MetroStage's 'Ella' has plenty of swing thanks to Freda Payne's spot-on singing as Fitzgerald
If you remember the 1970 hit song "Band of Gold," then you know Freda Payne's voice. Payne is holding forth at Alexandria's MetroStage, not crooning Motown-style but swinging and scatting as Ella Fitzgerald in "Ella: First Lady of Song." Read full article >>