SOUND OF THE TOWN: CATHERINE RUSSELL (JAZZ & BLUES) AT CARNEGIE HALL BY SUSANNA ROBINSON-KENGA
Vocalist Catherine Russell appeared recently at Carnegie Hall and thoroughly wowed the audience with a myriad of jazz, blues, swing, ballads, jump/jive/bebop tunes, and a bit of a journey through the history of belting it out, so to speak. After a fine, fine opening instrumental by her amazing jazz quartet, which set the sweet tone […]
MERRY HUMBUG BY JIM SHOCK
After witnessing a holiday meltdown of meanness at Kmart when a register crashed, then fighting maddening traffic and crowds in a quest to find the perfect present to not destroy a little boy’s Christmas, and having repeated requests for suggestions go unanswered, I made my way to the ultimate holiday hell-spot, Wal-Mart. That’s where I […]