Arts Jul 21 Remembering the life and legendary career of Tony Bennett By Jeffrey Brown, Murrey Jacobson, Dorothy Hastings
Arts Apr 04 Jon Batiste, Silk Sonic, and Olivia Rodrigo win top Grammy Awards Jon Batiste won album of the year honors for “We Are” at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, giving him five trophies on a night that saw the ’70s funk of Silk Sonic take record of the year and song of… By Jonathan Landrum Jr., Associated Press
Arts Feb 01 Music helping Tony Bennett battle Alzheimer’s disease Tony Bennett has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease but it hasn’t quieted his legendary voice. The singer’s wife and son reveal in the latest edition of AARP The Magazine that Bennett was first diagnosed with the irreversible neurological disorder in… By Associated Press
Arts Jun 20 Tony Bennett named next recipient of Gershwin Prize Bennett is the ninth recipient, following past honorees like Smokey Robinson, Willie Nelson, Carole King, among others. By Joshua Barajas
Arts Oct 24 Watch Tony Bennett goes Gaga on ‘Cheek to Cheek’ Legendary singer Tony Bennett found an unlikely collaborator in shape-shifting pop superstar Lady Gaga. The two have united for a jazzy album of popular American standards called “Cheek to Cheek.” Jeffrey Brown sits down with Bennett to discuss their hit… By PBS News Hour
Oct 24 Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga perform ‘I Won’t Dance’ By artsdesk It’s not a pairing one might expect, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, but their new album “Cheek to Cheek,” released in September, debuted as the highest-selling record in the U.S. Tonight, PBS Great Performances presents the legendary crooner and the… Continue reading