Gershwin’s Summertime©…And the Livin’ is Easy
Summertime© is an aria composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, author of the novel Porgy, on which Porgy and…
Summertime© is an aria composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, author of the novel Porgy, on which Porgy and…
Headin’ to the Jersey Shore Welcome back, my readers. All three of you. Time to take the choo choo to the Jersey Shore. {Note to self: stop calling them the…
Known across nations as “the Winky Apopoclipse,” l'événement tragique in part one of this trilogy demonstrated my unfitness for human parenthood, but pointed to cat adoption as a possible road…
Up on the Roof ©, by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, was recorded in 1962 by The Drifters. It evokes the tar “beaches” atop high-rise apartments in America’s cities where…