![]() ![]() Stafford, a former member of Alison Krauss’s Union Station and a founding member of perennial Bluegrass powerhouse Blue Highway, was named IBMA’s Songwriter of the year in 20 and co-wrote IBMA’s 2008 Song of the Year, “Through the Window of a Train.” GRAMMY, DOVE, IBMA and SPBGMA AWARD-winning guitarist, singer and songwriter TIM STAFFORD is proud to release his fourth solo record, TUNES & BALLADS on December 14, 2020. We hope it is a fitting legacy to Steve, because he is definitely "still here" through his music. This collection of Tim and Steve's songs features Ron Stewart, Barry Bales, Dale Ann Bradley and Thomas Cassell. ![]() The title cut of this record, "Still Here," was #1 on the Bluegrass Today Top 30 Airplay chart on September 11, 2020. Their previous record, "Dogwood Winter," (2010) was critically-acclaimed. They co-wrote the 2008 IBMA song of the year, "Through the Window of a Train," as well as a 2020 nominated song, "Both Ends of the Train," both recorded by Blue Highway. Steve Gulley and Tim have enjoyed special acclaim as one of the most creative and successful songwriting teams in bluegrass music, with scores of recorded co-writes to their credit. STILL HERE is the second and final duet record by Tim and the late, great Steve Gulley, who passed away just a few months after this, his last recording, was completed. Kramer's "In the Wings" blog at HERE, TIM AND STEVE GULLEY'S FINAL DUET RECORDING, AVAILABLE NOW. Play a lightning-round of name association with Barbara Cook and find out her thoughts on Sondheim, Bernstein, Hal Prince, Meredith Willson and Robert Preston. Emcee is Westchester's John Treacy Egan ("The Producers," "Sister Act"). Who: Tony-winner Alice Ripley ("Next to Normal"), Drama Desk winner Laura Osnes ("Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella"), Tony nominee Montego Glover ("Memphis") and Westchester's Craig Schulman ("Les Miserables," "Phantom of the Opera"). Where: Whippoorwill Club, 150 Whippoorwill Road, Armonk. What: Music Conservatory of Westchester presents Lifetime Achievement Award to Barbara Cook and John Mauceri Where: Tarrytown Music Hall, 13 Main St., Tarrytown. What: "Are You Havin' Any Fun?" an evening with Barbara Cook "Meryl Streep is adorable," Cook says with a laugh. She has the ceremonial ribbon to prove it, although she has no occasion to wear it. Take it in.' And then I'd come back with: 'There's no way this is happening.' And back and forth." This is real.' And I'd reply: 'There's no way this is real.' To which I'd reply: 'This is real. "I was looking around and saying to myself, 'Barbara, this is real. Sitting up in the box on that night, a few feet from President Obama, Cook recalls she had a strange sort of monologue going on inside her head. ![]() "Of all the honors I've been given, that's the one that means the most to me. In 2011, Cook was named a Kennedy Center honoree, in a class that included cellist Yo-Yo Ma, actress Meryl Streep, singer Neil Diamond, and saxophonist Sonny Rollins. Cook created the role of the shopgirl Amalia who is in love with her pen pal.Ĭook triumphed with stories and songs from her career in her 2004 concert "Barbara Cook's Broadway" and she was last seen on Broadway in "Sondheim on Sondheim," the 2010 revue in which the composer looked back on his career, aided and abetted by singers of considerable talent, including Cook, Westchester's Vanessa Williams, and Tom Wopat. That last musical is based on Miklós László's play, which was also the source material for three films: "The Shop Around the Corner" in 1940 with Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan, "In the Good Old Summertime" in 1949 with Van Johnson and Judy Garland and, eventually, "You've Got Mail" in 1998 with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Sprinkled in among the songs will be Cook's stories from her 66-year career, from her Broadway break in "Flahooley" through Leonard Bernstein's "Candide" (she created the role of Cunegonde) in 1956, "The Music Man" in 1957 and "She Loves Me" in 1963. The new set list she'll sing in Tarrytown includes 90 minutes of "a lot of really really good songs that have been around awhile," from "I Remember You" and "More Than You Know" to "Last Night When We Were Young" and "Makin' Whoopee." On June 23, she'll be back in Westchester, in Armonk to receive a lifetime achievement award from the Music Conservatory of Westchester at a benefit that will raise money for music scholarships for kids. On Saturday, she'll bring her new concert - "Are You Havin' Any Fun?" - to the Tarrytown Music Hall.
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