It was a sweltering summer day in July 1945 when Mel Tormé started writing “The Christmas Song.” Tormé had gone over to the home of his writing partner Robert Wells and happened upon pen and paper and ...

Hello, wonderful readers! To continue and hopefully conclude this melancholic March, let’s look at “It’s a Blue World” by Mel Tormé, an album by a semi-popular and underrated vocalist from the ...

This week's Trending Up also looks at a revived Janet Jackson favorite -- and the decades-older pop-rock classic it samples -- and a new rap breakout hit (based on very old rap slang). Welcome to ...

Now that he is 37, Mel Tormé can look back with ease upon a bountiful life in music: lots of money, dozens of cars, two wives, three psychiatrists. In person, though, he has always been a sour-luck ...

2 Free Outdoor Show Roundup: August 4-9 – Andrew Bird, New York City Opera & More And marvel, the audience will, particularly over Stritch’s electrifying “You’re Driving Me Crazy” and King’s gorgeous ...