Les Block, our music maven
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR It’s hard to know where to start when writing a remembrance of Les Block, a multifaceted musician, ...
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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 ...
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 ...
We’re off to see The Wizard — with new catchy tunes
Daniel Lincoln, a keyboards player in The Wizard of Oz orchestra, feels he’s ‘the luckiest kid in show business’ By ...
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 ...
Seniors who sing
Chai-light Chorus, the newly renamed group of senior vocalists, will perform concerts at Beth El Synagogue and Knollwood Place on ...
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 ...
