Song Travels with Michael Feinstein

03/31/2017

Listen to songs from the album !!!Going Places!!!, including "Tijuana Taxi," "I'm Getting Sentimental over You," "More and More Amor," and many more. Buy the album for $9.99. Songs start at $1.29. Free with Apple Music subscription.

06/02/2016

01/01/2016

Sad news to hear today... our thoughts and prayers go out to her family.

The Grammy award-winning singer and daughter of Nat King Cole died from complications with ongoing medical issues.

12/22/2015

Congrats to Michael!

Mr. Feinstein, performing at Feinstein’s/54 Below, offers a show tune medley, American Songbook standards and a tribute to Peter Allen.

12/16/2015

If you haven't heard our holiday special yet, catch it now: http://www.npr.org/2015/12/04/457865068/song-travels-2015-holiday-spectacular

LIZA is feeling mighty Christmas-ey & has never been so perky as in this little ditty sung with Cyril Ritchard - best known as Capt. Hook- as the Big Bad Wol...

11/10/2015

We are saddened to hear about the passing of our friend and great musician Allen Toussaint.

Mr. Toussaint, a versatile producer and songwriter, was taken to a hospital after appearing in a concert in Madrid on Monday.

10/16/2015

Singer Johnny Mathis started out with a string of hits in the 1950s and quickly became a household name. A two-time inductee into the Grammy Hall of Fame, Mathis has one of the most popular albums of all time with "Johnny's Greatest Hits," which spent almost 10 years on the Billboard Top Albums chart.

The singer performs "On Such a Night As This" and "You'll Never Know" with host Michael Feinstein.

09/28/2015

Bassist Jay Leonhart is a highly sought-after session musician, a trio leader and a one-man act. He got his start as a kid playing banjo and guitar with his brother in the '40s and '50s, and was inspired to take up the bass after hearing Ray Brown and the Oscar Peterson Trio.

The bassist joins Michael Feinstein for a duet of the Gershwin-inspired "Problem" — and tells the story of an inflight encounter with one of the 20th century's most famous musicians.

09/20/2015

Renowned classical guitarist Sharon Isbin has released more than 25 albums, toured worldwide, and premiered some of the finest new guitar works of the last century.

Isbin, who trained under Andrés Segovia, is the only female guitarist to win a classical Grammy.

09/16/2015

Jazz pianist Barbara Carroll is regarded as New York's grand dame of jazz piano. Her career has spanned seven decades and includes everything from appearances in concert halls worldwide to a remarkable 24-year run at Bemelmans Bar in the Carlyle Hotel.

New York's grand dame of jazz piano boasts a career spanning seven decades. She joins Michael Feinstein to perform the Gershwins' "Isn't It A Pity."

09/12/2015

On this preview edition of the "Song Travels" podcast, guitarist Sharon Isbin talks about performing at the 9/11 Memorial and plays "Jerusalem of Gold." She'll be our guest on "Song Travels" next week, but we wanted to share this story with you today.

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09/10/2015

ICYMI Jazz pianist Justin Kauflin attended William Paterson University, where he formed a friendship with his mentor, the late Clark Terry. Their journey together was chronicled in the 2014 documentary "Keep On Keepin' On."

The jazz pianist pays tribute to his mentor, the late Clark Terry, with a piece called "For Clark."