With George Gershwin’s melancholy melody and DuBose Heyward’s colloquial poetry, the opening aria from ‘Porgy and Bess’ ...
Willie Nelson is set to release a new collection of songs penned by George and Ira Gershwin. The album, Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin, features well-known hits by the legendary duo, as well ...
Lana Del Rey, who knows a thing or two about summer, has just shared a cover of George Gershwin’s jazz standard “Summertime” to benefit the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics. She’s already ...
Willie Nelson is releasing a Gershwin tribute album, and recently shared his cover of "Summertime," one of the more popular songs from George and Ira Gershwin. In the video clip above, Nelson is ...
When I was a young member of the National Press Club, still in my 20s, one of the old timers told me about a legendary musical evening he had attended in the club’s early days. It was a gathering in ...
“Summertime,” meet summertime. But why the name change for this touring production? Why is this revival no longer called Porgy and Bess, as it was when it premiered in 1935 by George and Ira Gershwin ...
It’s hard to read a biography of George Gershwin, who died at 38, without feeling a sense of loss. But rather than bemoan the composer’s premature passing, Richard Crawford, a musicologist and ...
Lana Del Rey has released a cover of George Gershwin’s classic “Summertime” alongside an accompanying video. In the clip, she and “the gang” are seen cruising in a vintage car following a “Covid test” ...