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 ...
Willie Nelson has earned another No. 1 album, but this time, it's on the jazz charts. His new record, Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin, debuted atop the Top Current Jazz and Top Traditional ...
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 ...
Willie Nelson was the first country artist to receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize in 2015, a prestigious honor he shares opposite such names as Paul McCartney and Carole King for his ...
Joni Mitchell was recently feted at an all-star tribute concert in Washington, D.C. as the recipient of the Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. During the concert, which will be ...
Viewed prosaically, however, it’s less a song than a song snippet, a verse and a chorus repeated twice, taken from a self-styled “folk opera”, Porgy and Bess, whose initial 1935 Broadway run was far ...
An investigation into Gershwin's classic composition, Summertime, which has been recorded in almost every style of music - from jazz to opera, rock to reggae, soul to samba. Show more An intriguing ...
Joni Mitchell fans, get your tissues ready. On tonight's PBS special, Joni Mitchell: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, her contemporaries such as James Taylor and Herbie Hancock ...