by Michael Barrett | Jul 31, 2019 | Song of the Day
Tom Waits has got to be one of the most original balladeers alive. His raspy voice doesn’t pretend to be anything except for the experienced and world weary vehicle for his poetry. I find his music amazing in how his songs capture something that feels so...
by Michael Barrett | Jul 30, 2019 | Song of the Day
I started talking yesterday about Country Music. As I said, I’m really not down with classifications. A good song is a good song. It tells you something about yourself, or at a minimum shows you another epoch or slice of humanity in a way you can understand. Ideally...
by Michael Barrett | Jul 29, 2019 | Song of the Day
NO SONG IS SAFE FROM US. That’s a slogan we invented soon after we started NYFOS nearly 32 years ago. We’ve had some musical and lyrical adventures that have taken us to places we didn’t even know existed, and we have been blessed by the treasure trove of songs we’ve...
by Luke Frazier | Jul 26, 2019 | Song of the Day
Judy Garland set the bar for every performer to follow. Every time I’m working with young singers on iconic American repertoire I have them listen to Judy’s recordings. Every recording of Judy Garland serves as a masterclass in...
by Luke Frazier | Jul 25, 2019 | Song of the Day
I’ve rarely found anyone that has ever heard of Kay Starr. I got to know Kay Starr by a friend of mine from West Virginia who told me that Kay was Patsy Cline’s favorite singer. If you’ve not gone down the rabbit hole of Kay Starr’s discography, do yourself a favor...
by nyfos | Jul 24, 2019 | Song of the Day
I grew up with the sound of tight harmony in my ear from my many mornings in a country church. Every time I hear this song of freedom I can hear my grandmother harmonizing in her tenor voice with the rest of the country...
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