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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — A highly anticipated concert featuring “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo at the Saratoga Performing Arts ...
The cancellation of the "Wicked" star's upcoming performance was "due to scheduling conflicts beyond the artist's control," ...
A change has been made to The Philadelphia Orchestra's performance at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on August 22. Due ...
Seven-time Grammy winner and former Skidmore Jazz Institute student Jon Batiste will perform alongside the Philadelphia ...
Marc Millman CBS is canceling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in May 2026. The program’s host shared the news during a ...
Jon Batiste and author Suleika Jaouad talk about how they met adversity with an act of defiance. The same day the "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" bandleader received 11 Grammy nominations, ...
Jon’s cousins include the late Alvin Batiste, an accomplished jazz clarinetist, and drummer Russell Batiste Jr. of the Funky Meters, one of New Orleans’ preeminent bands.
Jon Batiste performs in the Bahamas in January 2025. Getty Images for Baha Mar He follows in Reba McEntire’s footsteps, who sang the national anthem at the 2024 Super Bowl.
Jon Batiste, born November 11, 1986, in Metairie, Louisiana, hails from a New Orleans musical dynasty. His father was a bassist who performed with Jackie Wilson and Isaac Hayes on the “Chilin ...
Jon Batiste talks about what's clicked with both the Grammys and the Oscars, as he's up for six of the former and has a best song nom for the latter.
Jon Batiste's Nashville setlist. Tell the Truth. Freedom. Raindance. Worship. Don't Stop / Moonlight Sonata. Butterfly. If You're Happy and You Know It / When the Saints Come Marching In.
"Fast-forward four years later. It was my first weekend at Julliard and I was on the 1 train with my friend Michelle and we see this guy who's like, attracting stares because he had headphones on and ...