Nikka Costa – World Café Live – Philadelphia PA – October 21, 2008 At Nikka Costa’s new tour they were selling t-shirts with a...

Frankie Valli Frankie Valli Romancing the 00s by Jay S. Jacobs Frankie Valli has been such an in-your-face presence in music and pop...

Mutlu mutlu LIVIN’ ON PHILLY SOUL by Jay S. Jacobs On a recent afternoon in the up-and-coming Philadelphia neighborhood of Northern...

Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder - The Hollywood Bowl – Hollywood, CA - July 7, 2008 SIMPLY WONDER-FUL... It's a simple mathematical...

Jesse McCartney Jesse McCartney Comin’ Back Again by Deborah Wagner At the age of 21, this kid has done a lot. From TV to Broadway, the...

Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. The Many Faces of Love by Mark Mussari For Marilyn McCoo and Billy...

Jerry Wexler Jerry Wexler The Man Behind Rhythm and Blues by Ronald Sklar The bookends of Jerry Wexler’s life are predictable and...

Phoebe Snow Make Things All Right by Ronald Sklar The way Phoebe Snow can manipulate her vocal chords to achieve intense highs and...

Mary Wilson Mary Wilson Supreme Talent By Mark Mussari Mary Wilson is standing on stage in the amber glow of a spotlight and singing...

Emmy Rossum Emmy Rossum Can’t Slow Her Down by Jay S. Jacobs When you’ve spent most of your life working to make a name in one field, it...

Lumidee Lumidee Expect the Unexpected by Abraham Kuranga After literally exploding on the music scene with the Reggaeton-flavored “Never...

Atlantic Records – The House That Ahmet Built ATLANTIC RECORDS – THE HOUSE THAT AHMET BUILT (2007) Starring Ahmet Ertegun, Bette Midler, Chris Blackwell, Solomon Burke, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Aretha Franklin, David Geffen, Taylor Hackford, Mick Jagger, Mick Jones, Kid Rock, Ben E. King, Leiber and Stoller, Wynton Marsalis, Paolo Nutini, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Jann Wenner, Jerry Wexler and Mica Ertegun. Written by Susan Steinberg. Directed by Susan Steinbe

Tyrone Wells – Hold On Tyrone Wells- Hold On (Universal Republic) Effortlessly combining pop, soul, folk and rock, Tyrone Wells has...

Tyrone Wells at World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, in 2007. Photo © 2007 Jay S. Jacobs. All rights reserved. Tyrone Wells What He’s Fighting...

Macy Gray Glad She's Here by Jay S. Jacobs When she was in college, Macy Gray didn’t really like her singing voice. She was into film and...

Musiq Soulchild Musiq Soulchild Still Lovanmusiq by Abraham Kuranga In today’s music industry, an artist on his forth album is considered...

Taylor Hicks Blue-Eyed Soul Man by Jay S. Jacobs There aren’t too many people in the world who were in any way helped by Hurricane...

Glenn O’Brien’s TV Party Glenn O’Brien’s TV Party Premiere Episode 12/18/78 The Time & Make-Up Show 8/19/79 The Halloween Show 10/31/79 (Brinkfilm/MVD-2006) The question isn’t this: how much can you endure of artsy New York hipsters who think they are smarter, cooler and more detached than you? The question is this: how do all the Lower East Side struggling artists – who this late seventies’ cable-access show is aimed at – afford cable? We’ll never know, nor will we care, nor

DREAMGIRLS (2006) Starring Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson, Danny Glover,...

Frankie J Price of Fame by Abraham Kuranga With a voice like rich caramel and a demeanor that sweeps you off your feet, Frankie J is no stranger to the spotlight. A veteran of sorts to the music industry, Frankie J feels though, that he’s just getting his feet wet. “Coming out, I’ve been called the ‘Latin Justin Timberlake’ or the ‘Latin Usher,” shares Frankie J. “I still have work to do to get to where those guys are.” As far as he can remember, Frankie J has had his eyes se