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Noël Coward: If Love Were All
Judy Garland set the bar for every performer to follow. Every time I’m working...
Carmichael/Arodin: Lazy River
I’ve rarely found anyone that has ever heard of Kay Starr. I got to know Kay...
The Wailin’ Jennys: Wildflowers
I grew up with the sound of tight harmony in my ear from my many mornings in a...
Dolly Parton: Deportee
I think this piece speaks even more today than when Dolly recorded it over 40...
Jerry Herman: And I Was Beautiful
Maureen Forrester brings so much to this largely unknown piece by Jerry Herman...
Donna Summer: I Feel Love
What do you get when you google 'summer songs' to close out a week at Song of...
Edu Lobo/Chico Buarque: Beatriz
Brazilian-American composer/vocalist/pianist Clarice Assad, a NYFOS Next...
Fauré: Les Roses d’Ispahan
Elly Ameling and Dalton Baldwin perform this sweet mélodie by Gabriel Fauré...
Richard Adler/Jerry Ross: Who’s Got the Pain?
This has been stuck in our heads since watching the recent tv series...
Karol Szymanowski: W południe
A selection from Karol Szymanowski's sensual and obsessive song cycle Songs of...
Richard Strauss: Beim Schlafengehen
With this final Song of the Day, I want to return to my deepest musical roots,...
Sarah Vaughan sings “Thanks for the Memory”
Sarah Vaughan’s voice became one of the objects of my jazz obsession in...
Manual de Falla: Nana
When a singer welcomes a child into the family, there are many nights of...
Stephen Sondheim: Send in the Clowns
After discovering American popular music later in my childhood, my mind was...
Sippie Wallace: Women Be Wise
I arrived in the U.S. at nearly nine years old, speaking very little English...