Jerome Kern: The enchanted train

by | Nov 14, 2016 | Song of the Day

I grew up on Long Island, forty-five minutes from Broadway (actually forty-nine) and my father commuted to the city and back on the Long Island Rail Road, five days a week, for 38 years.  One night, he trudged wearily through the front door, tossed his briefcase...
Jerome Kern: Till the Clouds Roll By

Jerome Kern: Till the Clouds Roll By

by | Oct 31, 2016 | Song of the Day

There’s no way you could grow up in a Rodgers household without hearing the family music—great songs created by a certain father, daughter and grandson. But in anticipation of this week’s NYFOS “Rodgers, Rodgers & Guettel” concerts, I got to wondering: What other...