Jason Robert Brown

I made my first visit to Derry in 2007 and always love coming back to this corner of the world.  Thanks to Matt Cahoon, Janice Edwards, and the whole gang at the Pinkerton Academy for hosting me in their beautiful theater once again. Hope from How We React and How We Recover (2018) It All Fades Away from The Bridges of Madison County (2014) I Love Betsy from Honeymoon in Vegas (2015) Hallowed Ground from How We React and How We Recover (2018) Fifty Years Long from How We React and How We Recover (2018) Old Red Hills of HomeRead More »

If you just stand next to Jeremy Jordan on a train platform or in line at the corner deli, you might not realize he’s a phenomenon. Some people announce themselves merely by their presence, the tilt of their head, their laugh; that’s not Jeremy. Instead, he’s the kind of natural wonder that sneaks up on you – is he really polite or really shy?, I find myself asking all the time – backing into the spotlight, deflecting, self-deprecating. And then he opens up his mouth to sing, and you realize you’ve been standing in a tornado the whole time. WeRead More »

In memory.

I saw Aretha Franklin perform live only once. In June 1997, probably as my birthday present, my Dad somehow got tickets to the opening night of the JVC Jazz Festival, which was called “Aretha’s Gospel Crusade for AIDS.” In the course of the evening, there was speeching, preaching, and performances by Joshua Nelson and Bobby Jones and The Canton Spirituals, and then, in the midst of all that, there was The Queen. True to the concert’s billing, there was no “Respect,” no “Freeway of Love,” no “Natural Woman”; this was full-on gospel, with the New Jersey Mass Choir supporting ArethaRead More »

So Cynthia texted me to ask if we could get together while she was in town to make some music. So I thought she just meant to, like, come over to my house and sing. So it turns out, no, she wanted to do a concert. So, thing is, I wasn’t going to do an August concert this year because I was a little burned out from the craziness of the last two months, but I did just happen to have a night free to do it in the same week that Cynthia was in NYC. So amazingly, SubCulture hasRead More »