Lianne La Havas: Elusive

Lianne La Havas: Elusive

This week’s selections have a recurrent theme embedded in the lyrics or the music: space. Space in a musical or relational context, and often both at the same time. Back in my 20s, studying in New York, and in the midst of one disastrous relationship after another, I...
John Brancy

John Brancy

Baritone John Brancy answers our questions on his connection to the music of Kurt Weill and how he created his much acclaimed recitals about WWI. John returns to NYFOS on November 19 in a concert versions of Marc Blitzstein’s No For An Answer & Kurt...
Irving Berlin:  I Paid My Income Tax Today

Irving Berlin: I Paid My Income Tax Today

To round out the week, I present to you the American propaganda song “I Paid My Income Tax Today” by Irving Berlin, written in 1942 to facilitate the “unprecedented” income tax collection efforts supporting World War II. The rights to the song...