The Indigo Girls will be performing live at J&R on June 12th in support of their latest CD, “Poseidon And The Bitter Bug“. The performance starts at 1pm and will be followed immediately by an autograph signing.

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Anne Akiko Meyers will be performing and signing autographs on Saturday, April 18th as part of J&R’s celebration of Record Store Day at 1:00 pm.

Meyers has just issued an appealing new CD, Smile, on the Koch International Classics label. It’s an eclectic collection of mostly short, tuneful pieces: Charlie Chaplin’s nostalgic Smile, Astor Piazzolla’s seductive Milonga en Re and Introduccion al Angel, Michio Miyagi’s wistful Haru no Umi (’Sea in Spring’), all played with an unfailingly sweet tone, molding her phrases like a singer.

Starting her studies at age four, Anne Akiko Meyers first performed with a local orchestra at the age of seven, then burst into national prominence at age eleven, when she twice performed on ‘The Tonight Show’ with Johnny Carson and appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She was soon performing throughout the United States, Japan, Australia and Europe and by the time her debut disc of the Barber and Bruch violin concertos was released at age 18, Meyers was recognized as one of the stars of her generation.

She was featured in a live global Internet broadcast with Keith Lockhart and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, performed in front of some 750,000 people during Sydney’s 250th Bicentennial celebrations, and has performed for dignitaries including the Emperor and Empress of Japan.

A best-selling recording artist, she seeks to reach wider audiences through new works and showcasing under-performed or rarely heard music; recordings of works written expressly for her include a live performance of the Somei Satoh Violin Concerto with Tetsuji Honna and the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra on the Camerata label, and Angelfire by Pulitzer-prize winning composer Joseph Schwantner with Andrew Litton and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra on Hyperion.

Anne Akiko Meyers studied with Alice and Eleanore Schoenfeld at the Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles, with Josef Gingold at Indiana University, and Felix Galimir, Masao Kawasaki and the late Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School. The recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, she performs on the “Royal Spanish” Antonius Stradivarius violin, dated 1730, that once belonged to the King of Spain.

“I’m very conscious and music is the number-one source of expression and emotion,” - J. Holiday.

Live @ J&R Music World, 6pm, March 10, J. Holiday will perform and sign copies of his lastest CD release, “Round 2”

When J. Holiday talks earnestly of “following my dreams” and “being in love with music,” it’s not a deliberately sympathetic portrayal by a partial writer. In fact, J.’s talent is matched -in rarity and intensity–only by his enthusiasm. His candor and vulnerability are refreshing

J. Holiday has made a home in fans’ hearts and ears. In turn, his epic one-year odyssey has opened his own eyes: “Being inside the game has given me a whole different perspective. I would like to think that I’m very good at what I do, and I believe in my craft, but I still feel blessed. I have done a lot more than some very talented people who were in my position at one point in time, in the timeframe that I’ve done it. I’m still new to all this. But I can’t worry myself about what other people are doing. I know just by staying me, my music is going to stand on its own.” So too will the world stand, and applaud.