by Steven Blier | Jul 13, 2017 | Song of the Day
I know of two perfect songs: Fauré’s “En sourdine,” and Hoagy Carmichael’s “Skylark.” Paul Verlaine was the poet for the first of them, and Johnny Mercer the lyricist for the second. Please don’t ask me to explain what makes them perfect, or even why I think they...
by Penny Ross | Jun 12, 2017 | Song of the Day
One antidote for the daily news is music. These are some songs and artists that have worked as a (temporary) anti-depressant and continue to do so. Let’s start with Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer. To know their music is to love it. They wrote a string of classic...
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