Friday, August 24 performance at Westchester Broadway Theatre BY GEORGE J. DACRE Johnny Rogers, born in Jackson, Tennesse has been doing Buddy Holly and Elvis and Johnny Cash music since he was 16 years of age. His dad, a Chicago DJ and music promoter, got young Johnny started in show biz at a young age. […]
BY ELISA TAYLOR Pat Benatar rocked out Empire City Casinos Summer Concert Series on August 12, opening up with one of her most popular songs “All Fired Up” the 1988 hit which includes the famous chorus “Now I believe there comes a time when everything just falls in line, we live and learn from our […]
The story of Rockland’s notorious ‘underground’ celebrity BY DYLAN SKRILOFF If you’re from Rockland and you’re not in the “know” you may be curious, who is Vinny Raffa? And why does he have a posse? Vinny Raffa has break-danced with the Beastie Boys and brainstormed with De La Soul. Tony Hawk knows him, but won’t […]
New York and California in battle for more film business BY VINNY MURPHY A battle for supremacy has started, and we’re right in the middle of it. Though it sounds like the tag line to the next big Hollywood blockbuster and even involved Arnold Schwarzenegger at one point, this story is very real. Over the […]
BY HEATHER HACKNEY Friday, August 10, Bethel Woods Performing Arts Center was filled with cowboy hats, boots and giant belt buckles as they welcomed to the stage Brad Paisley as a stop on his Virtual Reality World Tour. Opening for Brad was American Idol winner Scotty McCreery and The Band Perry. The tour has brought […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Nick Hilscher, who doubles as lead male vocalist and leader of the band, has the current edition of the famed Glen Miller Orchestra at its all-time peak bringing an energy to the stage at WBT in Elmsford and a lot more Glen Miller music in their repertoire. Playing two engagements at […]