Greg Ptacek In a world filled with homogenized one-hit wonders and fleeting fame, jazz artist Carmen Lundy is precious respite. She offers music built over time that is layered, multi-dimensional and complex. Hers is a talent that is both studied and passionate, seemingly spontaneous but actually carefully constructed over decades. She is both an intellectual and an
SPOILER ALERT In the fourth season premiere on October 5th of Showtime’s hit spy-thrilling TV series “Homeland,” the world finds CIA officer Carrie Mathison, played masterfully by Claire Danes, on a new assignment in Islamabad, Pakistan. Gone is her life that revolved both professionally and personally around Nicholas Brody, the Marine Corps MIA soldier turned
Radiant in red, jazz vocalist Cheryl Barnes took the stage last week at Rockwell, the tony cabaret space in the Los Angeles hipster village of Los Feliz, like few other artists who celebrating their debut album. She proceeded to control the stage in an hour-long set that highlighted songs from her new album “Listen To