Paul McCartney’s Music To Be Celebrated At Fundraising Concert At Carnegie Hall

The Music Of series of fundraising concerts tonight will present The Music of Paul McCartney at Carnegie Hall in New York.

Performers will include Nancy Wilson, Christopher Cross, Denny Laine (co-founder of McCartney’s post-Beatles band, Wings, and co-founder of The Moody Blues), Hamilton Leithauser, Resistance Revival Chorus, Graham Nash, Bruce Hornsby, Natalie Merchant, Sammy Rae, Jonathan Russell, Lake Street Dive, Allison Russell, Bettye LaVette, Peter Asher, Ingrid Michaelson, Glen Hansard, Lyle Lovett, The Cactus Blossoms and Shovels & Rope.

Also performing will be participants in Music Will, an organization whose goal is to transform music education in public schools in the United States.

According to Michael Dorf Presents, which is producing the concert, it will celebrate “McCartney’s legacy with live performances from the vast catalog of this prolific songwriting legend.

“McCartney’s music,” it continued, “has been bringing people together for decades as a member of the Beatles, Wings and an acclaimed solo artist. His tender ballads, frisky rockers and his always-reflective and deeply insightful lyrics have soundtracked the lives of many generations over six decades. The era-defining, two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and singer-songwriter’s astounding career includes having written or co-written a record 32 songs that have topped the Billboard Hot 100.”

Michael Dorf Presents said the event so far has raised over $1.6 million to support music education programs for underserved youth. It has been presenting the Music Of series at Carnegie Hall for 18 years; previous tributes have featured the music of Carly Simon, Prince, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, the Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, REM and David Byrne.

Dorf is founder of the Knitting Factory and City Winery.