There are so many Christmas albums out there, but where is the perfect New Year's Album? Well, look no further... I would like to introduce "Striking 12!" It's a concert Broadway show written by the band Groovelily.
"Striking 12" is based on Hans Chistian Andersen's "The Little Match Girl." The three members of Groovelily (Valerie Vigoda, Brendan Milburn, and Gene Lewin) play all the characters and play their instruments at the same time (violin, piano, and drums!) The show has wonderful music written in a similar style to Jason Robert Brown ("A New World," "The Last 5 Years.") Kenneth Jones from Playbill Online writes, "Striking 12 may be the best new American musical that nobody has heard of."
Here's a clip.
Here is a link to i-tunes if you want to ring in the new year Musical Theater style.
Wishing you a HAPPY NEW YEAR and blessed 2009!
