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White Plains Singer-Songwriter, SUNY Purchase Student Releases New Album
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Jonny Parks' new song is nothing but smoke and mirrors.
Parks, who is from White Plains, just released "The Portia LP," featuring the new single "Smoke and Mirrors." The music is a blend of soul, r-n-b, jazz, and blues.
Parks, who writes his own music and plays multiple instruments started getting into music at eight when he played the harmonica and keyboard. He has released three EPs and plays throughout New York City, including Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.
"I like performing live more than I like recording songs," Par…
Love, Greed & Dictatorship Are Headlined In New Novel By Westchester Author
SCARSDALE, N.Y. -- What happens in the land of samba, Carnival and Bossa Nova when a brutal dictatorship takes over?
If you're looking for a summer read, look no further than "Days of Bossa Nova," a family saga about love, music and greed, set in São Paulo.
Scarsdale Author Ines Rodrigues grew up in the South American city and worked as a journalist there before landing in New York years ago.
Now, her first novel, inspired by her native home, is being published Saturday, May 27 by Black Opal Books.
Rodrigues teaches Creative Writing at The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence Co…
Westchester Resident Is Sanitation Worker By Day, Singer By Night
MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- By day, you'll find Michael Rivers working the sanitation shift in Larchmont/Mamaroneck, but by night -- and even on his shift -- you can find him humming or singing a tune.
That's because his real love is music, primarily soul and R & B. In fact, the Mamaroneck resident is in the midst of recording his second album at Warehouse Music in Mount Vernon. His goal is to get The Rivers of Truth, which contains a variety of styles, released by October or November. (His first album, Try To Work It Out, was released in 2014.)
Rivers, who plays a little keyboard and guitar bu…
