Dec 31st, 2008 · This week, gifted young musicians perform compositions by an America original — William Bolcom, who joins them in a concert of his music. A 17-year-old violinist plays the "Graceful Ghost" rag, a 14-year-old soprano enlivens a cabaret song, and a teen string quartet performs music Bolcom wrote at age 12.
Dec 26th, 2008 · The late entertainer's career spanned every facet of show business: theater, film, cabaret, TV and, of course, music. Piano Jazz remembers her in this 1993 interview and duet with Marian McPartland.
Nov 6th, 2008 · Every Monday, a motley crew of actors and comics takes the stage in a Manhattan cabaret to read, in a less-than-reverent way, from the memoirs of other stars. (Including, yes, Motley Crue.)
Oct 19th, 2008 · When musician Max Raabe arrived in Berlin in the mid-'80s, he was expecting to find the cabarets and variety theaters his grandmother told him about, but they were long gone. He decided to create his own orchestra, dedicated to performing the elegant dance hits of the '20s and '30s in their original arrangements.
Jul 18th, 2008 · Jo Stafford was a favorite entertainer of soldiers during World War II. Stafford and her husband, pianist Randy Weston, also performed a bad cabaret act as their alter egos, Jonathan and Darlene Edwards. Stafford died of congestive heart failure Sunday. She was 90.
Jul 2nd, 2008 · From jazz concerts and cabaret acts to multimedia art installations, Theo Bleckmann has made a name for himself as a New York performer. Now, the vocalist and composer looks back to his native Germany.
May 12th, 2008 · DeVotchKa's sound is a surprisingly potent potpourri of cabaret, spaghetti Western, and Eastern European Gypsy songs. In "Head Honcho," Nick Urata's soaring, silken voice holds the melting pot together as a lone accordion intrudes upon his reverie, insistent and beautiful.
Feb 28th, 2008 · He calls himself a rock 'n' roll "lifer." With his band The Negro Problem, he's toured around the world, putting out albums of what he calls "Afro-Baroque cabaret" music. And now the musician known as Stew has written himself into a Broadway musical.