"A Star is Born" is the only adequate way to characterize singer-composer Melody Gardot's appearance on the stage of the Perelman Theater of the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia on October 17. While the ...

The confidence and maturity that cascades from Melody Gardot’s second Verve album “My One and Only Thrill” is not as readily evident in her live show, a 90-minute affair that produced sparks only at ...

Many of us are missing the joys of live performance: concerts, plays, clubs, rock bands, opera. Artists are suffering too, from the loss of jobs, livelihoods, and joy. But the pandemic has also ...

The James Hunter Six, “Whatever It Takes”: When he resurfaced in the music business a little more than a decade ago, James Hunter showed himself to be a master of vintage soul and R&B — a superb ...