Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook to Premiere on PBS on October 6; DVD Available to Order

Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook, a three-part series that explores the history of American popular music, will premiere on PBS this fall, with air dates scheduled for October 6, 13, and 20. The sereis is also available for purchase on DVD.

The series chronicles Feinstein’s lifelong mission to keep the Great American Songbook alive, as he preserves and passes along the lyrics and melodies of songwriters like George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, and Rodgers and Hart, all while performing more than 150 shows a year across the country.

The show will feature on-stage and backstage footage that will include performance excerpts, and Feinstein’s personal stories about the songwriters and entertainers he’s known and worked with over three decades.

Episode One, Putting On the Tailfins, focuses on the 1950s and 1960s. Episode Two, Best Band in the Land, examines how popular songs provided emotional solace and patriotic inspiration during World War II. Episode Three, A New Step Every Day, explores the fast and furious 1920s and 1930s.

For more information, visit www.pbs.org.