Ella Fitzgerald or Nat King Cole from her father's record collection. Her mother Phyllis was renowned for her hospitality and for keeping a warm and stable household which Elaine feels has grounded ...

That's exactly what the talented Amanda McCarthy is set to do with her upcoming performance at The Jazz Kitchen on October ...

In 1956, Nat King Cole, one of the biggest musical stars in the world, was attacked on stage by the KKK. It was the reality of being a black man in America, where even fame and fortune couldn't ...

Jez Butterworth's "The Hills of California," directed by Sam Mendes, rises above a strong New York season of playwriting.

Paul McCartney's favorite songs are about what you'd expect: the kind of music that a fellow musician would respect.

Noel Coward is a name that seems to have dropped from the modern lexicon and that’s entirely unfair. I’d done my fair share ...

With Mother Nature doing some of her finest handiwork ... of all my darling / When autumn leaves start to fall.” — Nat King Cole, “Autumn Leaves” “Autumn is the mellower season, and ...

His father Mr. Ato Brew had ironically named him Nat King Cole Brew. At the primary school ... Hausa and his own mother tongue Fanti. He blends his command of these languages with his music ...

There’s a reason why this song is often played at weddings, either for a father-daughter or mother-son dance ... You can never go wrong with Nat King Cole, and this song, in particular, is ...

The road also became a fixture of popular culture: its enduring moniker, “the Mother Road”, was coined in John Steinbeck’s ...

Whether it's the excellent acoustics, the chance to commune with Mother Nature or take in fresh ... including Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones have performed on ...