by Sara Cluderay | Sep 3, 2013 | Cabaret, Features, Interview
Its fair to say that the number of cabaret artists that have scored viral video hits this year has been low. Sure, there was boylesque troupe Mod Carousel’s excellent genderbending pastiche of Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines but, soon after, footage from a...
by Sara Cluderay | Aug 9, 2013 | Reviews, Variety
Old-fashioned variety show for refined ladies and gentlemen. The Road to Cabaret Summer Special transforms the Battersea Mess and Music Hall ballroom into a post-war dinner and dance event, with penguin-suited hosts, a house jazz trio and a suitably costumed audience...
by Sara Cluderay | Aug 7, 2013 | Musical Comedy, Reviews
One woman’s musical love letter to singer and actress Dame Julie Andrews. A disclaimer: I have been obsessed with Julie Andrews since seeing The Sound of Music at the age of six. She is my raison d’être as a singer, so I needed to make readers aware that this...
by Sara Cluderay | Jul 22, 2013 | Reviews
Sublime singing with heart on ruffled taffeta sleeve. The Purcell Room, the Queen Elizabeth Hall’s recital space at the Southbank, is for classical singers a landmark venue, having been the stage for many a distinguished artist’s debut. As part of the Southbank’s...
by Sara Cluderay | Jun 26, 2013 | Reviews
To mark their tenth anniversary, gypsy blues bop ‘n’stroll collective The Urban Voodoo Machine release Rare Gumbo through Gypsy Hotel Records/Cadiz Music, in advance of their forthcoming third studio album Love, Drink and Death. Rare Gumbo is a compilation of songs...
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