"He influenced Gershwin and Irving Berlin and Cole Porter, who is better than all of them, with his classical background," Bennett says about Kern, who studied at the New York College of Music. They'll never become old-fashioned."ĭuring his four-decade career from 1904 to his death in 1945 at 60, Kern wrote more than 60 Broadway musicals - "Show Boat" remains his best known - and more than 700 songs, many of which have become standards in the Great American Songbook - a term music historian Will Friedwald says in the liner notes to "The Silver Lining" that Bennett coined. "They're all beautiful songs," Bennett says. Over the course of 14 songs by the Broadway and Hollywood composer, including "The Last Time I Saw Paris," "Pick Yourself Up" and "The Way You Look Tonight," his tenor is supple and resonant, playful in places and heart-rending in others, with his phrasing and sense of dynamics as precise and incomparable as ever. 13, proves that on "The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern," released Friday as his 58th studio album. I'm still healthy and have top quality with my voice."īennett, who turned 89 on Aug. "Next year, my son is creating an explosion of Tony Bennett events because I'll be 90 years old. "I'm not retiring," he says by phone from his home in New York City. USA Today obituary: Tony Bennett, legendary singer and master of the American songbook, dies at 96 Just a day later, however, a healthy-sounding Bennett spoke with The Tribune for an interview in advance of his concert Saturday at the Morris Performing Arts Center.Īlthough Wednesday's celebrity death hoax didn't come up during the conversation, the singer made it clear Thursday that he remains very much alive and active. On Wednesday, a Facebook page received 1 million "likes" when it reported the death of Tony Bennett at age 89. Incomparableīennett still vital on 'The Silver Lining' The photos are from when he performed at the Morris on Aug. In the interview, Bennett was warm, insightful, energized and generous with his time - the interview went 10 minutes longer than scheduled. At the time, Bennett had a concert scheduled at the Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend. Tickets are on sale now.Editor's note: With the news Friday that Tony Bennett had died at age 96, The Tribune went back into its archives to republish this interview, unedited, with the incomparable singer and performer that originally appeared Sept. Supporting acts on select dates include Randy Houser, Matt Stell, Blanco Brown, Caitlyn Smith, and Walker County. On July 17th, Old Dominion will embark on their Live at the Ballpark Tour, hitting a series of stadiums through the early part of fall. Ramsey and his bandmates penned the song along with Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne. If he’s upset about it, it’s tempered by the fact that he’s already checked out and gone to his happy place. “Was she laughing or crying as she walked away/I really can’t say,” Ramsey sings in the chorus. He pushes off from the dock and floats while she’s back home packing up to leave. “I remember it like yesterday, ‘cause it was,” frontman Matthew Ramsey sings at the top. With its appropriately buoyant rhythm and hum-along melodies underpinned by accordion, “I Was on a Boat That Day” nearly masks the fact that it’s a breakup song. The breezy new single “I Was on a Boat That Day,” out Friday, is the ACM-winning group’s lead offering from an upcoming project. Old Dominion have released their first new music since 2019.
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