Craft Recordings has introduced the long-anticipated unlock on March 11 of Grammy and Emmy-nominated pianist and vocalist Michael Feinstein’s star-packed Gershwin Country album. The set, recorded in Nashville, options interpretations of the vintage songs of George and Ira Gershwin in the course of the lens of nation song, as Feinstein duets with a few of its largest names.
To coincide with the announcement, the primary monitor from the set, a brand new studying of the immortal ballad “Anyone To Watch Over Me” that includes Alison Krauss, is to be had these days by way of all virtual platforms.
Gershwin Country is govt produced via Feinstein’s longtime buddy and collaborator Liza Minnelli, who herself sings at the album. It additionally options such artists as Dolly Parton, Brad Paisley, Lyle Lovett, Lee Ann Womack, the Time Jumpers with Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Rosanne Money, Mandy Barnett, and Ronnie Milsap. It’s to be had for pre-order now on CD and digitally.
“For me, the final bastion of significant interpreters of lyrics is Nashville artists,” says Feinstein. “They sing songs that inform tales. The Gershwin repertoire lends itself specifically neatly to reinterpretation within the nation taste.”
Feinstein’s career-long affiliation with vintage American track chimes together with his founding in 2007 of the Nice American Songbook Basis, which is devoted to celebrating the artwork shape and maintaining it via tutorial techniques, Grasp Categories, and the yearly Prime College Songbook Academy.
A portion of all proceeds from the album will receive advantages MusiCares, the spouse group of the Recording Academy that gives a give a boost to gadget of well being and human products and services throughout a spectrum of wishes. Those come with bodily and psychological well being, habit restoration, preventative clinics, unexpected private emergencies, and crisis aid to the song neighborhood.
Feinstein, who has 5 Grammy nominations and an Emmy nomination for his PBS-TV specials, continues his intensive traveling time table throughout america continues on the Dr. Phillips Heart in Orlando, FL on Saturday (15). Dates stretch into June.
Pre-order Gershwin Country, which is launched on March 11.
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