Cabaret Archive

Barbara Cook - I’m not a fan of musicals. Or cabaret singers. Or even the Great American Song Book. So I’m one of maybe three adults in this city who knew Barbara Cook’s

Billie Holiday - Frank Sinatra, born in 1915, had a centennial year last year. It was quite a celebration --- the only white person who failed to bend a knee to Sinatra was

Kenny White: Long List of Priors - If this were Twitter, I could make the case for Kenny White in less than 140 characters: Do you like Randy Newman? Then you’ll love Kenny White. Which is to say:

Nellie McKay - “It’s so nice to be back at Feinstein’s,” Nellie McKay quipped, as she settled herself at the piano for her debut at the Carlyle Hotel, some 20 blocks north of