The Bluegrass Special: October 2009: Beyond The Blue

ALBUM SPOTLIGHT: FRANK SINATRA LIVE AT THE MEADOWLANDS By David McGee

It was a rainy night in March, 1986, when 70-year-old Frank Sinatra, his band and orchestra, led by pianist Bill Miller, settled into the Meadowlands Arena in New Jersey-"my home territory," as Sinatra would later refer to in front a rapturous sellout crowd-for a one-night stand that would become the stuff of legend, still a hot topic among Sinatra-philes who debate the high points of his later years but mostly agree that this particular performance in the Garden State was nigh on to incomparable.

SEAN COSTELLO—Sean’s Blues: A Memorial Retrospective
Apart from the overwhelming personal tragedy of Sean Costello’s death last year from a drug overdose a day shy of his 29th birthday is the evidence on this smart overview of his career trajectory: at the time his life ended, he sounded like an artist on the verge of much bigger things even than what he had already achieved in his short time in the professional world.

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