The 36th New York Cabaret Convention: The Best Is Yet to Come: A Celebration of Cy Coleman
This was an entertaining evening that had a broad range of material and was smoothly produced.
Mark Winkler: Hold On
Mark Winkler remains one of cabaret’s most vital, jazzy, and soulful storytellers.
Carolyn Montgomery: girlSINGER: A Celebration of Rosemary Clooney
When the warm, elegant Carolyn Montgomery presented a pitch-perfect (no pun intended) salute to the ultimate girl who sang with the band, Rosemary Clooney, praise indeed must be heaped.
Charles Busch: My Leading Ladies
He seduces a song and coaxes from the lyric meanings that may not have been apparent in previous hearings.”
Bob Levy: All About Love: The Dane Vannatter Recordings, Vol. II
A cohesive song cycle that provides a tender massage for the listener’s ears, mind, and heart.
Sweet Megg: Bluer than Blue
Vocalist Sweet Megg has a thoroughly appealing tone—now crystalline, now molasses, then sandy.
Norm Drubner: It’s a Blue World —Songs of Lost Love
It’s a Blue World—Songs of Lost Love is a winner!
Melissa Errico: Sondheim in the City
Errico and music director Tedd Firth chose jazz as a fresh way to present this material.
Betty Bryant: Lotta Livin’
She sings and plays the piano with a warm, distinctive style. This is a lovely collection of material from a veteran who sounds fresh.