A society that embraces the beauty and creativity of art is a society with the potential to expand beyond bounds.
Music is magnificent! It soothes the soul. It tames the savage beast. It unites people of different countries and different philosophies. I don’t need to speak German to be captivated by a Beethoven symphony. I can be the smartest person in the world or have a room temperature IQ. Either way, I can be put at peace with man and God listening to an old Ella Fitzgerald recording.
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A few days ago Mike Sion (Smiley Mikey) and I took a walk in Downtown Reno. We talked about his latest song, his next song, as well as his musical calling. I found it fascinating how he describes the process of creating the song and the video for the song “U Hate Love”.
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Shelea” performed to a full house last Thursday night at Hawkins Amphitheater. This is the second artist in the last couple of weeks that just blew me away with their songwriting and their incredible voices. It’s not too often that I can be amazed by the talent that we have out there in the world today. Especially in the traditional pop, jazz, R/B and soul area of music. When you have seen as many artists as I have over my lifetime. This woman will make the hair stand up on the back of your neck without a problem. I waited for her after the show so I could tell her what a beautiful singer she was and how her voice got under my skin. (In a Good Way). I didn’t want to wait till she got mobbed by all her fans waiting outside to meet her.
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The opening of this year’s Artown was non-other than the great songwriter Paul Thorn. He played to a packed Park at Wingfield Park. He started out with an apology for not being able to be here last year when he was to perform with The Blind Boys of Alabama do to the passing of his sister. He did not disappoint the crowd one bit with his performance.
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Sierra Music Society continues its fine Artists In Concert programs with “Sister Acts: From Opera to Broadway” on Sunday, June
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Reno Chamber Orchestra’s New Executive Director April 20, 2019 By Norm Robins Thom took a few minutes off today from
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Nick Eng breaks down the 10 tracks on his new album, Long Shot, to be released in CD and digital
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By Mike Sion Photo courtesy of Kellie Sasso “There’s more sides to me than just the cute, Britpop guy,” 22-year-old
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For the 3rd Rollin on the River show of July, we had the pleasure to see Jelly Bread, One of Reno’s
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Jake Shimabukuro played to a sold-out house last week at Hawkins Amphitheater for Artown 2018. For a Ukulele player, he
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