SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Ma Rainey singing "Booze And Blues" Ma Rainey singing "See See Rider Blues" in 1925. Ma Rainey Mp3s @Amazon.com Notes from YouTube; Recorded: New York , October 15 1924 'Ma' Rainey And Her Georgia Band Ma Rainey (vcl), Howard Scott (cn), Charlie Green (tb), Don Redman (c), Fletcher Henderson (p), Kaiser Marshall (d) Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey, better known as Ma Rainey...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Paul and Annie work on one of their electric numbers. (Jim White photo) As you will no doubt remember, I was really looking forward to seeing the very fine blues duo of Paul Rishell and Annie Raines Friday night at the Thunderbird Cafe. Well, I did exactly that, and I did not leave disappointed -- just like the rest of the audience. Their ability to create an intimate evening of passionate music carved...
Government Mess (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Wow, I never knew that Malcolm X was Bi-Sexual October is Black History Month in Britain – a wonderful celebration of the huge, important and valuable contribution that black people have made to humanity and to popular culture. It is also worth celebrating that many leading black icons have been lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT), most notably the US black liberation hero Malcolm X...
Mike Tidmus : Blog (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
This morning, I received an email from British human rights activist and fellow Green and fellow opponent of Jamaican hate-music, Peter Tatchell. Tatchell has an essay up at The Guardian that is sure to ruffle more than a few feathers: Malcolm X was bisexual. Get over it Black History Month should help break down homophobia by celebrating [...]
Mae West (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
A new musical features sexy, risque, steaming hot blues numbers made famous by MAE WEST and others. • • On 19 October 2009 there will be a one-night-only performance that aims to raise funds for Cherry Lane Theatre's programs for playwriting. • • Word comes that "Low Down Dirty Blues," penned by Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman, was built around songs — — rife...
The Wicked Stage (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
You may be familiar with TCG's annual list of plays that will get the most productions in the coming season; this year Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's boom took top honors. But after going through season survey (in the October issue of American Theatre , I discovered that while Nachtrieb's play will certainly get the most productions of any single play, he's not the most produced playwright this coming season....
It's Eclectic! It's Eccentric! It's RadioNowhere's... (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
Listen I Think We're Alone Now - Lene Lovich Green Door - The Cramps I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar - Jonathan Richman Prove It on Me - Ma Rainey Young Guns - Wham Theme for Alan Mathison Turing - White Town Girls and Boys - Blur Lola - The Kinks Michael - Franz Ferdinand Mad About the Boy - Dinah Washington Jailhouse Rock - Elvis This Charming Man - The Smiths It's My Party - Bryan Ferry Gloria...
The Theater Loop (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
THEATER REVIEW: "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" ★★★ For the climax of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” the only August Wilson play set in Chicago, the late, great maestro wrote the kind of stage direction that either terrifies an actor by its...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 26/09/2009
Oglesby, who calls Minnesota home, had to make a special trip from Chicago, where she is working on a revival of August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." She was honored for her work in the Guthrie Theater's "Caroline, or Change," and her performance during the ceremony received two standing ovations.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
On a difficult night for the Denver theater community, Shadow Theatre company chose to honor its founder, Jeffrey Nickelson, with an old showbiz tradition: They went on with the show.
Westword | Complete Issue (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Shadow Theatre's last celebratory opening took place over a year ago, when then-artistic director Jeffrey Nickelson unveiled the company's comfortable, brand-new theater to a throng of elegantly dressed well-wishers. The show was Dinah Was , and though it featured the magnificent René...
the central shaft (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
MA RAINEY - 1925 "See See Rider", also known as "C.C. Rider" or "See See Rider Blues" or "Easy Rider" is a popular American 12-bar blues song. It was first recorded by Gertrude "Ma" Rainey in 1924, and since then has been recorded by 1000's of artists. Ma dlow See See Rider - Bunk Johnson with Baby Dodds; dms . Recorded on the 31st. July 1944 Bunk is...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 06/09/2009
A shadow was cast across the Denver cultural landscape Saturday when Shadow Theatre founder Jeffrey Nickelson died of what doctors told friends was likely a heart attack. He was 53.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
Keith L. Hatten's first appearance on the Shadow Theatre stage will also be his last. He swears.
Westword | Complete Issue (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
Last spring, Jeffrey Nickelson — who founded Shadow Theater Company with a $500 donation from news anchor Reynalda Muse and kept it alive for more than a decade — unveiled the theater's beautiful new home in Aurora. But a few months later, citing fatigue, Nickelson announced his re...
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