recent posts

about: Regina Weinreich

Category: Music

  • Who Shot Rock & Roll at the Brooklyn Museum

    The iconic and infamous cover the walls at the Brooklyn Museum's fine exhibition (on view till January 31, 2010), “Who Shot Rock & Roll.” Yes you will see many old favorites, like John Lennon wearing a New York City sleeveless tee in Bob Gruen's contact sheet from the familiar 1974 shoot. You will see him…

  • This Is It

    Longtime Michael Jackson friend Elizabeth Taylor weighed in on This Is It, twittering: it is the brilliant movie of all time. Well, if your mother insists you are beautiful, do you believe her?  This time, Liz may have a point. Last night, all screens at the Regal Theater multiplex on 42 Street were packed for…

  • Memphis/ Maye

    The anticipation for Memphis, a new musical with an original book, was palpable. As far as Broadway musicals go, it's been a long season of revivals. But, despite its entertaining, energetic appeal, Memphis sounds like something you've heard before. Take a bit of Hairspray (crossing the race divide in music) and sprinkle with Dreamgirls (black…

  • Meryl Romer is So Sure at Iridium

    The photo on her debut CD “So Sure” shows Meryl Romer with a knowing, come hither look, deep cleavage, saying she’s got the goods. As a vocalist, she’s new but her sound rooted in jazz traditions makes you think, where has she been? But that is the story of her music. In three original songs,…

  • Marilyn Maye at the Metropolitan Room/ Dan Zanes at the Museum of Natural History

    To call Marilyn Maye a saloon singer is like calling a Rolls Royce a car. This chanteuse, elegant at 81, likes her martinis straight up, and favors Johnny Mercer tunes made famous by Frank Sinatra like “Summer Wind,” and especially “Drinking Again,” and “One for my Baby and One More for the Road,” songs that speak…

  • Youssou Ndour’s Grandmother

    Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour, a Sufi Muslim with a soulful sound has a secret weapon beyond the spirit of Allah: his grandmother who died shortly after being filmed in the documentary “I Bring What I Love,” opening this Friday. Introduced at the Paris Theater last week, at a special screening hosted by Mike Nichols, Ndour said he…