Last week, the wonderful MasterVoices presented the Gershwins'  Strike Up the Band.  In 1927, its book, about a war over cheese tariffs,...

I remember learning in my teens that George Gershwin was only 38 when he died. I felt so sorry for him, but also for me. What music died wit...

There are two sorts of lovers. (This is simplified, but bear with me.) The first focuses on one thing at a time, giving it full and lingerin...