Articles by Shane Jordan
'PBS to Air Willie Nelson Award Concert this Weekend
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'Menahem Pressler NYE Performance Named Album of the Year?
After making his subscription debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra more than 40 years ago, famed German pianist Menahem Pressler is set to make his solo piano debut at the Symphony Center later this month as part of The Symphony Center Presents PowerShares QQQ Piano series. In addition to all the awards and accolades Pressler has received in his 70-year career, his televised Berlin Philharmonic's New Year's Eve concert was recently named 2015 Album of the Year by noted music commentator Norman Lebrecht. -
'Jake Shimabukuro New Live in Japan Album Contains "Bohemian Rhapsody" Cover?
It looks like 39-year-old Hawaiian born Jake Shimabukuro is set to make 2016 his year. According to the latest gossip news updates, the ukulele virtuoso has just released his first App, followed by a new live album to be released next month. Shimabukuro's Live in Japan, is due for release late February and will include his super-popular covers of "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Dragon" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" as well as some of his own original songs -- all culled from the best of his 2015 tour of the country.