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Stan Rogers: Lock-Keeper
For my second installment, I continue with singer-songwriters, but move to...
Bulat Okudzhava: The Last Trolley
It is with deep love and gratitude I return to NYFOS Song for the Day. As we...
Sammy Fain/Irving Kahal: I’ll Be Seeing You
And just like that, we’ve reached the end of this musical pilgrimage. This has...
Kenny Ascher / Paul Hamilton Williams: Rainbow Connection
Music was a major part of my upbringing, which I still consider one of the...
Sara Bareilles: Orpheus
A couple decades ahead in a brave new world called “the present”, lives Sara...
Irving Berlin: Always
I might have given myself away yesterday with my ringing endorsement of...
Lerner & Loewe: The Lusty Month of May
In the immortal words of Alan Jay Lerner, “Tra la, it’s May, the lusty Month...
George and Ira Gershwin: Homeward Bound
The 1927 musical Strike Up the Band was a flop, but it contained some of...
John Danyel: Grief, keep within
John Danyel (1564-1626) is in the shadow of John Dowland, who is rightfully...
Barbara Strozzi: Sete pur fastidioso
Roommates and lovers (who are sometimes both) are cooped up together these...
Gabriel Fauré: Dans la forêt de Septembre
Imagine a world without the songs of Gabriel Fauré if you can. I can’t. He...
Jerome Kern / Dorothy Fields: Pick Yourself Up
I once said that one of my favorite singers was Fred Astaire. Steve Blier...
Marc Blitzstein: Stay In My Arms
This week I’ll be sharing a new song each day that features NYFOS artists...
Rodolfo Falvo/Libero Bovio: Guapparia
This week I’ll be sharing a new song each day that features NYFOS artists...
Rufus Wainwright: The Art Teacher
This week I’ll be sharing a new song each day that features NYFOS artists...