On April 28th, Josh Groban will release his 7th studio album and this is one he has wanted to do since he was a freshman at Carnegie Mellon. This record is tribute to the many great songs from the musicals he grew up with as a kid and some he is not as familiar with. After listening to two of the tracks from the upcoming CD, you can tell his voice is made to make these songs even more special.
I am very particular about Pure Imagination from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory because I don’t think anyone can do it as well as Gene Wilder. I think that Groban came pretty gosh darn close. The control he has over his powerful voice is mind blowing to me. What is also mind blowing to me about his voice is that I can’t believe it is coming out of the same man I follow on Twitter, talk about night and day.
The other track I heard off the album is What I Did For Love from A Chorus Line. I can picture Groban in the show on Broadway and him bringing down the curtain with that performance. Close your eyes and picture him closing the show with that number. Just forget that it is a woman singing it in the original version of the Broadway show and the movie.
Another song I can’t wait to hear him do, is another female melody and it is Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz. In the Stages’ trailer you hear just a snippet of it, and he really lowered his voice to bring out the true emotion of the song just like Judy Garland did.
April 28th can’t come soon enough for me because Stages is going to be one of the few albums I will have the entire record on repeat. Josh Groban singing the songs from musicals, equals an album the Grammy voters will have a hard time ignoring.
I say that he will break more than a few legs with his album. Bravo sir, bravo!
To hear What I Did For Love and to see the tracklisting from Stages, then click here!
For years, Grobanites have wanted to see their idol in his underwear, and now they can because Josh Groban posted this photo of himself without any pants on. Sadly for them, they just weren’t specific enough with their wish because the picture is back from when he was kid.
Seriously, how awwwdorbale was the little guy, who would some day not only grow into those boots but also his huge voice?
Josh Groban and John Stamos are two very well liked celebrities and it is not only because they are immensely talented. It is also because both of them have big hearts. While most stars whine about being a star, these two made Christmas brighter for several people.
Josh Groban went to Target (My Target BTW and now I know why there were no toys left to buy for my niece. He could’ve left me Olaf at least.) and bought several cartloads of gifts for Toys for Tots with some Marines. While John Stamos teamed up with JC Penny to pay the bills for several unsuspecting customers as part of their Just Got Jingled campaign.
So the next time you hear about a celebrity being bitchy about their celebritydom, think of these two guys who actually did something good with their fame. More of those annoying famewhores should be like Josh Groban and John Stamos, who made beautiful music for a lot of people this holiday! And to Josh and John, where’s my gift? Joking!
Today on Live with Kelly and Michael, the daytime talk show did several bits for Halloween. One of the segments they had was a celebrity version of Naked & Afraid. Kelly Ripa did her best Sofia Vergara, Michael Strahan did double duty as Mike Tyson and Pharrell, and Josh Groban did his best Josh Groban. While the hosts were willing to go naked for the gag, the crooner kept his shirt on. Much to the disappointment of all the broke girls in his life. What is up with that?
Josh Groban and his rumored girlfriend, Kat Dennings, are on opposite coasts, so I guess he needed to get his blow-up dolls blown up to keep him company. But his balloons don’t look like the ones you would expect. They are more for a boy than man, and that makes them perfect for the crooner. I don’t think I could handle if they were the other kind, could you?
I mean, we know he has a naughty side, but we just don’t want to know know.
