes you posted a few years ago. I started this mix a few years ago, and just got around [...]
Integral Psychosis (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
A rare glimpse (outside of his albums) into the mind of the brilliant and visionary Tom Waits, just released by the man himself: Tom Waits’ True Confessions (A conversation with himself) I must admit, before meeting Tom, I had heard so many rumors and so much gossip that I was afraid. Frankly, his gambling debts, his animal magnetism, [...]
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
I must admit, before meeting Tom, I had heard so many rumors and so much gossip that I was afraid. Frankly, his gambling debts, his animal magnetism, coupled with his disregard for the feelings of others... His elaborate gun collection, his mad shopping sprees, the face lifts, the ski trips, the drug busts and the hundreds of rooms in his home. The tax shelters, the public urination...I was nervous...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
"August: Osage County" is nominated for a Tony Award for best play of the Broadway season.
