WCM EXPLORES GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK

Warner Chappell Music is doing a deep dive into the Great American Songbook with an eight-part podcast series exploring the music of Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin and others.

Setting the Standard: Stories From the Great American Songbook, produced in partnership with Bang/Audiation and hosted by Joe Levy, launches 10/25 with a look at three-time Oscar winner Harry Warren.

WCM Senior Vice President of Creative Services Ashley Winton said: “We’re launching Setting the Standard to give a voice to the creative minds behind many of the Great American Songbook’s most influential standards, songs and showtunes. Through original content, interviews and more, we hope to provide an authentic look at one of the most transformative eras of music history.”

Using historical sources and new discussions with scholars, critics, artists and family members, Setting the Standard will tell the stories of these creators' lives filtered through the lens of their best-known songs.

“We’re seeing a resurgence of catalog songs resonating with new audiences around the world,” WCM Co-Chair and CEO Guy Moot and Co-Chair and COO Carianne Marshall said in unison. “This podcast spotlights the depth and breadth of some of the incredible legacy writers in our catalog, and we’re thrilled to bring listeners and fans along with us on this journey.”