Billy Preston

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 05/23/12 -- Fresh off her current tour with Valerie Simpson paying tribute to the musical legacy of the late singer/songwriter Nick Ashford, NYC based recording artist Valerie Ghent celebrates the release of her highly anticipated new CD, "Day To Day Dream," Wednesday June 27 with a special performance at Sugar Bar. Featuring 11 songs of love, determination and celebration -- all written, arranged and produced by Ghent -- "Day To Day Dream" is a tour de force of driving piano, emotive vocals, a killer rhythm section and the singer/pianist's deep NYC blues-soul groove. Read More

One-of-a-kind Event, to Benefit Theatre Within, to be Presented by Hudson Thames Partners and Hi-Fidelity Music; Will feature the music of Delaney & Bonnie, Leon Russell, Joe Cocker, Derek & The Dominos, George Harrison, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Little Richard, and more, performed by a NYC all-star band – See Line-Up, Below! Read More

My list of supergroups are limited to bands that formed from people were were already famous from having performed individually or in other groups and who created at least one full album together. Read More

Founding Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid is playing a different tune these days – a hard-driving jazz-rock tune alongside an all-star cast of Jack Bruce, John Medeski and Cindy Blackman-Santana. Read More

The Beatles' Apple Records is a documentary chronicling the label that the Beatles started in the late '60s, charting its up and downs, its inaugural class of artists, etc. Why exactly it's named after a song most closely related with Billie Holiday and lynching is a mystery, but the bizarre choice for a title is just the first tip-off that this unauthorized film lacks focus; at no point does the film suggest anything 'strange', so why even make the reference? Read More