Sinatra

Grab your friends and order tickets for "Fierce! A Drag Brunch" taking place Saturday at Talula's, 550 Cookman Ave. in Asbury Park. There will be two seatings, one at 10 a.m. and another at 12:30 p.m. The show will be hosted by Lady Celestina, feature appearances by Octavia Anyae and Lady Keyante, and include a special food and drink menu.

The music industry is paying tribute to powerhouse record executive Mo Ostin who died "peacefully in his sleep" on Sunday evening, according to a statement from Warner Records. He was 95 years old. Ostin oversaw the careers of a long list of marquee talent: The Kinks, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell,...

When jazz was born in the brothels of New Orleans in the early 20th century, its parents were musicians and mobsters. Author T.J. English’s latest book, “Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld,” which comes out on Aug. 2, explains why jazz greats such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra flourished within mob empires headed by the likes of Al Capone, Meyer Lansky, John T. “Legs” Diamond and Charles “Lucky” Luciano. “Jazz began at the end of a long sustained period of lynching after the Emancipation Proclamation,” English told The Post, speaking from his Manhattan home where he has lived for...

Musical fate came knocking recently for singer Travis Hosette of Clinton. Well-known Quad Cities bandleader Josh Duffee needed a quick substitute for a big-band singer who had to bow out of upcoming concerts in Muscatine, Sterling and Moline. Hosette — a 46-year-old crooner who loves singing songs made famous by Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) — fit the bill.

The free Marble Falls Summer Concert Series continues on Friday, July 15, with Brian Anthony & The Lucky 7, a Frank Sinatra tribute band. Damon Beierle of Double Eagle Entertainment was back again to chat up the show. The series is put on by the Marble Falls Parks and Recreation Department.

Sunderland City Council’s planning department recently validated an application for a parcel of land off Holmeside in the city centre. This included the demolition of the Railway Club and old Sinatra’s pub and to build a new car park building offering 404 spaces. Proposals set out five floors,...