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Hola! El Vez Fans!
As many of you know, I’ve been a huge El VEZ booster ever since a very kind old friend Ron took me to my first Merry Mex-Mas show at the now long gone Club Soda in 1999…I was blown away by how goddam...
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We are moments away from the Sound Check for the fabulous and LIVE Clarence Carter Holiday Show! comin’ at ya from Baton Rouge, Louisiana! I arrived late last night, and my producer Mila is her with me...
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Jingle Bell Rocks on BBC Radio!
The good folks at BBC RADIO 4 have created a special programme on Alternative Christmas Music. Yours truly gave one of the best interviews of his life, but they cut me out entirely…OK by me cuz that...
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Checking out “Christmas in Hollis”
Whew! Finally coming up for air after a whirlwind week of shoots in Baton Rouge, Saddle River, NJ, Brooklyn, Manhattan (four) and Hoboken. The crew are shooting B-Roll in Hollis, Queens and Harlem...
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What Q did for Christmas
Today marks the 27th Anniversary of this overwrought Christmas charity effort, produced by Quincy Jones. (Was there a bunch of fanfare over the 25th?…oh yeah, there was the Benefit for Haiti!) Even...
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Xmas On The Bayou
Of the many great unsung heroes of the underground Xmas music world I wish I could have met and interviewed, the late great Sidney Simien aka Rockin’ Sidney and Count Rockin’ Sidney, one of the most...
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A great Canadian … musician
He was the greatest Canadian musician and the most devoted to our country. I will miss him dearly. It is a sad, sad loss. But, to keep things upbeat, as I am sure Tom would wish it to be, I offer you...
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World premiere at IDFA!
I’m thrilled to announce that Jingle Bell Rocks will have its world premiere at IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam), the biggest documentary festival in the world. It will screen...
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NYC Premiere and one more screening!
We’re thrilled to have our New York debut as part of DOC NYC. This fest wraps up an amazing almost two month festival tour for me that started at NOFF in New Orleans, took me to Barcelona, Spain for...
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Canadian Screen Award Nominations for Jingle Bell Rocks!
Some incredible news to share this morning: Jingle Bell Rocks! has been NOMINATED for TWO Canadian Screen Awards (Canada’s Oscars) for BEST Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series + BEST...
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