Jul
29
2022
82 posts categorized "MUSIC REVIEW"
Love with Paul Shaffer (Images by Matthew Rettenmund)
The concept of a musical performance being magical is a cliché, but there is something otherworldly about a Darlene Love concert.
Her pipes are transcendent, she channels gospel as if calling the angels and she looks like no 80-year-old woman you've ever seen, challenging doubts about man's ability to time-travel. For all the world, it feels like the '60s when Love channels them, making an evening with her feel like witnessing a link to the past, to how music sounded, was played, was sung.
And yet she is very much in the now, enjoying herself and enjoying touching you with her blessed instrument.
Jan
30
2020
ABOVE: I've never seen a stool in a locker room before. Perhaps a rim seat would be handier.
Nov
26
2019
ABOVE: I always appreciate an open-drawers policy.
BELOW: Keep reading for a naked leading man, Melania Trump getting her sorry ass booed and more ...
Fan reports from San Francisco have been universally positive for Madonna, whose Madame X Tour is, I'm tellin' ya, a great work of art. Wish she'd do it on Broadway and get a special Tony for it — it's that good.
Check out this rave from Datebook as you watch her work on her, er, vocal cords. Choice cut:
Sep
20
2019
ABOVE: Orlando Bloom is now at the age where he is Bryan Cranston when he takes a selfie from a low angle — and I am good with that.
Sep
18
2019
Cameras & phones were banned, but that's Madonna singing to ME. (Image by J.V.)
Look, it's 2:50 a.m., so don't expect genius from me. SPOILERS below, including the complete set list!
Their friendship act is no act! (All images by Matthew Rettenmund, unless noted)
Had so much fun at C'mon Everybody (325 Franklin Ave., Brooklyn) tonight at the Niki & Donna show.
