Joni Mitchell was honored in Washington D.C., presented with the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, and celebrated by her peers and famous fans, including Cyndi Lauper, James Taylor, ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON – Eight years ago, Joni Mitchell was felled by a brain aneurysm that temporarily robbed her of speech and movement. On Wednesday, one of music’s most venerated singer-songwriters leaned ...

George Gershwin has written 48 shows including Half-Past Eight (Composer), La, La, Lucille (Composer), La-La-Lucille! (Composer), Morris Gest's "Midnight Whirl ...

Dolly Parton loves a challenge! In Michael Feinstein's new album titled Gershwin Country, out Friday, he reimagines the songs of George and Ira Gershwin through country music — and it includes ...

Gershwin first found out he was meant to be writing ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ from a newspaper announcing its premiere... just over a month away. Here’s the remarkable story of its creation. George ...

Garth Brooks received a major honor -- the Library of Congress' 2020 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song-- on March 4, and a number of his fellow country stars were there to celebrate his achievements on ...

George and Ira will soon be getting the Shakespeare treatment. The estates of the two Gershwin brothers have reached a deal with the University of Michigan, in which the University will be granted ...

Lionel Richie may be planning to party, karamu, fiesta all night long on May 17 this year. That's when he'll be awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. "This is truly an honor of a lifetime, and ...

“Rhapsody in Blue” is the last of Warner Bros.’ big World War II musicals — it was released in late June ’45, roughly midway between V-E and V-J Days — and perhaps the most severely underrated. It’s ...

"George Gershwin Alone" is a gushing lovefest for and about the early 20th century genius who wove jazz, Broadway, pop and classical music into a new American musical idiom. Despite Yael Pardess’ lush ...