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From 2012 to 2015, Feinstein was the host of the weekly, one-hour radio program Song Travels with Michael Feinstein, produced by South Carolina ETV Radio and distributed by NPR. On the program, Feinstein explored the legendary songs of 20th century America.
Michael Feinstein Sings the Burton Lane Songbook, Vol. 2 is a 1992 album by American performer Michael Feinstein, of songs composed by Burton Lane. A companion volume, Michael Feinstein Sings the Burton Lane Songbook, Vol. 1 was released in 1990. Feinstein is accompanied on piano by Lane throughout the album. [1]
The Allmusic review by William Ruhlmann awarded the album four stars and said the album is "a recital-like quality. It also has a cabaret-like quality...he demonstrates that Herman has had an amazing facility for writing catchy uptempo material and heart-rending ballads, no matter what show they happened to have been intended for".
Michael Feinstein Sings the Burton Lane Songbook, Vol. 1 is a 1990 album by American vocalist Michael Feinstein, of songs composed by Burton Lane. A second volume, Michael Feinstein Sings the Burton Lane Songbook, Vol. 1 was released in 1992. Feinstein was accompanied on piano by Lane, they duetted on the song "Applause, Applause".
An early instance of Frank Loesser writing his own music for his lyrics, [1] "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year" has been described by singer Michael Feinstein - the "foremost expert on the music of the Great American Songbook" - [2] as "a perfect example of that heart-on-your-sleeve quality evident in so many [Loesser songs]."
The AllMusic review by William Ruhlmann awarded the album 4½ stars and compared the album to Feinstein's earlier all-Gershwin album Pure Gershwin (1987). Feinstein had previously been a secretary to Ira Gershwin, and Ruhlmann remarks that "the man has the heart of a research assistant, but few history lessons are this much fun".
She enrolled at the Manhattan School of Music in 2009, concentrating on jazz and classic American songs, [5] releasing a Christmas album in 2009 and a live album in 2010. She collaborated with guitarist Gabe Schnider and drummer Conor Szymanski, these songs can heard on Michael Feinstein 's NPR show Song Travels . [ 6 ]
Michael & George: Feinstein Sings Gershwin is a 1998 album by American vocalist Michael Feinstein of songs composed by George Gershwin. It was Feinstein's third album of Gershwin's music, following Pure Gershwin (1987) and Nice Work If You Can Get It: Songs by the Gershwins (1996).