WATCH: Josh Groban chats new music with Stacey and JSbu
His voice is undeniable, as smooth as butter and as sweet as honey. Global superstar Josh Groban has announced a new album and virtual tour - and you are invited, KZN!
Josh joined Stacey and JSbu today from the comfort of his home in California for a Zoom interview about his soon-to-be-released new album, 'Harmony'.
With Harmony, Groban performs a collection of timeless songs along with two originals, showcasing the artist’s unparalleled vocal prowess. Highlights include, 'The Impossible Dream', 'Angels', 'I Can't Make You Love Me', 'Celebrate Me Home', 'She', and many more.
Harmony also includes a performance from Tony Award winner Leslie Odom Jr (Hamilton), performing with Groban on the song, 'Shape Of My Heart'; and a performance from Grammy Award winner Sara Bareilles, performing with Groban on the classic Joni Mitchell song, 'Both Sides Now'.
Grammy Award winner
Kirk Franklin brings his unique blend of energy, gospel, and choir to
a brand new original song, 'The
Fullest'.
So, how did Josh manage to put together an album under lockdown?
Groban had this to share speaking to Stacey and J Sbu:
Harmony was recorded in two parts. Before the pandemic we recorded about five songs, with the full intention of making this an album of classics that I love and have always wanted to sing. Beautiful in its simplicity of scope. We were recording and finding songs between concerts and fully expected to continue doing that for the next couple of months. Then, sound was replaced with solitude. To have nothing but space, and to be sharing in a collective global tragedy, changed everything. Suddenly I was not steering the ship confidently on course. The waves had to take me to, hopefully, some sunlight. The result is an album that began to take a new shape.
Known for covering classic songs, Groban shared that the album included two original songs:
These songs were written and mostly recorded in the corner of my bedroom during lockdown and while they may not fit a style continuity of the project I originally had in mind, they fit what has been in my heart this very moment and are bursting with my hope for the future. It is with such immense gratitude that I get to release Harmony to you now. I hope that every ounce of the love and healing I experienced recording it finds its way to you too.”
The track-listing is as follows:
- The World We Knew (Over and Over)
- Angels
- Celebrate Me Home
- Shape of My Heart (Duet with Leslie Odom Jr.)
- Your Face
- Both Sides Now (Duet with Sara Bareilles)
- She
- The Impossible Dream
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
- It’s Now or Never
- I Can’t Make You Love Me
- The Fullest (Feat. Kirk Franklin)
In addition to the new album, Groban will take fans on a virtual concert tour this fall with three new, intimate concerts filmed in-person and live streamed directly to audiences. In June, Josh performed his first livestream concert with high quality sound and lighting that was streamed to 63 countries around the world.
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