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Josh Groban’s new album – STAGES – drops on April 28th.
But you get a sneak peak of the collection of theater songs by La Groban today. Here’s “Bring Him Home” from the Broadway mega-hit Les Miserables.
What a voice. You have to wonder who taught him to sing all these year? That person must be a genius.
Groban’s also shared a video of him singing “What I Did For Love” from A Chorus Line.
You can pre-order the album on iTunes here.
Josh Groban sings one of my favorite versions of “Little Drummer Boy” from his album NOEL.
Find the album on iTunes here.
Trailer for Babs upcoming album “Partners” featuring duets with Lionel Richie, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Josh Groban and Michael Buble, among many others.
Released date September 16, 2014. Pre-order available on Amazon.
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| Babs with Babyface |
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| Babs with Michael Buble |
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| Cover art for Partners |
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| Babs with Josh Groban |
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| Babs with son Jason Gould |
Well, this is a pleasant surprise.
There are many reasons I’ve posted about hottie Arrow/Teen Wolf TV star Colton Haynes, and those two shows being just the beginning.
There’s the often shirtless modeling career for Abercrombie & Fitch, and his highly unpredictable Instagram account (which you should be following).
Recently, the hunky Haynes shared this full cover version of the Josh Groban hit “You Raise Me Up” and he acquits himself quite nicely.
This isn’t the first time Colton has shared his vocal chops with the interwebs. Back in November of 2013, I posted a video of Colton covering “19 You+Me” by Dan + Shay.
Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors Fund today announced the 3rd annual “Cyndi Lauper & Friends: Home for the Holidays” benefit concert on Saturday, December 7th at New York City’s historic Beacon Theatre to help raise awareness about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth homelessness and funds for the organization’s Forty to None Project.
Cyndi Lauper will be joined on stage this year by P!nk, Josh Groban, Susan Sarandon, Nelly Furtado, the Indigo Girls, Rosie O’Donnell, Ingrid Michaelson, The Hives, Matt & Kim, Hunter Valentine, The Cliks, and returning host Carson Kressley. Additional guests will be announced soon.
Tickets will be available at Ticketmaster.com starting Friday, October 25th.
“Home for the Holidays is once again going to be an amazing night of music and comedy in support of a cause close to my heart, homeless gay and transgender youth,” remarked Lauper, co-founder of the True Colors Fund. “I’m proud that we have built a show that not only sells out every year, but has become well-known for bringing together a stellar array of artists to help change the world through an evening of incredible performances. This year’s concert will help us to continue to move our Forty to None Project’s work forward to help these young people live happy, healthy and productive lives.”
For more info go to the True Colors Fund website
Via press release
Not for nothing, but these two can really sing.
I’ve met Josh Groban a few times over the past ten years or so as his vocal coach is one of my best friends. I really give a lot of credit to Josh and David Romano, his coach, for the voice that is Josh Groban. You don’t roll out of bed and sing at this level for years without working at it.
I’ve seen Josh many times in concert and he’s always spot on. Great vocal technique.
AND he has a fun, quirky sense of humor that is disarming and charming.
Saw Josh Groban last night in concert here in Las Vegas. Seriously a world class voice. Period. A great voice. No question. He clearly has a great vocal talent and a great vocal coach.
And – he’s really stepped up showing his quirky, funny side during the concert which really makes him more endearing to the audience.
My one quibble – can I use the word ‘quibble?’ – is that for his encore he comes back on stage to sing arguably his biggest hit song “You Raise Me Up” which the entire audience clearly was waiting for.
HOWEVER, Josh invited the audience to sing along with the song. Now, while I love singing along at home with Josh in my shower or living room, I personally feel there are people who paid good money to hear JOSH GROBAN sing his big hit song – not the woman next to me who took Josh up on his offer to sing along, and did so at full voice.
So instead of hearing the world-class “over a $100 dollars a ticket” Josh Groban, I got to hear “Nancy from Ohio” standing next to me sing “You Raise Me Up” full voice in my ear. Nothing against “Nancy from Ohio” – but I wasn’t there to hear her sing Josh’s hit song. And truth be told, she was just taking Josh up on his invitation.
Please Josh – while it’s friendly and quirky to invite the audience to sing along, I believe there are a lot of folks who come to your concerts to hear YOU sing. Not “Nancy from Ohio.”
Can you imagine paying good money to see Celine Dion and the woman next to you in the audience belting out “My Heart Will Go On” full voice? Or the guy next to you at an Olivia Newton-John concert singing along with abandon as Olivia sings “I Honestly Love You”? Think about it.
Just my .02
Otherwise, thanks for singing like a champ.
