The Paredes Jazz & Blues Fest returns to the city of its namesake in the Porto district for its third edition, with free concerts from four bands, starting.
With the TV tuned to romantic movies in her parents' home during the holidays, producer Gloria Calderón Kellett wondered why all the people falling in love on screen were white. Before you could say ¡Feliz Navidad!, the writer-producer known for her Latinx twist on One Day at a Time was in production with her own inclusive, holiday-themed series, With Love. 
With the TV tuned to romantic movies in her parents' home during the holidays, producer Gloria Calderón Kellett wondered why all the people falling in love on screen were white. Before you could say ¡Feliz Navidad!, the writer-producer known for her Latinx twist on One Day at a Time was in production with her own inclusive, holiday-themed series, With Love. 
A.J. Croce –
By Request (Compass): “Over the past three decades, A.J. Croce has established his rep as a piano man and serious vocal stylist who pulls from a host of American traditions and anti-heroes it’s part New Orleans, part juke joint, part soul. While his last album, JUST LIKE MEDICINE, paired him with soul legend Dan Penn and an all-star cast of players, his new album was born of memories of favorite artists and shows, but mostly, of late-night gatherings with groups of friends, many of them fellow musicians, with Croce at the piano taking requests. Croce revisits these musical evenings with BY REQUEST, 12 personally curated covers that traverse decades and genres, propelled by his spirited, loose-and-easy piano mastery and emotive vocals. It’s a tribute to Croce the music fan as well as Croce the musician that both the variety from pop to RnR to soul and execution is inspired, aided by a full band and horns. BY REQUEST is the first album Croce has released