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CDs Now Available:
Carmen Cusack: Lay Your Hands on Me
(new on CD/digital)
Solo album of original songs. "Show Me a Man," "Shane," "Did the Best I Could," "Rebellious Child," "When This Is Over," "Happy," "I'll Never Get Over You," "Sorry." In collaboration with Joe Jung.
Books Now Available:
Barbra Streisand: the Music, the Albums, the Singles
(Fayetteville Mafia Press - new Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Matt Howe. Foreword by Jay Landers. Covering the extensive recording career of Barbra Streisand - every album, soundtrack, and single Streisand has released. 304 pages.
Chita: A Memoir
(HarperOne - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
Memoir by Chita Rivera, with Patrick Pacheco. "Chita invites us into workrooms and rehearsal studies, on stage and on set as she works with some of the greatest talents of the age, including Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim, Bob Fosse, Jerome Robbins, Hal Prince, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis Jr, Gwen Verdon, Shirley MacLaine, and many others. We also learn deeply moving, revelatory details about her upbringing and her heritage, and how they indelibly shaped her work and career." Audible version narrated by Chita Rivera. 272 pages.
From Craft to Career: A Casting Director's Guide for the Actor
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book/Paperback
By Merri Sugarman and Tracy Moss. Insight into the role of the casting director. Explains the jobs of all the other people involved in the casting process and how they influence casting decisions. 176 pages. Kindle Edition released earlier.
Music to Be Released This Friday, April 28:
The Great British Bake Off Musical OLC
(Masterworks - new digital album)
Score by Pippa Cleary (music and lyrics) and Jake Brunger (lyrics). John Owen-Jones, Scott Paige, Claire Moore, Charlotte Wakefield, Damian Humbley, Jay Saighal, Michael Cahill and Aharon Rayner. "The Bake Off Tent," "Obviously," "Somewhere In The Dough," "Grow," "The Handshake Song," "My Dad," "The Perfect Petit Fours," "Babs' Lament."
Rickie Lee Jones: Pieces of Treasure
(BMG Modern - new digital album)
Singer-songwriter's 15th album. "Just in Time," "Nature Boy," "September Song," "Here's That Rainy Day, "All the Way," "There Will Never Be Another You," "They Can't Take That Away from Me," "It's All in the Game," "On the Sunny Side of the Street," "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)." Rob Mounsey on piano, guitarist Russell Malone, bassist David Wong and drummer Mark McLean. Produced by Russ Titelman.
Newly Listed Recordings:
May 19:
Farah Alvin: On Vinyl
(new album)
Broadway actress-singer Farah Alvin album based on her solo shows "On Vinyl" and "B-side." Arrangements and music direction by Michael Holland. Directed by Marc Tumminelli.
Matthew Scott: The Jesus Year a letter from my dad
(PS Classics - new on CD/digital)
Debut album. Expanded from the one-man show Matthew Scott has performed at Merkin Hall, O'Neill Center and at 54 Below, with newly expanded orchestrally, with arrangements written specifically for this recording by John Baxindine. Prologue: Oh, Very Young, "The World According to Snoopy," I Went Fishing With My Dad, 25 bullet points..., "Oh, Very Young," My mom and dad met when they were just kids..., "Our Day Will Come," My older brothers were popular..., "Captain Jack," I never got the whole birds and the bees speech..., "You're My Home," The 33rd year of life..., "There's Always Someone Cooler Than You," "Souvenir," A woman named Joan..., "Dreams Go By," Another family on the other end of New Jersey..., "When the Earth Stopped Turning," I feel balls..., "Calico Skies," "Children Will Listen." With music director Vadim Feichtner on piano.
Newly Listed Books:
April 29:
Bring It On - The Musical: Vocal Selections
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
2012 Broadway musical with a score by Tom Kitt (music), Amanda Green (lyrics), Lin-Manuel Miranda (music and lyrics). A dozen songs from the musical in vocal line with piano accompaniment arrangements: "Cross the Line," "Enjoy the Trip," "I Got You," "It Ain't No Thing," "It's All Happening," "Killer Instinct," "Legendary," "One Perfect Moment," "Something Isn't Right Here," "Tryouts," "We Ain't No Cheerleaders," "We're Not Done."
Other New Announcements:
Release dates updated:
May 5:
Ramin Karimloo: The Road To Find Out - West
(Westway Music - new EP)
Final part of Ramin Karimloo's quartet of "The Road To Find Out" bluegrass EPs. "Bring Him Home," "Hushabye Mountain," and "Feed The Birds." Produced in London by Ben Robbins at Umbrella Studios.
May 12:
Kerry Ellis: Kings & Queens
(Westway Music - new on CD)
British singer/songwriter/actress Kelly Ellis (Wicked). "Kings & Queens," "Be Tender with Me Baby," "Battlefield" (with Sir Brian May), "I Will Find You," "Mean the World To Me" (with Newton Faulkner), "Big Wide World," "The Only One," "Fire & Rain," "Lemonade," "My All," "Love Wins," "Home Again." Recorded in LA and London. Produced by Mike Stevens.
