"In the tradition of great female artists, Karla Bonoff, Bonnie Raitt, Shawn Colvin, Sarah McLachlan ... now enter Maia Sharp." —Art Garfunkel
Maia Sharp occupies fertile ground on her Concord debut, gathering strands of R&B, pop, and jazz and tying them together with her talent as a singer/songwriter. It many ways her eclectic [more]
Noted for the beauty of her voice and ability to freshen up the most tired lyric, Susannah McCorkle left behind an impressive and large body of work at the time of her death [more]
Three years before a stroke ended {Mel Tormé}'s career, he appeared with his trio and Ray Anthony & His Big Band at the 1993 Playboy Jazz Festival, though the CD [more]
There are major songwriters whose names are as well known as those of the singers of their songs, and there are others who are largely unknown, requiring a list of [more]
"One carries a major torch for The Great American Songbook. The other has written more standards in the past 40 years than just about any other contemporary composer. Two very good friends, Michael Feinstein and Jimmy Webb, collaborating on an album for the first time, have created Only One Life, a song cycle of love, passion, hope and regret that promises to be one of the most memorable pop albums ... And one that is more than a bit overdue." —David Leaf, Emmy® and Grammy® Award-nominated writer and television producer
There are thousands of songs from the '30s, '40s, and '50s that are considered popular standards and Michael Feinstein has covered a good [more]