12/27/18 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Jennifer Lopez New Year’s Eve (2017)

Jennifer Lopez opted out of  performing a full concert for the 2016/17 New Year’s Eve celebration. Fortunately part of the singer’s Vegas show was broadcast on NBC’s New Year’s Eve With Carson Daly. Continue reading

12/26/18 O&A NYC WALESTYLEZ HIP HOP WEDNESDAY: Sheck Wes – Mo Bamba

Mo Bamba is a single by Hip Hop artist Sheck Wes. It was released on June 16, 2017 by Cactus Jack Records, GOOD Music and Interscope Records. It serves as a single from his debut studio album, Mudboy. Continue reading

12/26/18 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Post Malone, Swae Lee – Sunflower

Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) is by Hip Hop artist Post Malone and Swae Lee for the soundtrack to the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.The song was released as a single on October 18, 2018. Continue reading

12/26/18 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: Ratchet Of The Bells

Ratchet of the Bells is a parody of Carol of the Bells for the sketch comedy series Queen of the Ratchet. Written and directed by Joshua Gilyard, featuring Gilyard, Raaelle Miggiano and Alexa Rachelle. Continue reading

12/25/18 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: John Legend – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

John Legend and featured artist Esperanza Spalding hang their version of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas atop Billboard‘s Adult Contemporary chart (dated Dec. 8), soaring from No. 6 to No. 1. Continue reading

12/24/18 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Dr. Suess’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a children’s story by Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel written in rhymed verse with illustrations by the author. In 1957 the book was published by Random House, and it also appeared in an issue of Redbook Magazine. The story criticizes the commercialization of Christmas. The 26-minute short directed by cartoon legend Chuck Jones and narrated by Boris Karloff was originally telecast on CBS on December 18, 1966.

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12/22/18 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT: Dutch National Ballet- The Nutcracker And The Mouse King

Dutch National Ballet perform The Nutcracker And The Mouse King with Аnnа Тsуgаnkovа as Clara Stааlbооm and  Mаtthеw Golding as the Prince. Continue reading

12/13/23 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Grace Jone- Little Drummer Boy

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Grace Jones gets into the Christmas cheer with Pee-wee Herman. The club diva performs uncharacteristically ebullient Little Drummer Boy to Pee-wee, Chairy, Terry and the rest of the “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” gang. Continue reading

12/19/18 O&A NYC 6 DAYS OF NUTCRACKER: The Nutcracker – The Waltz of the Snowflakes (The Royal Ballet)

The Royal Ballet performs the Waltz of the Snowflakes in The Nutcracker, with Meaghan Grace Hinkis as Clara, Ricardo Cervera as the Nutcracker and Gary Avis as Drosselmeyer, accompanied by the London Oratory Junior Choir and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, conducted by Koen Kessels, recorded in 2012. Continue reading

12/16/18 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite- Quantum of the Seas Orchestra (Christmas Eve 2015)

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On Christmas Eve, 2015, the Quantum of the Seas Orchestra performed the entire Duke Ellington version of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite.
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