Alastair Greene – Dream Train is a mélange of Blues and Southern Rock across 13-tracks of excellence with original music written by Alastair Greene featuring the trio of Alastair Greene, Jim Rankin, and Austin Beede, with an illustrious line-up of special guests including Walter Trout, Mike Finnigan, Dennis Gruenling, Debbie Davies, and Mike Zito, released on the Rip Cat Records label. If you love Blues and Southern Rock, you are going to love this release, I sure did! From start …
Edward F. Nesta
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Eliane Elias – Dance Of Time marks Brazilian Jazz pianist, singer, songwriter, composer’s 24th album. Released on the Concord Music Group label, this outstanding 12-track release has already earned two Latin Grammy® nominations for Best Latin Jazz Album and Best Engineered Album. The album celebrates the music that influenced Eliane Elias while growing up in Brazil, as well as the 100th anniversary of samba, so put on your dancing shoes and get ready for romance with this spectacularly brilliant release …
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Fantastico! Brazilian singer, songwriter, composer, Jazz pianist and Grammy® winner Eliane Elias lit up the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, New York with her stunning performance on November 3, 2017, which was part of a two-night engagement. There are some musicians that leave a lasting impression; Eliane Elias is one of them. A gifted pianist, composer, and arranger, she sings and plays from the heart, leaving audiences breathless with her exuberance.
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Bring on the romance! William Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet in 1597, and it still spurs desire and romance, especially when skillfully directed by Mark Lamos and starring a stellar cast at the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut. A lavish set, sumptuous costumes, performances by a gifted cast make this play a shining star of the 2017 season at the Westport Country Playhouse and one that you will not want to miss. The play runs until November 19, 2017.
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What a thrill it was to hear the symphonic rock band, Renaissance featuring the luscious vocals of Annie Haslam perform at The Town Hall in New York City. Longtime Renaissance fans flocked to the historic landmark for an unparalleled experience of hearing the multi-talented 6-member band perform with a 10-member chamber orchestra. What a night to remember!
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Writing about music since college, when I saw the book, Leo Fender: The Quiet Giant Heard Around The World written by Phyllis Fender and Randall Bell, I knew that it was a book I wanted to read, as guitarists have long cherished Fender guitars. Written by Leo Fender’s widow, Phyllis Fender, and Randall Bell, who grew up in the same neighborhood as the Fenders, and whose father worked for the Fender company, the book is filled with fun, personal anecdotes …
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Four-time Grammy® nominee Jazz Saxophonist Boney James played to a sold-out house at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill located in the heart of Times Square in New York City and Luxury Experience was there to experience the magic and the tremendous energy of an audience loving every minute of the music.
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When New York State passed the Farm Distillery Act in 2008, the Catskills got another reason to celebrate when the Catskill Distilling Company opened its doors in 2010 in Bethel, New York, and if the name Bethel seems familiar, it was the home of the iconic 1969 Woodstock festival. We took a drive to the Catskill Distilling Company to take a tour and taste their award-winning product line of The Most Righteous New York State Bourbon Whiskey, Catskill Straight Rye …
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Annie Haslam whose fabulously distinctive voice is the signature of the symphonic rock band, Renaissance, took time to speak with Luxury Experience days before the band’s upcoming tour starts on October 26, 2017 at The Ridgefield Playhouse in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Speaking at length about the band’s upcoming tour, her life, and her art, Annie Haslam is the personification of a renaissance woman, which is defined as having many talents or areas of knowledge.
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The Most Righteous New York State Straight Bourbon Whiskey made by the Catskill Distilling Company in Bethel, New York celebrates the area’s agriculture, its history as the first New York State distillery with the 2008 passage of the New York State Farm Distillery Act, and uses locally grown grains and natural processes for its distillation and aging. The result is a stunning bourbon whiskey that has great character, body, aromas, and flavor, that lends itself to be enjoyed neat, on …