Tag: George and Ira Gershwin
'George Gershwin's 'An American in Paris' May Have Been Played Out of Key for 70 Years
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'Journalist Ben Yagoda Discussed the Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Great American Renaissance in Music in New Book 'The B-Side'
The shift in American popular music and culture is hard to pinpoint exactly, even though writer Ben Yagoda has a compelling argument that talks about just that. His new book, "The B-Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song," talks about the paradigmatic shift from artistic expression and freedom to a lesser-grade form that continues to this day.