Digging for Gems in the Music Mines
As someone who now has an iTunes library (my second, the pre-rock one) of almost 3.000 songs, I’m finally starting to develop the...
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Review: McCartney’s Kisses
Hugs by Krall, Clapton, & Co. Of all the pop stars who have issued tribute albums to American pop standards, Paul...
read moreThe Importance of Being Oscar
In March, PBS will air a new documentary on one of the seminal figures of 20th-century songwriting, Oscar Hammerstein II. The film is...
read moreAn Appreciation: Hugh Martin
Update: March 15, 2011: A great, great retrospective of Hugh Martin‘s and Ralph Blane‘s interviews and performances...
read moreOriginals: Rooney and Garrett
Buy DVD of Words and Music. Two stars of that great (and notoriously inaccurate) American Songbook institution, the Hollywood biopic,...
read moreMichael Feinstein’s Songbook
Update, 2/7/11: See the NY Times article about Michael Feinstein’s collection and foundation here. If there’s a more...
read moreJohnny Mercer by Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood’s great documentary on Johnny Mercer, The Dream’s on Me provides a first-rate overview of pop music in the first half...
read moreBroadway Revivals Unlimited
Update, January, 2011: West Side Story completed its Broadway run and began a national tour in 2011, but several revivals are on tap...
read more“Christmas” in August
“Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” (and you thought Mel Brooks was the first composer to command that his name be placed above the...
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The American Tune Tribune is a news source for classic and new recordings, video, films, and contemporary performances of the pre-rock American Songbook. Focusing on the composers (Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, and their peers) and lyricists (Berlin, P.G. Wodehouse, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Lorenz Hart, Porter, "Yip" Harburg, Johnny Mercer, and their contemporaries) as well as the performers (Bing, Judy, Frank, Ella, Tony, Rosie, and many, many others), we provide historical and current information in articles, blog posts, and multimedia. Bookmark us, and visit the American News Tribune for news and views on the greatest popular music of the last century as it is honored and supported by fans today and tomorrow.