Natalie Mering, known to fans by her stage name, Weyes Blood, first heard Kurt Weill’s classic 1938 composition “September Song” the same way Willie Nelson did, though a Frank Sinatra recording—though ...
Gorgeous rekindling of “September Song,” one of Kurt Weill’s most famous compositions, with lyrics from Maxwell Anderson, the everlasting torch song was originally penned in 1938 for 'Knickerbocker ...
“I have never acknowledged the difference between serious music and light music. There is only good music and bad music. ” – Kurt Weill Given his famous proclamation that he “didn’t give a damn about ...
Throughout the half-century since the death of Kurt Weill, the songs and shows the composer regarded as his least commercial – the experimental and rabidly anti-capitalist work he wrote in Weimar ...
I’ve been drawn to Weill’s work since I first heard it at the age of about 15 (23 years ago), and I think this broad appeal stems from the deep humanity in his music. He writes about the human ...