The post FKA twigs covers Gershwin’s “Summertime” for BBC Radio 1: Watch appeared first on Consequence of Sound. George Gershwin’s “Summertime” is one of the most popular standards in the American ...

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 ...

George Gershwin's time in the Carolinas launched the musician on such a spree of creativity that it led to what some critics call one of his finest works. Getty Images On June 16, 1934, George ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Summertime" might be the opening word in George Gershwin's iconic song, but as Rob Kapilow points out to Performance Today host Fred Child, that's not where the music really starts. The eight ...

In some versions it’s a lullaby, in others a siren song. Filmmaker James Maycock explores Gershwin’s most recorded tune ahead of his BBC Four documentary on the subject. James Maycock 23 November 2011 ...

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 ...