Wesla Whitfield is a remarkable singer, with a deep love for that rich storehouse of musical treasures often identified as The Great American Popular Songbook. Wesla has been developing her skills and ...

This is FRESH AIR. Wesla Whitfield, the opera singer turned cabaret singer celebrated for her treatment of songs from the Great American Songbook, died last Friday at age 70. She is survived by her ...

It was an epiphany at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco that changed the course of Wesla Whitfield’s life. “Some friends of mine took me to hear this singer Sarah Vaughan, and that was ...

Wesla Whitfield, one of Northern California’s most acclaimed vocalists, died on Feb. 9 at her St. Helena home, according to multiple reports. Wesla Whitfield. (Photo by Christine Alicino) The ...

Wesla Whitfield, a classically trained vocalist whose fresh interpretations of the Great American Songbook were anything but standard, died Friday at her home in St. Helena, California. She was 70.

Wesla Whitfield, who overcame partial paralysis to become a preeminent vocal stylist, winning acclaim for her interpretations of the Great American Songbook and acquiring a devoted following that ...

The subject line in an email from Mike Greensill, received Monday, brought me up short: “Wesla — Time to leave the room.” The attached note from his wife, singer Wesla Whitfield, was addressed to ...

Recalling youth and the first flush of love with Hoagy Carmichael's "The Nearness of You" and mining the subtle humor of Irving Berlin's "Cheek to Cheek," Wesla Whitfield pages through the great ...