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 ...

Lana Del Rey, who knows a thing or two about summer, has just shared a cover of George Gershwin’s jazz standard “Summertime” to benefit the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics. She’s already ...

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 ...

Willie Nelson has shared a video of himself performing George and Ira Gershwin's "Summertime," the title track of his upcoming new album. The performance is simple: Nelson is seated in front of a ...

Del Rey’s take on the Gershwin classic also arrives with an earthy video, which begins with her and a few friends making their way back from a coronavirus test in Beverly Hills. Once home, the group ...

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 looks like Lana Del Rey wasn’t kidding when she said that she had an album full of standards ready to go. As for this one, Del Rey shared a video that begins with a jaunt through Beverly Hills in a ...

The song "Summertime" was written by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward and although not thought to be directly involved, Ira Gershwin gets an official ...

Lana Del Rey has released a cover of George Gershwin’s classic “Summertime” alongside an accompanying video. In the clip, she and “the gang” are seen cruising in a vintage car following a “Covid test” ...

"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 ...

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 ...

When I was a young member of the National Press Club, still in my 20s, one of the old timers told me about a legendary musical evening he had attended in the club’s early days. It was a gathering in ...