Just two years ago, documentary filmmaker Asif Kapadia began interviewing Amy Winehouse's family, friends and collaborators in a darkened London studio. Because Winehouse had died only less than two years earlier, emotions were still rather raw. So Kapadia opted to forgo the camera and used an
The Wrecking Crew were a group of uncredited Los Angeles studio musicians who played on and created hundreds of hit records that became the soundtrack to our lives in the '60s and '70s -- and are still on the radio today. The amount of work the
After a wait of more than a decade since her last release, Melissa Manchester's 20th album, You Gotta Love the Life, is a welcome masterpiece. At the suggestion of her students at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, where she is adjunct professor
Modern technlogy has given Barry Manilow the opportunity to record "dream" duets with his own musical heroes on MY DREAM DUETS, and it is a bold and daring accomplishment indeed. From cherished idols like Judy Garland and Louis Amstrong to contemporary friends like Whitney Houston and
In his latest recorded musical venture, Grammy-winning jazz pianist Billy Childs takes on the music legacy of Laura Nyro–and the result is an impressive, wide-ranging musical tribute to the work of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter. When Childs was only 11-years-old, his older
