The Writers Guild of America (WGA) agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) expired on May 1, 2023, and the union struck on May 2.
Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) agreement with the AMPTP expired June 30, 2023, and they struck on July 14.
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Date: Thursday, July 27, 2023
Time: 5pm- 6:30pm EST
Venue: ZOOM
Ticket: $5 for non MFM members
Webinar Description
Artist: SoSaLa
Title: 1993
Formats: CD and digital
Cat.#: DBDCD003
Label: DooBeeDoo Rec
Genre: NO WAVE
Stream and purchase CD here: https://sosala.hearnow.com/1993
Album Review by Dawoud Kringle
Retrospectives are a double edged sword. They threaten to over-glorify a past that is gone and will never return. At the same time, they perform an essential service by providing something many people sorely lack: historical perspective (not to mention preserving music that needs to be preserved). Especially in a retrospective recording which looks back to a time when music was made at a special time and with special musicians.
By Bruce Lee Gallanter (Down Town Music Gallery)
By Dawoud Kringle
Writing tributes to recently deceased musicians is never easy. It is especially difficult when the deceased not only had hit records but created a hit catalog, released more than 70 albums, won 19 Grammys (most of which he won after he reached his 60s), enjoyed deep and lasting affection and respect from fans and fellow artists, and almost single handedly embodied an entire genre and musical tradition spanning three quarters of a century.
Copyright: © MARK SELIGER
Tony Bennett was born Anthony Dominick Benedetto in Astoria, Queens, New York on Aug. 3, 1926, to Italian immigrant parents. He began singing as a child, and studied music and painting, at New York’s High School of Industrial Art. His vocal influences included Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday and Judy Garland.
