Shirley Bassey

Triumphant Oscar Night For Two Mature Divas

Shirley Bassey was masterful singing "Goldfinger" as part of the James Bond tribute on tonight's Academy Awards. She did the song with measured tones, taking her time, and going for the gold (finger). She really throated it out, and by the end, as I was sitting there thinking "Will she hit the not ... More >>

Cracked Actor

Marsha Ambrosius Can Bring the R and the B

Even if a little Stepfordized

Drag Performer Says La Cage Was Aux Foul

​ Vodka Stinger--the tempestuous siren from Wednesday nights at Pieces--actually caught Broadway's La Cage aux Folles revival costarring Jeffrey Tambor, before Tambor quit beause he basically froze in front of the audience like Elaine Stritch's margarita glass. Here is Vodka's hilarious firs ... More >>

SOLID GOLD

Gunning for trouble in Bryant Park

FEELING GREEN

Elton John and Lady Gaga band together for a good cause

Discovering the Illmatic of Salsa

A spin through the prodigious Fania reissue catalog brings new appreciation for an old style

Scenography and Sisterwit

Philly songsmith injects the draggy funk tempos of neo-soul with intellect and honest blues

10 Million Emotions

Re-make/Re-model

Lifestyles of the Rhythm

Dance Music Accesses an Unseparatist Pop Sensibility

NY Mirror

NY Mirror

When I asked Jane Horrocks if she's a gay man trapped in a woman's body, she said, 'No! If so, I haven't discovered it!'

Hogging the Spotlight

NY Mirror