Itzhak Perlman will release his first new album in more than a decade, featuring new orchestral arrangements of American ...
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‘It Had to be You’: Which post-rock era singer has released the best Great American Songbook album?
People seem to think that when an artist turns to the Great American Songbook for inspiration, they've run out of their own ideas. But it's not always the case.
New Series Launches with 1951 Academy Award-Nominated Best Original Song “A Kiss To Build A Dream On” & 1961 Academy Award-Winning Best Original Song “Moon River.” Now Available on Bandcamp & Coming ...
Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Rosemary Clooney, Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis Jr. and Judy Garland are just a few artists who were standouts for singing music from what is called the Great ...
Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. What makes a song last? The history of popular music tells us that many masterpieces of songcraft—and ...
A mutual friend introduced them and before the meeting was over, Michael Feinstein had a job. He was to sort out lyricist Ira Gershwin's extensive record collection. At the time, 1976, Feinstein was ...
It’s often considered the low point in Frank Sinatra’s career: the moment the singer growled, “Hot dog, woof!” during a lecherous novelty song he cut in 1951 with the statuesque TV personality Dagmar.
You might not know his name, but if you’ve ever hummed “Oh! Susanna,” “My Old Kentucky Home,” or “Camptown Races,” you certainly know Stephen Foster’s music. From 1844 until his death in 1864, this ...
Cole Porter. Duke Ellington. Irving Berlin. Rodgers and Hammerstein. Singer, revivalist Michael Feinstein and the Boston Pops’ Keith Lockhart on the Great American Songbook. Composer and bandleader ...
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