Entertainment Overnight -- The Waters of March, the Promise of Spring

Afloat, adrift, a flight, a wing,
A cock, a quail, the promise of spring.
And the riverbank talks of the Waters of March,
It's the promise of life, it's the joy in your heart.

It's the joy in your heart...

Entertainment Overnight -- MTM

MTM

She sang, she danced, she did comedy, she did serious drama and acting. She did it all and wonderfully, beautifully.






Thank you for all of it.

You'll be missed. Very missed.

Rest in peace and godspeed to you.

Happy Independence Day Weekend

This farming family, the Butlers, it seems, have found that singing in their empty silo gives them fantastic acoustics and effects. I and a lot of people agree.



Happy Independence Day. Enjoy your holiday weekend.

Entertainment Overnight -- Incredible

Incredible, new, up and coming singer/performer.

Entertainment Overnight -- On the Street

Outstanding voice, simple beauty.

Entertainment Overnight -- Good place to be tonight

Entertainment overnight -- song and dance

For the kids out there, go Google Bob Hope and James Cagney

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New, young artist, beautiful voice, great talent.

Entertainment overnight -- tongue deeply in cheek

These guys do it all. Classical music, holiday, hip-hop and more.  And all good.  No. Very well.

Entertainment Overnight -- Across the Wide Missouri

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The beauty of the human voice:

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Quite a voice.  And I mean that in two different ways:



Thanks to Donna Allen Wood for introducing me to Floyd Red Crow Westerman

Links:  Floyd Red Crow Westerman - Wikipedia

Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman - IMDb

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Save the date--for the Folly Theater

Bill Shapiro of KCUR and "Cyprus Avenue" fame, is sponsoring a fundraiser for our own Folly Theater again, God bless him. This time, he's having singer/songwriter Sam Baker Saturday, August 25 at 8 pm, in case you missed last evening's show. Besides being able to enjoy Mr. Baker's wonderful, soulful, heartfelt music--live, at that--you can help a terrific and very worthwhile cause, our own Folly Theater.

Finally, the tickets are extremely reasonable, beginning at only $10 each with the best seats in the house going for only $20 to $35, a real bargain.

They go on sale this Monday morning. You can find more information at the first link below, especially. Phone the Folly box office this Monday at 816-474-4444

It's Mr. Shapiro's goal to fill all 1,082 seats that night.

Let's help make it happen.

Links: http://www.follytheater.com/siteresources/apps/calendar/eventview.asp?id=315

http://www.sambakermusic.com/

Side/final note--if you absolutely have to, go here for tickets:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/Sam-Baker-tickets/artist/1392489

Didn't Aretha look great the other night?

See more of her here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/08/3602131/aretha-franklin-performs-at-the.html#slide-1

In honor of this very full moon

My favorite version (and keep in mind, I like Linda Ronstadt's a great deal, too).

Little boy sings the blues

Wow. Right?

To Ireland

With thanks to Bob McWilliams, aka "Radio Bob" at KPR for this. Happy St. Pat's Day, y'all. Let's be careful out there.

The Blues---at the White House

There was yet another program on PBS last evening that I'll mention here today. It was "Red, White and Blues" and it was fun. There were some terrific musicians there and in it, of course. Some of those were B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Keb' Mo, Jeff Beck and more. I just have to make one note, besides saying it was good and well done. That is, the one performer there who absolutely did not belong but who performed nearly alone and for far too long was---wait for it--Mick Jagger. I mean, please. He was sad. When you put him after and before true blues artists and not just people who are "influenced by the blues", as he was and is, it's like comparing the Hope Diamond to cubic zirconia. And that may be stretching it. Mick was all postion this and dance step that while the true blues players of the evening were just up there doing--simply--what they do best and that is, playing the blues. It wasn't about them as it was with Mick. It was about the music. With that one, big caveat, it was a well-spent hour, for sure. Link: