The Real McCoy

Kathleen McCoy on Poetry

Category: Green and Burning

  • Angela Nardin sings “The Nearness of You” by Ned Washington and Hoagey Carmichael at Hudson River Music Hall on September 17, 2017 It’s not always the evanescent wonder of words that entices readers. It’s just knowing when to say “no[t].” It wasn’t just Hoagey Carmichael’s ear for a tune that made “The Nearness of You”…