Michael Feinstein makes his Dakota debut
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In his 2012 book, The Gershwins and Me: A Personal History in Twelve Songs, Michael Feinstein writes: ...
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Gershwin and his friends
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR A conversation with Les Block, our local music maven, wends through time and space, and touches on ...
Simone Dinnerstein plays Gershwin, Ravel
Renowned classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein celebrates the American-French artistic cross-fertilization in her new album, Broadway-Lafayette (Sony Classical), which will be ...
Ira Gershwin penned lyrics that endure
Don’t miss Words By: Ira Gershwin and the Great American Songbook, by Joe Vass, onstage at Park Square Theatre Reviewed ...
Park Square presents 'Words By… Ira Gershwin'
Park Square Theater presents Words By... Ira Gershwin and the Great American Songbook, which runs through Dec. 29. This is ...
Famous Jews in American music — from Irving Berlin to Matisyahu
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR It’s hard to imagine American popular song without the contributions of Jewish composers and lyricists. Names like ...
Gershwin’s Jewish soul music
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Yiddish Farbrengen to be held Jan. 31
The next gathering of Yiddish Farbrengen will take place 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31 at the Shaller Family Sholom Home ...
Jews wrote a big chunk of the Great American Songbook
David Lehman, the author of seven volumes of poetry, examines what is Jewish about American popular song, and how Jewish ...
Jewish tunesmiths wrote great American songs
Jewish chauvinism aside, it’s a fact that Jews composed the great majority of tunes that make up the body of ...
