This is totally off topic for BMG, but since I just mentioned NPR on a different post, I feel obliged to note that NPR star Ari Shapiro, who is also a great singer, is live-hosting at 10pm tonight the mind-blowing annual New Year’s performance of the magnificent Pink Martini. Ari really is a great singer, his two Yiddish songs on their holiday album are brilliant, and he is almost certain to sing “Now He Is Back.” Gavin Bondy on trumpet is killer, Pansy Chang on cello makes me swoon, the rhythm section slays, China Forbes’ singing might come in seven different languages (yup, I have seen and heard her do it in person) and Thomas Lauderdale as pianist and maestro rules the roost. Don’t miss this.
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