Josh is releasing a complete album on November 7. I guess Josh wanted to give Jon a birthday present. LOL Here is the link to Josh's site for more info. Josh Groban
Josh has a truly brilliant voice.
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I was actually thinking about the 2 of you when I posted up this news. I remembered your comments about him in the past. Didn't you say your mom was his fan too? Or is my memory confused on that? This new song is not my favorite from him. But I still I hope I hear it on my radio. Let me know if y'all hear it play ever. It has taken Josh a long time to finish this album, so I think anticipation will be high. What has it been? Over 2 years?
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Yes, my mom IS a big fan of his. Other people in my family are as well. I agree about this not being my favorite Josh song but hey - its in English, LOL. He's a real talented guy and I'm pretty sure this cd will be amazing. I was watching some interviews with him, and I believe he's working with a children African choir on the album. However, I'm not sure on that part. lol.
Can't wait!
PS --- Mark Your Calendar! Catch Josh on TV! Tune into ABC's Good Morning America on Wednesday, November 8th to see Josh perform two songs! He will also be a guest and perform one song on Regis and Kelly on Friday, November 10th!
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JOSH GROBAN NEW CD 'AWAKE'IN STORES ON NOVEMBER 7TH The legions of Josh Groban fans will slumber no more as Reprise Records announced today a November 7th worldwide release of the hotly anticipated "Awake", the follow up CD to the mega star's previous two albums, the self titled “Josh Groban” and the multi- platinum "Closer" which collectively sold well over 13 million CD’s. Groban's 'hands on' approach in the creative process of "Awake" is reflected in several Groban penned and produced songs along with musical contributions from Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Dave Matthews, Glen Ballard, Eric Mouquet, John Ondrasik (Five for Fighting) Marius DeVries, David Foster, Imogen Heap and Herbie Hancock. "Awake's" 13 new songs including the just released first single, "You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)" show the Grammy nominated Groban's tremendous growth as a vocalist, producer and songwriter since he first appeared on the musical landscape. "I learned from touring that my fans are really open-minded, musical, intelligent people and I feel like they want to come on this new journey with me. The music still sounds like it's coming from my heart and my soul and my voice. That is always the most important thing to me. My goal on "Awake" was to create the music and find the best people to help me create it," commented Groban. With a lineup of stellar producers including Marius DeVries, Guy Sigsworth, Glen Ballard and David Foster, the album contains songs in Italian, Spanish and of course English. An early stand-out, "February Song" with Josh on keyboards came to the 25-year old Los Angeles native on a sleepless night.“I wanted to write a song that melodically and lyrically represented the craziness I felt in that moment in the dark dark space. I walked over to the piano and it just came to me in a half hour in the most magical way." Additionally, Groban recorded a suite of two stunningly haunting songs where he harmonizes with longtime idols Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The first song, the Groban/Dave Mattthews penned "Lullaby" is sung a cappella and the follow up, the South African song, "Weeping" which Josh first heard on a trip to South Africa. "The musical tapestry of the country and their heated history, the honor of meeting Nelson Mandela and visiting schools in Soweto was totally inspiring. And, it was a dream of a lifetime for me to sing with Ladysmith in the studio. I've loved them from the moment I heard Paul Simon's Graceland." Josh Groban burst on to the international music scene in 2001 with the release of his self-titled debut album featuring the hit single, "To Where You Are." His follow up CD "Closer" with the smash hit "You Raise Me Up" brought enormous success to the young singing sensation. He has made scores of television appearances beginning with Ally McBeal and continuing with countless performances on Oprah Winfrey, Good Morning America, The Today Show, two PBS specials, the Superbowl, the Oscars and the closing ceremonies of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics with an audience of over 2 billion people. His first PBS Special went on to become the No. 1 selling DVD of 2002. On the touring front, Groban started out his now legendary 40-city concert tour (which sold out in a record breaking 20 minutes) and then went straight forward to a two year arena tour across the US. A Josh Groban tour for 2007 is expected to be announced shortly.
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I bought Josh's album and I love it. He has such an amazing voice. He will be on Leno tonight. Target has it for sale this week at only $9.99 or something.
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Josh has a Christmas cd coming out this coming Tuesday 10/09!
BURBANK, CA--(Marketwire - October 2, 2007) - Christmas joy arrives early this year for millions of Josh Groban fans as 143/Warner/Reprise Records announces the release of 'NOEL,' the artist's long-anticipated classic recording of holiday songs. Scheduled to arrive in stores on October 9th, Groban is joined on 'Noel' by the London Symphony Orchestra and several guest artists and has once again collaborated with Grammy-winning producer David Foster……..
……Groban, whose collective international CD sales have topped 17 million copies, is currently on the road in Australia where he is continuing his sold out "Awake" concert tour which has been seen by over 800,000 people. He is expected to make promotional TV appearances in November on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," NBC's "Christmas Tree Lighting at Rockefeller Center" November 28th and "Good Morning America" November 30th.
The day has come finally, Josh Groban's first Christmas CD NOEL is in stores today, also available for download on Itunes. There is a special editon of the cd available with a beautiful photo ornament you can purchase by clicking on the picture on the profile page or here http://www.joshgroban.com/store/ (copy and paste in your browser address window). We hope you are as excited about this new collection as we are !!
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I adore his new Christmas CD. Simply and unabashedly adore it. Do you have it Callie? Anyone else? My favorite songs are probably "Little Drummer Boy" featuring this truly cool and original guitarist Andy McKee, whom Josh discovered on YouTube, and then "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" featuring the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. That song is placed at the end of the album for a reason. It swells and soars to a tremendous climax. I heard that song playing on a radio station while I was driving in view of some mountains, and my heart was filled with joy. I'm not being sappy, just honest.
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I love the new Christmas cd as well, arts. It's amazing what the power of being on Oprah can do. He was on it a few weeks ago for her Favorite Things episode, and now Josh has been the number one cd for about 3 or 4 weeks.
There are a few songs on the CD that sound absolutely beautiful. I love him!!
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Hahah..i checked this out and was really laughing cause Josh is so obviously Norwegian! The male Idol announcer could have been his brother! Hahahah...sorry...too cute.
It's funny for me, cause my hubby was adopted and doesn't know much about his genetic background. On our honeymoon, one of the places we went to was Wales. We turned on the TV, and I was like "OMG! Honey, I found your twin!" And then we went to a castle the next day and they had all these paintings of people who looked so much like my hubby it was just scary...too weird!
