CAROL LIPNIK — the spellbinding, wistfully-humorous singer and songwriter called an “ethereal vocal phenomenon” (The New York Times) — will celebrate her second new major recording of the season, the new EP Blue Forest, with a special return to Joe’s Pub (425 Lafayette Street, NYC) on Wednesday, June 8 at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $20. She will be joined by music director Michael Visceglia (Suzanne Vega, John Cale, Bette Midler, Kinky Boots) on bass, Matt Beck (Matchbox Twenty) on guitars, lap steel guitar, and ukulele, and Mark Bonder on piano. Album available May 20th.
NICOLAS KING – Nightclub, jazz singer, Broadway veteran, will return to the New York nightclub stage for the first time since the death of his longtime artistic partner, legendary pianist & arranger, Mike Renzi. King to The Green Room 42 on May 4th at 7 pm with the show LOVE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER (Info and tickets HERE)
Anaïs Reno Quartet – May 2 @ 8:30 pm at Birdland Theater. At work on her second solo album as the young singer looks forward to national tours over the rest of this year, her warm, swinging approach ever present as she delights audiences. www.birdlandjazz.com
ANN KITTREDGE will celebrate the release of her new CD Imagine on May 26 @ 7m at the Laurie Beechman Theatre with music director Christopher Denny, directed by Barry Kleinbort. www.westbankcafe.com
LIZ CALLAWAY will be making her way around nationally and worldwide with shows in NYC May 12, in “Hear Your Song: Broadway Stars Sing Songs By Kids” at Feinstein’s/54 Below (also live-streaming); on May 14, with sister Ann Hampton Callaway bringing their show “Broadway the Calla-way!” to the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, MA; Liz returns June 23 to the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Hts, Il. with “Liz Callaway: Broadway and Beyond;” returning June 28 & 29 for an engagement/live recording of “To Steve with Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim” at NYC’s Feinsteins/54 Below; July 8 to sing the National Anthem for her beloved NY Mets and July 24, she’s off to Ireland debuting with a concert of Sondheim music at the inaugural Sondheim Festival in Kilkenny, Ireland. During the summer Liz will have many other concert dates which can be found at www.lizcallaway.com
