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 ...

With George Gershwin’s melancholy melody and DuBose Heyward’s colloquial poetry, the opening aria from ‘Porgy and Bess’ remains, 90 years after its premiere, among the most beloved songs in American ...

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 ...

“Summertime, and the livin’ is easy” begins the George Gershwin song I’ve loved since childhood, when a Chicago accordionist named Sam Porfirio and a nightclub singer named Georgia Drake, friends of ...

George Gershwin's "Summertime" has racked up thousands of covers since it appeared on the soundtrack to Porgy & Bess is 1935, and while several jazz and blues artists covered it in the 20th century - ...

Joni Mitchell: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song premieres tonight on PBS. Joni Mitchell fans, get your tissues ready. On tonight's PBS special, Joni Mitchell: The Library of ...

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