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For Immediate Release:
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Peter Riegert, the award winning actor, who is known for his role as Sam, the pickle man in the film Crossing Delancey, will be one of the featured guests on M57 Straight From Delancey, the radio show with a live audience that airs from Moscow 57. Moscow 57 on Delancey is a Russian Central Asian restaurant from a New Yorker's perspective, with live music nightly at 168 � Delancey Street. M57 Straight From Delancey airs every Sunday at 7:00pm on WVOX 1460AM, New Rochelle, NY and on their website, www.wvox.com.
Other featured guests that evening wil be award winning author Cornelia Read, jazz vocalist Mary Foster Conklin, accordion player Yuri Lemeshev, jazz guitarist and composer Tom Dempsey, journalist Tobi Elkin, actor-singer John Smith, and singer/songwriter/local artist Laura Foulke, who will join show regulars Richard Stein, Helene Gresser, Katya Lapaeva, Nyla Lamees, Michael Susko, who also directs and Ellen Kaye with Ethan Fein and the M57 Band: Benjamin Franklin Brown and Kory Grossman. Kaye co-hosts the show with Moscow 57 business partner Seth Goldman.
M57 Straight From Delancey is engineered by Bill Moss and directed by Michal Susko. Production assistants are Eddie Gonzalez and Elle Brigida.
Moscow 57 owner Ellen Kaye's parents, Faith Stewart-Gordon and Sidney Kaye, owned the Russian Tea Room from 1947 to 1996. Ellen performs nightly with Ethan Fein and the M57 Band. Special guest artists appear each night performing an eclectic mix of blues, jazz, folk, world music and rock.
ABOUT PETER RIEGERT
Peter Riegert is an actor, screeenwriter and film director. Before his acting career, Peter was an eighth grade school teacher. He made his acting debut in 1970 in therole as Chico Marx in the musical Minnie's Boys. Peter is known for his roles as Donald "Boon" Schoenstein in Animal House (1978), "Mac" MacIntyre in Local Hero (1983), the fast talking gangster Aldo in Oscar (1991), the tough Lt. Kellaway in The Mask (1994) and Sam Posner in Crossing Delancey. In 2001, Peter and the cast of the 2000 film Traffic won a Screen Actors Guild award. He wrote, produced and directed the 2000 short film By Courier and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film, and he directed and produced the 2004 film, King of the Corner.
On television, he had a recurring role as crooked New Jersey State Assemblyman Ronald Zellman in seasons three and four of the the HBO series The Sopranos (2001-2002), appeared as George Moore in the first season of the FX series Damages (2007), as Judge Harvey Winter in The Good Wife (2009-2012), and Dads (2014), as well as many other appearancs
Peter was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1993 for his role in Barbarians at the Gate. In 2004, Peter won the Best First Feature Award at the Marco Island Film Festival.
ABOUT CORNELIA READ
Although she was raised by divorced hippie-renegade parents on the outskirts of Big Sur (with occasional stints in Honolulu), Cornelia Read knows old-school WASP culture firsthand, having been born into the tenth (and last) generation of her mother's family to live on Oyster Bay's Centre Island. Her childhood mentors included Sufis, surfers, single moms, Black Panthers, Ansel Adams, draft dodgers, striking farmworkers, and Henry Miller's toughest ping pong rival.
At fifteen, Read returned east, attending boarding school and college on full scholarship. While in New York, she did time as a debutante at the Junior Assemblies, worming her way back into the Social Register following her expulsion when a regrettable tantrum on the part of her mother's boyfriend's wife landed the lot of them on "Page Six" of the New York Post.
Much of the material in her Madeline Dare novels is autobiographical. Cornelia indeed lived in Syracuse, worked at a thankfully-defunct "therapeutic" boarding school in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts, and has a cousin named Cate Ludlam who's intimately involved with the renovation of Prospect Cemetery, the oldest burial ground in Queens, New York.
Today, her Bostonian Great-Grandmother Fabyan's Society of Mayflower Descendants membership parchment (once proudly displayed at the back of Read's tiny linen closet in Berkeley, California) is boxed up in a mini-storage unit on the West Coast, awaiting a cross-country U-Haul rental so Cornelia can road-trip it to her new digs in New Hampshire.
Cornelia has twin daughters, the younger of whom has severe autism.
ABOUT MARY FOSTER CONKLIN
Her voice is smoky with a tart twist of lemon. Her style has been described as recognizably traditional yet unmistakably contemporary, as she puts her personal stamp on a repertoire that spans over nine decades. She has appeared in theaters, jazz clubs and cabarets in the metropolitan New York area and throughout the United States and Canada. In New York, Conklin's talents have earned her a place on the stages of The Blue Note, The Iridium Jazz Club, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, The Metropolitan Room and the Triad Theatre. She can also be seen from time to time singing off various fire escapes as The Lady in the Red Dress with the notorious Renegade Cabaret.
ABOUT TOM DEMPSEY
Guitarist Tom Dempsey's reputation for hard swinging sophistication and pure musicality have made him a distinct voice in the New York jazz scene.
Dempsey has performed and/or recorded with a virtual Who's Who of world renowned jazz musicians including Wynton Marsalis, George Coleman, Kenny Barron, Roy Haynes, Bobby McFerrin, Paquito D'Rivera, Jack McDuff, Jim Hall, John Abercrombie, Brad Mehldau, John Scofield, Tal Farlow, Buddy Montgomery, Gerald Wilson, Mel Torme, Richard Wyands, Muhal Richard Abrams, and Dave Brubeck. He has recorded six CDs as a leader: Saucy, Beautiful Friendship, What's Going On, Perspectives, Blues In The Slope, If Only We Knew. Since 1992, Tom has been performing as a leader and a sideman at some of the top jazz venues throughout the world including the JVC Jazz Festival, SF Jazz Festival, The Blue Note, Yoshi's, Smalls, and Smoke. Tom is an Artist Endorsee for Thomastik-Infeld Strings. In 2012 Dempsey toured Tunisia as a jazz ambassador on behalf of the US State Department.
ABOUT TOBI ELKIN
Tobi Elkin is a journalist, editor and interviewer with deep experience writing about digital marketing and media trends and has interviewed hundreds of marketers and C-level executives for business publications. For the last few years, she's led reporting and market insights for a research company named eMarketer.
A 20-year + veteran journalist, who started her career at the Associated Press, she's worked at advertising trade publications including Brandweek, Advertising Age and MediaPost Communications. During her time at these pubs, she broke news, edited, reported and analyzed trends in advertising, consumer technology, entertainment and television.
As a freelance writer, she's written on a variety of arts and culture topics for The Lo-Down (based right here in M57's LES backyard; her latest piece profiled the prolific stylist and costume designer Patricia Field), Narratively, the AP, The Huffington Post, Robb Report, Heeb and The Reeler. She also was the founding editorial director for a startup called First Wives World where she worked for the producers of a Broadway show based on the film "First Wives Club."
Tobi has served as the moderator at digital marketing conferences, as well as appearing on panels, satellite media tours and live broadcasts opining on popular culture, media and advertising trends.
In 2013, she was honored to be named to The AlwaysOn Power Players in Technology Business Media list. The Power Players list honors the technology journalists who keep the Silicon Valley community connected and informed.
ABOUT JOHN SMITH
John Smith, born in Baltimore, raised in Houston has been a full time member of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus since 1997. He has performed in over 2,900 performances of over 70 different operas in 6 languages. He began his singing career in a production of Carousel with Houston Grand Opera in 1990. He has also performed with New York City Opera. He has been recording for over a last decade.
ABOUT RICHARD STEIN
An eighteen-year-old Richard Stein arrived in New York on the crest of a British wave that took New York by storm: the 1965 opening of the first Sassoon salon. Richard eagerly absorbed the energy and style of Manhattan, soon moving on to join fellow Sassoon-ite Paul Mitchell on The Beauty Floor at Henri Bendel, New York's trendiest boutique. Here he became a favorite stylist for such legendary fashion photographers as Richard Avedon, Hiro and Francesco Scavullo. This on-camera experience led Richard to create his most memorable style, a multi-layered, wash-and-wear haircut dubbed "The Shag." The new cut was adopted by women everywhere, becoming the quintessential haircut of the 1970s. and continually adapted to the present time.
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From there, it was a short skip to his own Madison and Lexington Avenue salons with an eclectic clientele of New York's most high-profile people. Today Richard Stein continues to evolve his hair-cutting skills, and some of his hair innovations, The Shag Ribbon-Cutting and Scissor-Pointing. are destined, once again, to transform the fashion of hair. Some innovative videoed haircuts are available on YouTube.But while his work is what consumes most of his time, Richard continues to pursue a variety of other interests, including careers as author and actor/musician. His first book, Set Free, became an immediate beauty bestseller. He has also completed a second book, Split Ends. Both are available for a free download online.
His recent one man show, CUT+PASTE-A MUSICAL MEMOIR at LaMama's downtown experimental theater, with original incidental music written by Richard, was a sellout success. The show emphasized a life that he has tap-danced with the world of style since his early teens.
ABOUT LAURA FOULKE
Laura Foulke wrote, directed and produced her first show at the age of six and has been chewing the scenery ever since. A singer/songwriter living on the Lower East Side, Laura has appeared in a wide variety of New York theaters and musical venues, including the Rodeo Bar, the Mercury Lounge, Arlene's Grocery, the Angel Orensanz Foundation, the Ludlow Cafe, and Windows on the World.
ABOUT KATYA LAPAEVA
Katya Lapaeva was born in Russia and is a vocalist who's completely self-taught. She moved to the United States about 3� years ago and now resides in the beautiful borough of Brooklyn. Katya only started singing recently while working at M57. One night she joined Ellen on stage to sing the Russian version of a familiar tune. Since that moment, Ellen has had faith in Katya's abilities as a vocalist and hopes she'll begin her musical career by performing at Moscow 57.
ABOUT YURI LEMESHEV
Lemeshev was born on the island of Sakhalin, RSFSR, Soviet Union. He emigrated to the United States in 1989, and became well known in New York City's East Village for his performances in bistros, wearing various hats and wigs. He has shared the stage and/or recorded with Nicole Renaud, Greg Wall, Mary Wooten and Matt Darriau, and worked as a trio called Tridruga with bassist Tony Scherr and guitarist Brad Shepik. In 2001, he joined Gogol Bordello. He also started a duo with theremin player Pamelia Kurstin in 2007.
ABOUT NYLA LAMEES
California native Nailah Lamees p.k.a. Nyla Rivera emcee, radio-host, writer, and music executive of G.L.A.M. Group, has established herself as a music entertainment mogul in the making. Starting her early years in hip-hop as a female emcee, she made the transition to working and developing other talented acts, while also crafting her love for the microphone on another alternative platform, radio and broadcasting.
Having experience with building and being a part of many successful projects, Nyla has launched her own music label with its first signee G.L.A.M x.
Having toured with many hip-hop notables, from P-Diddy, Tupac Shakur, and Kid-Rock, Nyla's diverse background has given her the skill set to become a powerful woman amongst a predominately male arena.
Nyla has been on a mission to take her broad-based audience to a higher level with her irresistible blend of femme fatale charisma, fun-loving energy and in-your-face commentary. "You can't put a price on self-respect because it's not for sale," Nyla says. When it comes to "grippin a mic," her lyrics run deep, giving the listener a glimpse into her soul. She's a heavyweight in the game of music, life, and the underworld the latter of which she gave up to dedicate herself to emceeing, performing, and raising her daughter, music prodigy Nacolbie Jane, known as G.L.A.M.
ABOUT HELENE GRESSER
Helene is a comedian, actress, and writer. Sometimes she writes funny songs. She may also serve you a drink tonight, and possibly some food. She co-created the webisode series "Hey Rude" and has been featured on the Tyra Banks show discussing rude behavior, even though she was so heavily made-up she could barely open her falsie-laden eyelids. Currently she is working on her one-woman, autobiographical comedy show, tentatively titled "SHEEZUS! (Comin' To Get Ya!)" in which she reads from her very DRAMATIC childhood journals and occasionally breaks out into songs from Jesus Christ Superstar. Helene is also opening her delightfully cozy thrift store, Artistic Thrift, in her Ridgewood, Queens neighborhood, and hopes you come by to listen to ole-timey
vinyl records and peruse her vast collection of tchotchkes, thingamajigs, and doo-dads. Originally from Shorewood, Wisconsin, she credits below-zero temperatures and
consumption of vast quantities of sausage, cheese, and beer for her family's bizarre sense of humor. Her brother John is far funnier, but he lives in Milwaukee, so he cannot steal her limelight now, thank Sheezus.
ABOUT ELLEN KAYE AND THE M57 BAND
ABOUT ELLEN KAYE
Ellen Kaye performs nightly with Ethan Fein and the Moscow 57 Band at their new restaurant, Moscow 57 on Delancey, a Russian Central Asian restaurant with nightly live music. Ellen has performed at Carnegie Hall (with the New York Pops), Town Hall, noted jazz club The Iridium, and the Metropolitan Room. Kaye's recordings are "Ice Wine - Songs for Christmas and dark winter nights," "3AM...the dogs, the milkman & me," "2AM," and a single of Dar Williams's "When I Was a Boy." Ellen owns Moscow 57 on Delancey with partners Seth Goldman and Ethan Fein. www.moscow57.com/ekmusic.html.
ABOUT ETHAN FEIN
Ethan is our Moscow 57 music maven and Ellen's accompanist and musical director. He has played guitar in concerts with Kristen Chenoweth, Bernadette Peters, Marvin Hamlisch, Cy Coleman, and Carole King, to name a few. Ethan also played in the Broadway shows "42nd Street," "West Side Story," "The Full Monty," and "Cats" for its entire run. Ethan coproduced Ellen's latest CDs "Ice Wine - songs for Christmas and dark winter nights" and the single "When I Was A Boy" with Seth Goldman and Ellen. He has just finished co-writing a new musical with Robby Merkin.
ABOUT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BROWN
An accomplished bassist and composer, Ben Brown is one of New York's most distinguished musicians. Brown graduated from the University of Miami, and began working professionally with Barney Kessel, Mose Allison, Freddie Hubbard, Lou Rawls and Buddy Rich. In 1976, Brown began a three-year stint with the Dizzy Gillespie Quartet. Mr. Brown's credits include James Brown, Al Green, the Jimmy Heath Quartet, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Al Haig, George Benson, Tony Bennett, Mike Longo Trio, Gregory Hines, Ruth Brown, Blossom Dearie, and Lena Horne's "The Lady and Her Music." On and off Broadway shows include: "The Color Purple," "Sophisticated Ladies" (The Duke Ellington Orchestra), "Singing in the Rain," "Jelly's Last Jam" and "Thou Shalt Not" (Harry Connick, Jr.). Brown's movie credits include "Sweet and Lowdown," directed by Woody Allen, and "The Good Shepherd," directed by Robert De Niro.
ABOUT MOSCOW 57
Moscow 57, the hospitality and entertainment company, was launched several years ago by partners Ellen Kaye, Seth Goldman and Ethan Fein. Kaye is a third generation restaurateur: her grandfather had restaurants in the 1920's and her parents, Sidney Kaye and Faith Stewart-Gordon owned The Russian Tea Room from 1947-1996.
For the past two years, the company has been hosting its M57 Urban Salons, evenings of music, food and digital visual art displays, in Harlem; Washington Heights; Chelsea; the Upper East Side; the East Village; Governors Island; New Milford, Connecticut; and New Orleans. Moscow 57 has made New Orleans a home away from home, with regular forays into that city's world-renowned culture of Southern hospitality, regional cuisine, and world-class entertainment.
After performing at and co-producing events with New York's Corcho Wine Room, as well as celebrating Latin American culture in New Orleans, this cosmopolitan attitude is being brought to Moscow 57's permanent home on New York City's Lower East Side every night.
Moscow 57 Entertaining, created in partnership with Ethan Fein, is developing projects for film, television and theater. Its music company produces podcasts, live performances, recordings and videos. Moscow 57's first CD releases have already garnered national radio airplay, and the company's videos can be seen on the Moscow57Entertaining YouTube channel.
M57 Straight From Delancey airs every Sunday night at 7:00pm on WVOX 1460 AM, streams live on their website, www.wvox.com, and is archived there and at www.moscow57.com.
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