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William Bell. Photo Credit: David McClister
The 18th season of Lincoln Center’s American Songbook, which runs from February through May 13, continues to celebrate the best in American singing and songwriting, and redefine American song with performances by established and rising singers and singer-songwriters across a range of genres.
Southern soul, bluegrass, folk, R&B, indie rock, pop, musical theater, and more are represented across the 16 evenings that open the series in The Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall. The series moves to The Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse on March 22 with a mini-festival of six intimate concerts which, in a first for American Songbook, will be streamed on Facebook Live on Lincoln Center’s Facebook, an exciting step in the evolution of the series and in Lincoln Center’s ongoing commitment to bringing the best of the performing arts to the widest possible audience.
Finally, in the spring, American Songbook returns to Alice Tully Hall, the venue where it was launched in 1998, to spotlight two dynamic women whose artistry in two very different arenas demonstrates the expansive reach of American song embodied in the series.
Tickets for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook are available on line at AmericanSongbook.org, via CenterCharge at 212.721.6500, at the Alice Tully Hall and David Geffen Hall Box Offices, or at the Frederick P. Rose Hall Box Office.
American Songbook lead support is provided by PMIG
American Songbook in The Appel Room
Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60th Street
Friday, February 24, 2017, 8:30 pm
William Bell with special guest John Leventhal
In the midst of a thrilling comeback following his album This is Where I Live—just nominated for a Grammy—soul legend William Bell brings the Stax revival—complete with horns and Hammond organ—to The Appel Room. The New York Times called him “a defining cornerstone of the Southern soul sound.” Bell’s 961 “You Don’t Miss Your Water” and later hits “Everybody Loves a Winner,” “I Forgot to Be Your Lover,” “Private Number,” and the monumental “Born Under a Bad Sign” (co-written with Booker T. Jones)—became hallmarks of the Stax aesthetic.
Tickets start at $30
