Nelson

Willie Nelson's album of pop standards, penned by America's legendary songwriting duo George and Ira Gershwin, follows the selection of Willie as the 2015 recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Among the 11 Gershwin classics recorded by Willie Nelson for his new album are two duets: "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" with Cyndi Lauper (the song was originally introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the 1937 film Shall We Dance) and "Embraceable You" with Sheryl Crow (the song was performed by Ginger Rogers in Girl Crazy, recorded by Billie Holiday in 1944 and inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2005).

Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real are known for their collaborations with illustrious folk-rock and blues figures such as Neil Young and B.B. King, and their frontman is the progeny of none other than the great Willie Nelson. This self-titled release is their fifth studio album and is resplendent with the “cowboy hippie surf rock” sound the band has become known for, rendered even more eclectic (yet still stunningly cohesive) by guest appearances from Lady Gaga (Find Yourself) and indie pop quartet Lucius (Set Me Down on a Cloud).

Experience two grand classics, alive with all the excitement and verve of their very first performances. Thrill to one of Haydn’s masterful ‘London’ symphonies that wowed England’s capital – the smash hit ‘Military’, so-called for intense depictions of the clash of arms and ferocious roar of war. In the epic Lord Nelson Mass Handel and Haydn Society's magnificent chorus and soloists join the orchestra in this homage to the heroic admiral who helped vanquish Napoleon.

Experience two grand classics, alive with all the excitement and verve of their very first performances.

This is an appropriate collection, since Nelson has recorded more duets with more fellow performers than any other country singer in history.

Willie Nelson's album of pop standards, penned by America's legendary songwriting duo George and Ira Gershwin, follows the selection of Willie as the 2015 recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

Released in 1978, Waylon & Willie is a duet album that stayed at the top of the country album charts for 10 weeks, spending a total of 126 weeks on the country charts.

This CD reissue features Oliver Nelson in two very different settings. Although best-known as an altoist and a tenor-saxophonist, Nelson sticks exclusively to soprano throughout the set.