The highly-anticipated Cabaret Convention, produced by the Mabel Mercer Foundation at Jazz at Lincoln Center will feature an evening of Hoagy Carmichael and Richard Whiting songs this year. "Too Marvelous for Words/Stardust: The Music of Hoagy Carmichael and Richard Wh...

A few months ago, we received a note from filmmaker Brian C May alerting us to the piece he made documenting the long process artist Michael McAuley undertook to create the now iconic statue of Hoagy Carmichael that sits at the northeast corner outside the IU Auditoriu...

Happy holidays from the Carmichaels! 

Here's our favorite recording of Hoagy's "My Christmas Song for You". 

https://soundcloud.com/stardust-road/my-christmas-song-for-you

How delightful! Hoagy Carmichael is this week's "Composer of the Week" on the BBC Radio. To catch up on the programs that explored Hoagy's works and tune in for the rest, click here: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnxf 

Thank you, BBC! 

Hoagy Carmichael's Stardust Road has been postponed! We will not be playing the St. James this October and November, but will be up in London this coming Spring (2016) - watch this space for more updates! 

Back in May the Stardust Road creative team spent a week in London auditioning over one hundred performers, singing and dancing their hearts out, for the seven roles (plus two swing roles) in the show. After hours of auditions, we found our dream cast, and then eagerly...

On Monday, June 15, 2015 Hoagy Carmichael was inducted to ASCAP's Jazz Wall of Fame along with Henry Threadgill, George Wein, and Jelly Roll Morton. Acclaimed jazz vocalist and songwriter Lizz Wright was also honored, presented with the ASCAP Foundation Jazz Vanguard A...

After a reading in 2012, and a successful "lab" presentation this summer in New York City, Stardust Road will be making its public debut in London at the St. James Theatre, running October 27th through November 21st.

Using the music of Hoagy Carmichael with da...

Annie Lennox's sixth studio album, "Nostalgia" was released on September 30, 2014 and features three Hoagy Carmichael gems: "Memphis in June", "Georgia on My Mind", and "The Nearness of You".  The album, which also includes American songbook classics by George Gershwin...